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I wrote this fable when my best friend suggested to me "ravens with a white feather on their back" as a prompt.

 

The White Feather

Once upon a time, three ravens woke up
in shock with a white feather on their back.
Seeing how they were now strangely dressed up,
they wondered if it was not an attack.

The first one, too afraid of taunts and jeers,
did not go out of its nest anymore
and from starvation, it perished, with tears,
cursing its awful fate in a last roar.

The second one refused to be bizarre.
It picked up the feather out of its plumes.
It finished its life crippled with a scar,
lone, away from the crows who have no dooms.

The third bird bore its characteristic
and showed the white feather on its black spine.
It endured waves of laughter and critics.
It died honored and buried in a shrine.

A different ability is just
a difference. Not easy, it's certain.
But it should not arouse any mistrust.
Talents exist in spite of a burden.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2023

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Cornwall Avatar
June 17, 2023 at 4:43 AM
Should say me and my brother (my mother bought us a horse)
Cornwall Avatar
June 16, 2023 at 9:06 PM
I enjoyed use of the crow and also your Horses. Crows cawing and speaking to each other saying watch out for that bald-headed man (meaning me) he is crazy. Cracks me up. My mother bought me and my mother a horse when I was12 and he had been left to starve when his owner went away and paid Pa person to take care of his horses but left them to die. On a happier note we fattened him up and loved him. I was a soldier in the Continental Army on Flag Day 1976 Philadelphia Parade
Ormulyce Avatar
June 16, 2023 at 11:36 PM
Thank you so much for writing a comment and sharing your story.
Perna Avatar
June 16, 2023 at 4:47 PM
Amazing writing, love your message! Excellent details too!
Ormulyce Avatar
June 16, 2023 at 11:34 PM
Thank you so much for your appreciation.
De Beaulieu Avatar
June 16, 2023 at 10:29 AM
Hello A. Ormulyce, I agree with the last verse. Enjoy your day my friend. /Darlene\
De Beaulieu Avatar
June 17, 2023 at 11:05 AM
Hello A. Ormulyce. Enjoyu your day my friend. You are welcome. /Darlene\
Ormulyce Avatar
June 16, 2023 at 11:35 PM
Thank you so much. Enjoy your day, too.
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