Writing Prompt

The usual commute home was plagued by traffic congestion and a standstill. Jerry yearned to escape the confines of the car. He had just finished a grueling twelve-hour shift, not for the money, but to complete a project. Sometimes, working for hours helped him distract himself from his life’s complexities. His recent life had become intricate, and thoughts of his ex-girlfriend lingered in his mind...

The song

It haunts me

Finds me

Attacks me

I hear it every day

Every night

24/7

365

“Sigma sigma

On the wall

Who’s the skibidiest

Of them all”...

There’s a woman voice in my head, singing a lullaby.

_There I was again tonight,_

_Forcing laughter, faking smiles._

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Her voice haunts my memories because it reminds me of a girl I once loved.

_Same old tired, lonely place_

_Walls of insincerity _

_Shifting eyes and vacancy_

_Vanished when I saw your face_

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Her face is a mere blur that I hardly remember, but she is gone.

And I was ench...

Everywhere I go

It echoes through the walls

Haunting lyrics

to a silly little song

A nursery ryhme

Almost a crime

Hurting my brain

Contorting my soul

_Rock-a-bye baby_

_In the treetop_

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The pictures fill my head

Thoughts I wish not to think

I beg my brain to shut up

To leave me alone

_When the wind blows_

_The cradle will rock_

Thinking full lyrics

it only leads to peril

A full song

is a...

_Livin' easy_

_Lovin' free_

_Season ticket on a one way ride_

_Askin' nothin'_

_Leave me be_

_Takin' everythin' in my stride_

Josh let the music fill his head. He nodded his head to the beat, humming the iconic guitar lines. His hand moved automatically, relying mostly on muscle memory.

_Don't need reason_

_Don't need rhyme_

_Ain't nothin' that I'd rather do_

_Goin' down_

_Party time_

_My ...

Francine descended the stairs, her spirits lifted by the aroma of breakfast wafting from the kitchen. Mark, her husband, stood at the stove, flipping pancakes with practiced ease while their seven-year-old daughter, Gloria, giggled at the table, bouncing to the sound of a song blaring from the Amazon Echo:

_This is the song that doesn't end._

_Yes, it goes on and on, my friend._

Francine chuckle...

Melody woke up sweating. There it was again. At first, she'd thought the humming was her fridge, but it had gradually grown into a song. The piano notes repeated themselves in her dreams every night.

The minor key they were in sent a chill down her spine every time she heard it. The first thing she did, was reach for her phone and call Ladina.

"I heard it again." She spoke shakily into the phone. ...

_Psst, I see dead people…_

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I pause in my tracks. Most people would turn around to see what thing, what person uttered such an eerie verse. I thought I’d ridden myself of whatever had been haunting me. Evidently not.

Lately I’ve felt so cold. My bones ache everywhere and I feel so alone. Whatever’s doing this to me has no mercy.

_I see dead people…_

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“Shut up!” I yell into the air, no...

I’m basic I know

But she saved my life

She.saved.my.life

I’m sorry if that bothers you

But her

I strive to be able to create tales like she does

To weave together words that could crack someone open

I wasn’t able to afford tickets

Still I feel like I’ve been to each concert

Her ways of making everyone feel as if they know her

Even with all the shit she’s been through

She’s still motivating

She’...

I can’t get this memorable song out of my head

It sleeps with me in my dreams I him it in the shower in the car when I’m listening on my iPhone etc Runnig

It melts my heart and mind into a state of trance and bliss llaalsa tata tata I’m invincible

I wake up I hear a truck I run I yell and suddenly it hits me

Nothing happens I see the damaged truck I’m invincible...