Ocean Monologue

I was born in a small dock, a dumb bird, a stupid creature with no real values or morals, barely scraping by. When I was a child I learned how to fly. My parents pushed me off the dock, and into the ocean. I felt the wind in my feathers, I felt the rush of adrenaline. The fantastic feeling that's almost indescribable. It was like nothing ever seen before, felt liberated like I could go anywhere, but soon I grew tired. I felt as if I were trapped, I almost fell into the ocean. I was barely able to make it to the beach, half asleep as the waves brought me in. I was able to wake up and fly back home, my parents were worried that a human could have caught me, or worse, I could have drowned. Nobody would have noticed. The years went by slowly, I had a love but she wasn't as lucky as me. The ocean got her. I had children with her, though only two survived their youth and into adulthood. …show more content…
I attempted to escape, but I couldn't. They had caught me, and they didn't want to let me go. They stuck me in a cage,until one day, a human came along, they felt pity for me. They freed me. Though I hadn't flown in years, I felt true freedom again, flying as long as I could. Breathing the fresh ocean air again, feeling the wind against my feathers, I felt love again.
While I was caged nobody noticed, I was gone. Life went on. Soon I will die, and hopefully my children can move on like I did. Hopefully they will learn what I have, and they teach their children what they have learned. Maybe one day, I will meet my parent's again. We'll fly together forever in an infinite space of happiness and bliss, we all move on we all find love and happiness. I had a dream that I could be free when I was a child, I am living that dream. My children have their own dreams, we all have separate identities, but we are all the same deep down. Nobody wants to admit it, but it is true. And soon, soon I will make my last flight. I am