STORY STARTER

Submitted by XOXO, Zain

“I was quiet, but I was not blind.” - Jane Austen

Use this quote as the main theme or message of a story.

Nothing more than his wife

Based on this prompt and the following lyric from “Good Luck Babe” by Chappel Roan


“When you wake up next to him in the middle of the night, with your head in your hands You’re nothing more than his wife”



I was silent

But I saw

And I felt

Oh god how I felt it

But I hid it

Oh god how i hid it


I saw the man who thought I was in love

I felt his hands hold mine

But in my head I screamed

Please let go

Because I didn’t want to be his wife


I knew before we married

How awful it felt to see him

I knew before the first touch

That It would be excruciating to try to love him


I was silent but I saw


The dreams how they consumed me

My every living moment

The nightmares gripped to my sleep

And there was no escape


At night it felt

As If i would never leave

He never hurt me

All he gave was love

But I wanted someone else

Someone like me

A woman, like me


During the day

I could dream of escaping

Of having a life

Of having a wife

But it was shattered

When i had to force an

“I love you” when he walked through the door


I held on to my dreams

Hoping they would one day come true

But for now

I lay next to him

And know

I am nothing more than his wife

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