the diary of ???

[Bluebird]

upon crumpled parchment
and aged paper,
with charcoal pen
in a language only a few can read.

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ᛟᚺ, ᛗᛟᛏᚺᛖᚱ.

ᛁᚾ ᚨᛚᛚ ᛗᚤ ᚤᛖᚨᚱᛋ ᛟᚠ ᛚᛁᚠᛖ,

ᛏᚺᛖ ᛗᛟᛗᛖᚾᛏ ᚤᛟᚢ ᚢᚾᚱᚨᚡᛖᛚᛖᛞ ᛗᛖ ᚠᚱᛟᛗ ᚤᛟᚢᚱ ᛟᚹᚾ ᚠᚨᛒᚱᛁᚲ

ᛁ ᚺᚨᛞ ᛒᛖᛖᚾ ᛋᛏᛖᚨᛞᚠᚨᛋᛏ ᛁᚾ ᛗᚤ ᚱᛟᛚᛖ

ᚨᚾᛞ ᚤᛖᛏ ᚹᚺᚤ?

ᚹᚺᚤ ᛁᛋ ᛁᛏ ᛏᚺᛁᛋ ᛗᛁᛚᛖᚾᚾᛁᚨ?

ᛁ ᚺᚨᛞ ᛚᛟᛟᚴᛖᛞ ᛏᛟ ᛗᚤ ᛋᛁᛋᛏᛖᚱᛋ ᚨᚾᛞ ᛏᚺᛟᚢᚷᚺᛏ,

'ᚺᛟᚹ ᚠᛟᛟᛚᛁᛋᚺ ᛁᛏ ᛁᛋ, ᛏᚱᚢᛚᚤ, ᛏᛟ ᚠᚨᛚᛚ ᛁᚾ ᛚᛟᚡᛖ ᚹᛁᛏᚺ ᚺᚢᛗᚨᚾᛋ ᛋᛟ',

ᚨᛋ ᛁᛏ ᛒᛖᚲᚨᛗᛖ ᛏᚺᛖᛁᚱ ᚢᚾᛞᛟᛁᚾᚷ.

ᛁ ᚺᚨᛞ ᛚᛟᛟᚴᛖᛞ ᛏᛟ ᚨᛉᚱᚨᛖᛚ ᚨᛋ ᚺᛖ ᚠᛖᛚᛚ,
ᚨᛋ ᚺᛖ ᚠᛟᚢᚷᚺᛏ ᚢᛋ,
ᚨᛋ ᚺᛖ ᛒᛚᛖᛞ,
ᚨᚾᛞ ᛁ ᛏᚺᛟᚢᚷᚺᛏ
'ᚺᛟᚹ ᚠᛟᛟᛚᛁᛋᚺ ᛁᛏ ᛁᛋ, ᛏᚱᚢᛚᚤ, ᛏᛟ ᚠᚨᛚᛚ ᛁᚾ ᛚᛟᚡᛖ ᚹᛁᛏᚺ ᚺᚢᛗᚨᚾᛋ ᛋᛟ'
ᚨᛋ ᛁᛏ ᛒᛖᚲᚨᛗᛖ ᚺᛁᛋ ᚢᚾᛞᛟᛁᚾᚷ.

ᛁ ᛋᚨᚹ ᛟᚲᛖᛁᚱᛟᛋ ᚨᛋ ᚺᛖ ᚠᛖᛚᛚ ᚢᚾᛏᛟ ᛏᚺᛖ ᛒᛚᚨᛞᛖ ᛟᚠ ᚺᛁᛋ ᛒᛖᛚᛟᚡᛖᛞ,

ᚨᚾᛞ ᛁ ᛏᚺᛟᚢᚷᚺᛏ

'ᚺᛟᚹ ᚠᛟᛟᛚᛁᛋᚺ ᛁᛏ ᛁᛋ, ᛏᚱᚢᛚᚤ...'

...ᚨᛋ ᛁᛏ ᛒᛖᚲᚨᛗᛖ ᚺᛁᛋ ᚢᚾᛞᛟᛁᚾᚷ.

...ᛗᛟᛏᚺᛖᚱ,

ᚾᛟᛏ ᛟᚾᚲᛖ ᛁᚾ ᛗᚤ ᛚᛁᚠᛖᛏᛁᛗᛖᛋ ᛞᛁᛞ ᛁ ᚠᚨᛚᛚ ᛁᚾ ᛚᛟᚡᛖ--

ᛒᚢᛏ ᚨᛚᚨᛋ, ᛁᛏ ᛋᛖᛖᛗᛋ, ᚾᛟᛏ ᛟᚾᛚᚤ ᛞᛁᛞ ᛁ ᚠᚨᛚᛚ

ᛁ ᚠᛖᛚᛚ ᚠᛟᚱ ᛟᚾᛖ ᛁᚾ ᚹᚺᛁᚲᚺ ᚲᚨᚢᛋᛖᛋ ᛏᚺᛁᛋ ᛋᛁᚾ ᛏᛟ ᛒᛖ ᛗᛟᛋᛏ ᚷᚱᚨᚡᛖ.

ᛟᚺ, ᛗᛟᛏᚺᛖᚱ...
ᚠᛟᚱᚷᛁᚡᛖ ᛗᛖ.

ᛁᛏ ᛁᛋ ᛗᚤ ᚢᚾᛞᛟᛁᚾᚷ.