Squawk on Free-Flying
Channel: Cre8iveFlare
Date: 2020-01-20

Whenever Melissa is allowed the time, she takes me out free-flying. 

Because it’s very important for birds like me to have plenty of exercise, we would go on the bus to an open field, where she would open the door of my tiny cage. 
“Come Squawk!” She’d say and responding to her call, I would jump from my perch to the ledge.

There I would stretch out my wings and feel the air underneath them. With a few flaps, I would let the air lift me. Up, up and up I would climb as high as the treetops, until Melissa is just a small dot on the ground. 

Then Melissa would whistle and I would circle around and descend towards her outstretched arm to land. 

Clinging to it like a perch, I would bow my head and let Melissa scratch my neck feathers, giving her a little nip when I’ve had enough. 

After a short rest, Melissa would raise her arm and, taking that as my cue I would push off from my talens.

Up, up and up I would climb again.

It’s times like this that I love the most. The air under my wings is the best feeling. 

After quite a few more rounds of this, we are soon done at the field and I am allowed to fly beside Melissa, as she walks back to the bus stop and wait on her shoulder until the bus arrives.

Then back in my cage I must go.

* Squawk is a fictional character from a novel in progress.