All Forums >> General >> Stories, Poems & Creative Writing

Everyday i'm visited by two birds. One brings good news. The other brings bad. (by Sparky)

 Sparky (0)  (29 / M-F / Massachusetts)
10-May-19 1:12 am
Everyday i'm visited by two birds. One brings good news. The other brings bad.

They were there ever since I could remember. As a child, I would awaken to the soft chirping of birds filling my room. I would rustle in my blanket until I was falling the two that sang to me, perched on the window-sill. I'd lay in bed until their song was over and I was able to start my day, but their song carried more than just a pretty tune, they brought me predictions.
One of the birds was a dove, its beautiful snow-white feathers caught the light of the sun so gracefully. It's bright blue eyes, deeper than any ocean, would observe me as I listened to its song. The dove always sang first and within its song, would be the prediction of something good that would happen in my life.
The birds didn't actually say anything but when their song reached my eardrums the predictions acted like memories. I could recall things that happened that day, even though they hadn't happened yet.
The other bird was a raven. Its ruffled feathers were darker than the spaces between the stars and seemed to soak up the sun. It has beady red eyes that reminded me of the blood moon. After the dove was done the raven would sing when its song reached me I would have a memory of something bad that was going to happen that day.
No one ever believed me about the birds. I would try to call my parents into the room as they were singing but my parents never saw them. Even if they were in the room at the same time, so my parents started referring to them as imaginary friends. Since no one else ever saw these birds I started to believe them. It didn't matter what I believed though, the birds would continue to visit me like clockwork and tell their tales.
Their predictions always came to pass. When I was younger the predictions were simple and generally innocent. Like when the Dove sang that the school would be serving pizza for lunch and the Raven retorted that I would get a papercut in math class. Sure enough,, I would walk to school and at lunch,, I'd be given two slices of pizza. I'd be so content from lunch that I would carelessly pull my textbook from my backpack and a loose page would slice my finger open.
It just goes to show you how simple middle school really was, even back then 'bad news' wasn't typically that bad, the cut hurt but it healed in no time. The Dove even told me the next morning that I'd get ice cream for being such a brave little girl, the Raven said I'd forget my pencils at home.
Even if the predictions were things I could easily alter, I never seemed to be able to. Like the day I just mentioned, I made a note to grab my favorite pencil before I left. I was so focused on remembering to do it that eventually, I sort of just thought I did until I got to school and discovered no pencils in my backpack.
As I grew older I came to understand that what the birds considered to be 'good' or 'bad' news was relative to my outlook. For example, when I moved with my family and was forced to attend a new high school two years into my high school education, I was a bit of an outcast. You know the story, new kid in school becomes the target of ridicule from the queen bee. This Queen was named Casey Matthews and I grew to hate Casey.
One morning I sat up in bed and listened to the day's news. When I heard that Casey Matthews was going to fall in Gym I was a bit surprised. I thought it was weird that the Raven went first as the Dove always took the lead. When I turned to the birds however, the Raven had just started its song and told me that I got a failing grade on the science test. I didn't want to think I was the type of person who would relish in another's pain so I dismissed it as a fluke.
I had done worse than just getting a failing grade on my test, I had gotten the lowest score in the class and was called out by the teacher for it. I could hear Casey snickering to her friends at the other end of the room. It put me in such a foul mood as we shuffled off the gym-class, we had to play basketball, something I was no good at.
Everyone was running back and forth as I slowly paced from one end of the court to the other, I was watching Casey like a hawk. I wasn't even thinking of the prediction, I was just so fed up with her attitude. Even as everyone was trying to play the game she mocked some of the heavier students all while barely participating. She caught me looking at her and I shot her a fake smile, she rolled her eyes and turned away. As she turned the basketball whipped by her head and while it didn't hit her, it did throw her off balance.
I watched as Casey Matthews frantically attempt to keep herself upright but only managing to make the fall even worse. Her legs flew out from under her and even though she was able to put her hands in front of her face, the meeting between her face and the ground was audible throughout the large room. I couldn't help but genuinely beam at the event, biting my lip to stifle the laughter that was trying to crawl out. A few of the students ran over to help her up and when they pull her face from the floor thin trails of blood trickled from her nose.
Even from where I was standing I could tell it had broken and would create a nasty yellow bruise all over her face. That made me happy, the Dove knew it was something worth singing about, Casey Matthews, was a bitch.
Up until now, I have kept the appearances of my birds to myself, ever since my parents labeled them as imaginary. Lately, however, I'm becoming increasingly uncomfortable with the songs they have been singing to me. Just about a month ago I lost my mother to an extensive battle with cancer, I knew before I even left the bedroom that she had died. The Raven made sure of that. What did the Dove sing for that day? That my mother was no longer going to suffer. Guess one event can carry multiple weights.
After she passed, I and my dad tried to carry on, it was hard to live life without her but we decided she wouldn't want us to dwell. The birds were kind to me, The Dove would sing of something grand that would take place, like my uncle taking me on a short road trip. The Raven's song would carry only small irradiations, like getting something stuck in my teeth. I needed time to heal and the birds knew that.
Until my father got sick too. Only two weeks after my mom had passed her started going in and out of consciousness and had to be hospitalized. I was so angry, I am still so angry. I couldn't understand why I would have to lose one parent only to watch the other start to fade. I became bitter from all of this and would lay in bed, clutching the fabric of my sheets and when I woke in the morning I would hear the birds singing. The Dove would sing to me that 4,307 people were going to die in a car accident that day.
I was shocked that this is something that the Dove would tell me until the Raven informed me that dad had to spend another week in the hospital. I'd have to suffer another week without my dad at home but he wouldn't be driving home that day like he was supposed too. The news boiled down to

 

 

 
 
Quick reply:

[Smilies]

RULES:
  • Be respectful at all times.
  • Be mature and act like an adult.
  • Respect different points of view.
  • Discuss ideas, not specific users.
  • Don't get personal.
  • No profanity.
  • No drama.
  • No thread hijacking.
  • No trolling.
  • No spamming.
  • No soliciting.
  • No duplicate posting.
  • No posting in the wrong section.
  • No posting of contact information.
  • Be welcoming to new users.
Repeated violations of the above will result in increasing temporary bans from the forum and an eventual permanent ban from the site. Basically, just be friendly and neighborly and all will be well.
Similar threads:
Top
Home
Give us feedback!

Login:

* Username:

* Password:

 Remember me


Forgot?