The Songbird and The Crow

there once was a delicate songbird who had fragile feathers of white and gold. she had large brown eyes that were often prone to tears. in her beautiful singing she carried a sadness and loneliness she could not place. a sorrow deep and long. one day she met a crow. he stood proud and beautiful with shiny large black feathers. his song was not pretty at all. but he romanced her with shiny beads and trinkets. his words were soft and gentle.

she became smitten with his charm and soon decided after his incessant pleading for her to move with him, she did so. she moved from her soft and lovely nest to his. it was a large and thorny nest, not at all lovely. Once there the romance, the shiny beads and trinkets stopped coming. His words, once soft and inviting, became harsh and condescending. The was trapped, for she loved him so deeply and couldn’t leave.