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Description The Little Girl who's Mother was a Flightless Bird

Here is a glittering twilight purple and silent. Rolling hills and distant winds chiming distant voices. A lone spindly tree holding only half of it's leaves and a lone figure underneath it keeping the rest of them company.  A little girl.

She had never been a normal child with a moral life nor had she ever been entertained by conventional things. She was a sick child both in body and mind.

Every once in awhile while she would get sick and have to stay in bed for months. During these times she eventually became adjusted to the unrelenting pain. She would not cry out... yet, her heart was weak you see, as often weak as her spirit and far less secretive.

They sit under a poplar tree when the twilight was cold but forgiving she ponders all of this.

As the feathered death fluttered between her cold fleshy digits she found a sense of glee, she had not found this often or many times before sitting underneath that poplar tree.

An adrenaline pumped through her veins now with much force pushing unseen powers and unexpected things straight through her to her core where, there resting was the thing that urged her to take breath.

As her fingers grew colder and began to release, and the sight of such flightless things began to fade from view, those very breaths grew quite short and quickened. Her head fall back in one fell swoop like a marionette puppet,  her long baby hair caressing softly her small shoulders one last time.

She gazed upon the stars and as they seemed to shimmer and grow a brighter light, they also seemed to look back unto her with such malice as she had never known. From either the small flighty and crawly creatures she chose to dominate completely or her loving mothers gaze.

She wished she had been a better child, a more loving and respectful child and all she wanted now was to be held by her loving mother and be told that this hurt and turmoil inside her would fade and that everything would be alright in the end.

These things were all no impossible of course because her mother was that now sallow limp flightless dead thing in her hands.

This was her last thought as the cold stars took her into them, although she was not to reisde within them as the ones that came before her.

She was shoved down forever to wilt and cry and scream quietly and mouth silently to her mother the things she could never say. bound down on the ground under that poplar tree forever regretting, forever wishing. Holding between her fingers the very thing which caused her to do all these things.

The little girl who's mother was a flightless bird.
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Comments: 46

CarlosAE [2012-01-27 19:23:31 +0000 UTC]

I love your writing. Its exquistely enjoyable. You did a marvelous job. Bravo!!!

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DJSmith [2009-02-22 11:02:29 +0000 UTC]

i hope the editor was happy that you turned what could've been a really nonsensical assortment of essentially lottery drawn ideas into something that's actually pretty imaginative.
(Did that sound like part of it was an insult? It wasn't supposed to...)

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nightingale18 [2009-01-12 03:38:12 +0000 UTC]

It's nice to see this facet of your creations; hope to see more of this soon

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tZuB [2008-12-24 21:42:33 +0000 UTC]

wow! should be developed into a great chillin horror!

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dinshino [2008-12-22 22:16:24 +0000 UTC]

WOW!
Speaking of strange dreams, I had one where my Microbiology professor was a restuarant owner.

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SoyUnHamster [2008-12-22 19:12:22 +0000 UTC]

That was twisted Very enjoyable indeed

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FiniteExistence [2008-12-22 12:15:18 +0000 UTC]

woah...

great writing, very sad and tragic.
can't wait to see more!

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believeinlies [2008-12-21 18:01:12 +0000 UTC]

melancholic and surreal...

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Athena-kitty [2008-12-21 09:58:36 +0000 UTC]

Would the title be at all inspired by the song on the Twilight soundtrack?

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WhiteHowler7 In reply to Athena-kitty [2008-12-22 01:03:59 +0000 UTC]

a little. at first it was just "the little girl who's mother was a white bird"

but that somehow sounded out of place, i actually wrote this whole thing on my itouch while i worked out at the gym, to music...

yeah >.>

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Dukeydey [2008-12-21 07:10:00 +0000 UTC]

For some reason this made me think of the story of "The Little Match Girl" by Hans Christian Andersen. You did a wonderful job.

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michiganj24 [2008-12-21 00:49:08 +0000 UTC]

Ah a double threat now. Move over Gail Simone

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AJthe90skid [2008-12-21 00:16:28 +0000 UTC]

Quite chilling. I wonder what gave the editors the idea to make you start writing your dreams.

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littlebitzer [2008-12-20 21:42:30 +0000 UTC]

Sad and beautiful...

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oberin [2008-12-20 20:20:49 +0000 UTC]

this is sad and brutal. it seems like one of those defining moments in one's life.

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johnofthewired [2008-12-20 15:33:54 +0000 UTC]

powerfull stuff...

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RayArtz [2008-12-20 14:38:55 +0000 UTC]

Seems you have a talent for writing as well Nei.
Pretty cool story nearly made me cry.

Looking forward to seeing this co-writting job, I take it is for a comic or something else?

And it may not be as popular as your half nekkid ladies, but I dug it! haha

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WhiteHowler7 In reply to RayArtz [2008-12-21 01:22:43 +0000 UTC]

well it's only an idea so far, probably wont happen

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RayArtz In reply to WhiteHowler7 [2008-12-21 03:08:35 +0000 UTC]

Keep positive now, ya never know

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cybermech [2008-12-20 12:24:19 +0000 UTC]

that was an absolutily amazing peice of literature.....

the symbology in it puls at your mind making you wonder on your own ability to commit acts of pure hatred but at the same time pure love......

well done and I cant wait to see more from you...... a great window into the psyche of an artist.

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WhiteHowler7 In reply to cybermech [2008-12-21 01:23:11 +0000 UTC]

^__^

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Ratzgoblin [2008-12-20 10:37:28 +0000 UTC]

Who did the lines this time??

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WhiteHowler7 In reply to Ratzgoblin [2008-12-21 01:23:27 +0000 UTC]

me ^__^

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Nusquam-Vir [2008-12-20 09:53:08 +0000 UTC]

Very well done. Very descriptive but not overly so. It pretty well kept me guessing until the end.

I simply have to stop and read whenever I see one of my "watchees" has done a written work. As I know not a lot of people pay attention to peoples legitiamate literary works around here. When I say legitimate, I mean of course it's not something ridiculous like a Naruto fanfiction or something lol... But I know what it's like to write here and have ones works go unnoticed is all I was trying to get at, so I make sure to read them when I can.

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WhiteHowler7 In reply to Nusquam-Vir [2008-12-21 01:23:59 +0000 UTC]

thanks for taking the time to!

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AenTheArtist [2008-12-20 07:31:23 +0000 UTC]

I think I see the message here; death is not the tragedy, it's the things you never get to say after it smiles upon us.

Words... they cascade through the air and the sea of electrons so freely, we take them for granted. We only come to appreciate them when death turns the spigot off, and we endlessly thirst in a desert of silence and regret, begging God for one more day. Then comes the adrenaline; when confronted by death, all we want to do is do something life-affirming to shake the icy grip of the reaper off our wits.

Nice writing, Nei. It's amazing how much you take from your dreams. I envy you. I can remember all my dreams, but I never understand them, and only recently have I been able to discern my true desire in life from them.

By the way, if we may ask, why does your editor request you jot down your dreams?

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WhiteHowler7 In reply to AenTheArtist [2008-12-20 07:47:59 +0000 UTC]

somebody else already asked that question

but, her adrenaline came from killing something, actually heh.

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AenTheArtist In reply to WhiteHowler7 [2008-12-20 16:56:53 +0000 UTC]

Oh, sorry.

Ah, she killed it? Yeah, reading back... yep.

Still, keep these coming! It's a great way to flex the literary muscle and you do a great job challenging us to do so.

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gloomynekochan [2008-12-20 06:02:08 +0000 UTC]

i would love to see more written work from you.

i really really this.

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WhiteHowler7 In reply to gloomynekochan [2008-12-20 06:03:46 +0000 UTC]

you will, i'll be doing this on a semi-reular basis for the next few weeks

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gloomynekochan In reply to WhiteHowler7 [2008-12-20 06:05:07 +0000 UTC]

sweet! if i was so exhausted i would've said more on it
but i'm about to pass out >.>

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Red-James [2008-12-20 05:34:05 +0000 UTC]

very intresting.. and why does your editor want you to write down your dreams?

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WhiteHowler7 In reply to Red-James [2008-12-20 05:35:26 +0000 UTC]

well, he's a writer as well (he writes the wonderland comics i work on) and he wants me to co-write a future project with him.

all in all, i think he just wants to see where my twisted dreams end up.

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Red-James In reply to WhiteHowler7 [2008-12-20 05:38:18 +0000 UTC]

lol fair enough.. it was pretty decent writing, though in my opinion could have used alittle more visual description... but i guess if its a dream you see what you see/remember seeing... though judging from what i read you would like my writing...lol

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WhiteHowler7 In reply to Red-James [2008-12-20 05:40:59 +0000 UTC]

yeah i guess i probably could have gone a little further with it, but it was a very small island almost, like in The Fountain with the tree?

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Red-James In reply to WhiteHowler7 [2008-12-20 05:44:20 +0000 UTC]

havent watch that movie yet.. though it is on my list... im just been writing for 13 years and have a descriptive style... and when i read things with that dark almost gothic/evil eerie theme and feeling to it i just love it so much when its done perfectly and you can picture it in your head

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WhiteHowler7 In reply to Red-James [2008-12-20 05:49:16 +0000 UTC]

oh, well thats not quite the theme i had in mind ^__^;

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Red-James In reply to WhiteHowler7 [2008-12-20 05:51:38 +0000 UTC]

lol i know... but it had that dark essence to it

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Exergys [2008-12-20 05:33:16 +0000 UTC]

its kinda sad

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Animus3 [2008-12-20 05:31:31 +0000 UTC]

;w;
so poetic!
*kisses poem*

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WhiteHowler7 In reply to Animus3 [2008-12-20 05:33:18 +0000 UTC]

^__^

it will hardly be getting the exposure my half naked lady comic covers will get but eh, what can i say.

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Animus3 In reply to WhiteHowler7 [2008-12-20 05:41:44 +0000 UTC]

Written art is under appreciated, nowadays.
*is brick'd b/c of hypocrisy*
*snuggles up to written dream*
X3

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WhiteHowler7 In reply to Animus3 [2008-12-20 05:48:45 +0000 UTC]

well, this site is more about visual artforms than anything

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Animus3 In reply to WhiteHowler7 [2008-12-20 05:55:59 +0000 UTC]

True.
But at least you're famous enough for people to think to look...hopefully.
Some other people...I typically don't give the time of day. U_U
I feel slight shame...
>w>
But...maybe I'll repent myself.

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WhiteHowler7 In reply to Animus3 [2008-12-20 06:04:32 +0000 UTC]

well a few people have expressed that they enjoy reading my words, thats good enough for me. i dont do it for fame

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Animus3 In reply to WhiteHowler7 [2008-12-20 06:25:20 +0000 UTC]

But you have to admit, fame helps spread the word.

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