{"sf1_id":1881323,"sf2_id":"V1Yq2xx1","title":"Fall Through The Earth","author":"Apolarbear17","words":463,"posted_at":"2022-07-31T18:22:00.000Z","tags":["Burn","Flying Back","Vent Poetry","Wing Creature","fall","hurt"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1881323-fall-through-the-earth","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/s/V1Yq2xx1","image_url":"https://cdn.sofurryfiles.com/submissions/thumbnails/31/68/316898a0-3d86-4899-a01f-0bdd1242e476","description":"A bit of a more abstract vent poem about something with wings falling through the somewhat hollow ground. That's all I'll say about it. Originally posted in May 2021.","content":"Fall Through the Earth\n\n\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;By: A.X. Bueno\n\n  \n\nSomething not exactly human anymore plummets towards the ground\u0026nbsp;\n\nWith wings that became sickly and now fail\u0026nbsp;\n\nIt's eyes closed and face placid it ran out of screams and tears somewhere on the way down\u0026nbsp;\n\nThe unconscious body of it falls preceded by those sickly wings of radioactive green and inky black\u0026nbsp;\n\nThose wings are the first parts of the creature to break through the earth\u0026nbsp;\n\nFor the ground it hit was cracked and semi-hollow\n\nIt's fur becomes covered in dirt on it's descent downward\u0026nbsp;\n\nThe rest of it to follow\u0026nbsp;\n\nIt spirals still unconscious for a bit until it bruises a finger\u0026nbsp;\n\nOn a small rock that's stuck in the dirt and gives a jolt of pain to that finger\u0026nbsp;\n\nBetween that and the lingering pain of hitting the broken concrete ground earlier it snaps awake\u0026nbsp;\n\nIt tries to scream at first but that's met with a muzzle full of dirt it has to spit out\u0026nbsp;\n\nIt continues it's spiral downward seemingly only getting faster\u0026nbsp;\n\nIt struggles to get its wing to work and slow it down\n\nThe creature trying to avoid further disaster while it's heart jackhammers in it's chest\u0026nbsp;\n\nIt's breathing quickens as it tries on somewhat broken wings to feebly try to catch itself\u0026nbsp;\n\nAs it does that it suddenly feels it's belly burn on superheated earth\n\nThis causes it to yowl for a moment in pain as the burn peels a bit of flesh and fur\u0026nbsp;\n\nAfter a while of hard struggle the sickly winged creature finally stops its fall through the ground\u0026nbsp;\n\nBut not before scratching a leg to add to the pain of it's plummet down\u0026nbsp;\n\nStill it stop it's descent through earth and decides to take a second and examine around\u0026nbsp;\n\nThe wounded winged creature notices other holes likely from other unlucky creatures that also fell\u0026nbsp;\n\nSome above, some below and some surrounding it as well in this somewhat hollow ground\n\nIt sees the indents in the dirt of those who caught themselves faster than it\u0026nbsp;\n\nAs well as the ones of those who still had further to fall\u0026nbsp;\n\nIt doesn't know whether to feel sad, angry or grateful and wastes no time to figure that out\u0026nbsp;\n\nIt decides to head homeward and upward\n\nOut of the soil that has consumed it and put away(at least for now) any fear or self-doubt\u0026nbsp;\n\nIt fell very far down and broke a lot of ground on the way\u0026nbsp;\n\nBut now it's on its way home and hopefully it can make it there on it's own\u0026nbsp;\n\nIt's gonna be a while till it can fly itself out but it'll be worth it to see the sky again\u0026nbsp;\n\nSee the sky while standing healed and tall on top of steady ground   \n  \n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n  \n  \n\n"}