Mockingbird
''What if the Mockingbird isn't what we think it is."-A friendLockie grew up in the flock learning how to imitate the surroundings and everythingAs he grew the world seemed smaller and the nests that once nurtured him seemed only a breadcrumb of what it used to be. That’s why the flock pushed him away but Lockie was not sad as he knew it would be a new beginning. He was wrong,he was lost and he spent his days picking food out of the bins and fighting off unwanted fins. The townspeople started to give him food and he stayed there,for some reason he became a famous attraction and he grew closer to the creatures around him,as the old parents died he felt he was the father figure for the newborns. In spring Lockie started to notice something,the newborns were weak.They had no intentions on working and depended on others to feed them,Lockie knew it was wrong but he continued to spoil them. In summer he saw a strange event,a bear was chasing a child and the bear has its prey in reach when the child pleaded to him to help him flee.Lockie’s soft heart reacted before his brain and in an instance he gave the child his wings.The child flapped away and soon he became a dot in the sky. Without his wings Lockie was now stranded in the town but he was content. In autumn the construction workers came to town and started building a hospital,unfortunately the blueprint was faulty and the hospital started collapsing.Being the kind soul he is Lockie gave the hospital his legs and the hospital stood again brushing the dirt off its windows. Without his legs Lockie was looked down upon and people started disrespecting him but Lockie was satisfied that he had done good. Winter came and the crops withered,the ones who worked in the spring was prepared but the ones who had no access to the same tools were cold and famished.Twisting what’s left of his body Lockie gave the poor his feathers to cover themself from the snow and his flesh to fill their stomach. Lockie was now unrecognizable but the smile he inspired gave him consolation In spring the roads once blocked by snow opened up and visitors from far away villages flooded in,as the crowds disappeared one man stayed behind,crying. Lockie beckoned him to come forward and the man told his story “I have done some things only spoken in the history books of evil,I was young and foolish but that doesn’t make up for what I did.I am a good person but when I’m drunk I can’t control myself,I am begging you as I know you are also like me,misunderstood and mistreated.Would you build me a prison strong enough to hold my intentions.Taking pity on the man,Lockie gave him his bones which is what was holding him together All that was left of Lockie was his soul but he was fine as the men stayed in the town and became a volunteer. Having heard of his exploits people from all around the land came for his help,this time even Lockie wasn’t sure what to do.He decided the only way everyone can be freed was for him to help,so he flew up high and split his soul into immeasurable pieces of feathers,some flew away some landed on the people there,no one knew what Lockie did that day but one thing is for sure everyone’s heart glowed a little warmer that day. Lockie was gone and there is no twist because Lockie had lost his freedom long ago when he decided to copy instead of using his own voice,that’s why when people found a species of bird that imitates sound they called it the mockingbird.