"Oh, how she had longed to stretch her wings and soar amongst the clouds once more, not a sound to be heard but the roar of savage wind against her skull." This is an original fantasy epic (a really long poem) revolving around a previously caged and mistreated crow who travels to her homelands in the north, fleeing the colony of black-skinned captors who believe her kind could grant any wish. Many suncycles later, a child who saw her ascent to the northern smokey hills and holds it as a treasured memory makes the journey to find the freed bird who may, perhaps, fulfill a wish of her own.