By: Christy
Shimamoto
A wood thrush sang its sweet and wild song in the distance. “Won’t you
follow me?” The silver voice asked. “No! I won’t!” She cried, “It’s my choice!
I’ll serve myself! I’ll do what I want! You and the dragon are the same! You
demand my full allegiance! I’ll be free!”
“You can’t stay on the fence forever,” the voice sang, “if you stay too
long, you’ll fall over. I love you. True freedom is found in serving me. Won’t
you follow me?” “No! It’s my choice! I’ll stay on the fence for as long as I
want!”
With that, she tried to run away from that pure melody, tried to go far
beyond where the song could reach her ears. Another voice took its place.
“You’re already mine. You’ve been mine since the day you were born!” This voice
was hard and cruel. The dragon was always taunting, always torturing her soul.
“You’re mine. Look at all I can give to you! Pleasure, money, and no
obligations! You can’t escape me, so why try? Just give in.”
She took up drinking and smoking,
weed and cocaine. And yet still the thrush’s voice called “I still love you, won’t
you follow me?”
Then one day, she saw a church sign. It read: “Sinners Welcome”. But how
could there be forgiveness after all she had done? The dragon screamed in her
ear, “You’ll never be clean! You’re mine forever!” And yet the bird still called,
“Follow me.”
In she went, besides all the dragon’s protesting. “You see,” the young
pastor said, “we don’t have to stay on the devil’s side of the fence forever.
If you just accept, you can be taken over from death to life.” At the end of
the service, the pastor said a salvation prayer. The wood thrush asked once
more, “I love you no matter what you’ve done. Won’t you follow me?” And the girl
surrendered. “Yes!” She cried.
Will you follow Him?
He’s calling you.
6 comments:
Amazing!!!
That's really neat how you combined elements of the "Tales of Goldstone Wood" with the real world. :) A great reminder that the things which we can't yet see are real and powerful!
~Amber
What a great idea to do it modern day! I wasn't expecting that. :)
I love the fact that the sign said 'sinners welcome'!
I am glad you liked it! This is my first time entering a fanfiction contest. I have never shared any of my stories before. The judges comments and feedback were extremely insitefull and helpfull!
W.O.W.
That was wonderful to read!
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