Black birds lead you to dark places.....

"Is it safe to swim in the ocean?" I asked him. "It's no problem for you my friend," he said.

His name was Coconus; and my boyfriend and I stared unflinchingly at the huge waves roaring across the cliffs wondering if Coconus could see what we saw. Why on earth did he think it was safe to swim in that mess he considered an ocean?



His skin was smooth and reminiscent of a facial scrub cleanser I once used while living in Vietnam. Whenever he spoke I could only focus on his eyes. They were the color of glass; not clear but foggy like it hadn't been washed for days.



We wanted to get high. "Oh, I can find you some magic mushrooms," he said. He returned in 20 minutes with a plastic bag full of wet grass. He kept a drunk personality and I assumed he never remembered much. He wanted us to eat the mushrooms with him so we did.



I wanted someone to explain the laughter. It didn't bother me but I wanted it to stop. I told my boyfriend I needed to walk around.

Gazing into the eyes of darkness, I stumbled across a giant bird. Coldness swept over me at once. "Most people feel cold in the presence of darkness," spoke the colossal creature. "Are you here to take me away?" I asked, and then I looked up, but he was gone.

Once I found my way through the abyss of solitude, I came back to see my boyfriend and Coconus drowning in oblivion. Their minds were lost but I didn't want to wake them. From across the room, I could see the giant bird staring at me. Rubbing my eyes for clarification, I thought, "How is this possible, had he followed me," "This isn't real; it's only a drug."

Coconus and my boyfriend began to dance and pray to the sky. It seemed rather interesting but nothing could take my eyes off the giant bird. His delicate, sensitive feathers occupied my mind with many things. Then, he began to weep. "Oh giant bird, don't cry, what makes you so sad," I asked.

He said he didn't understand why I had to die and that I was too young to walk with him. He felt bad for me because I had eaten the only poisonous mushroom in the bag.