A Different Blue

by Amy Harmon

What we believe affects our choices, our actions, and subsequently, our lives.

“He told me not to worry. He said, ‘Women cry. If she’s crying over you, she still loves you.’” Wilson tried to mimic the shaky voice of the old man. He looked at me and grinned playfully. “He said I should only worry when you stop.”

“Someone told me once that to create true art you must be willing to bleed and let others watch.” I

“A little blackbird, pushed from the nest?”

“Or placed there. It’s all in the way you tell the story.”

Once upon a time there was a little bird who was placed in a nest. Wanted. Cherished. Unafraid, because she knew she was a hawk, a beautiful bird, worthy of awe, deserving of love.