STORY STARTER

Submitted by Evelyn Allen Vale

"Two go in, and one comes out" is the start to a dark nursery rhyme that everyone in the town knows.

Write a story which features this rhyme and its tale.

A Harrowing Tale

Note: So um lol… I kind of started this a WHILE ago, but couldn’t think of anything that really flowed, so I only finished this now. At my younger brother’s baseball game, too, no less lol. Enjoy!






Two go in, & one comes out

When one of them is so stout

That they follow the path less traveled

Though it’s harrowing


Broken hearts & broken minds

They go in & grow a spine

Broken pieces filled of dread

Builds the sorrow in their head


Mental health is worth the wait

When all is said & all is paid

Depression in the shadows of the wrinkles on the ceiling

Peel your skin & leave you reeling


Leave your heart in the bin at the entrance of the gate

Let heaven or hell determine your fate

You’re all alone, kid

You always have been

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