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Perspective of a Daring Snail

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Perspective of a Gastropod

Glaring at this mountain before me, I climb dragging home on my back. When I search ahead, a vermillion sky is all I see. Droplets of dew as big as my abode will cascade down to the earth beneath my body. Is it wrong to wish to leave this world of green, to find a new land with other colors and sounds? How can anything be content to suck at the roots of weeds? Dreaming to try exotic flavors, I begin my climb once more. Two days have passed since I embarked on this journey. I am so close to the top. Still, I hear the sneers from the ground as they watch.
What is that color I see ahead? It is not avocado. It is not lovat. What could it be? The green screens seem to part like the opening of a flower and all above me this new hue is painted, brilliant and bold with shades of dancing white moving across its solid form. I reach the top of my Everest, blinking as a yellow orb strikes me. First, I cringe, then my body extends. Looking about, I see a blue sky. Surrounding me is a forest of green with large yellow fluffy flowers. Once when I was small I remember chewing on something similar, recalling the flower to be sweet and tasty. Until now, the memory was left forgotten.
I gazed across an empire of green, I felt like a king on my throne. Looking down, I saw the naysayer's staring up in curiosity and I chuckled at their idiocy. A dark shadow passes over me, I looked up to see a feathered creature, and its marvelous coat was made of different shades of blue and black. In awe, I watched it circle the sky and I felt privileged and proud. Closer and closer, it came until I could make out the pigments of orange and gold-flecked eyes.
Never did I come down again for in my foolishness I was caught, between the beak of curiosity was I watched myself be caught.
This was something i whipped up for a contest. Its what i think a snails perspective of life could be. I'm sure i could have come up with more and maybe someday i will :)
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unicornomics's avatar
I love the vivid descriptions and how it expresses joy in the small things,who knew a snail could be so deep! This could do with more spacing and how would the snail know about Mt.Everest? Try using a comparison using things a snail would know of.