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POEM STARTER

You begin to hear a voice singing to you, a voice that nobody else can hear. It slowly grows louder, and carries a sinister message.

Create a poem based on this concept. You may wish to include the voice's words and use them throughout the poem.

A Sudden Stop

Poetry

Here,

It sung in the distance of my mind,

I turned but perhaps not in time,

Again it sung,

Here,

It crept from the cobwebs of my memory,

Quietly,

Surely,

I felt it getting closer,

In a melody that pained me,

Shivers,


Here!


A quiet shout,

A call for help?

I couldn’t tell,

I shouldn’t dwell,


HEre!


Louder,


HERe!


Louder,


HERE!


I screamed,

The voice squeezing out of my lungs finally,

I winced,

My chest pronging from my liver painfully,


Here…


I could no longer brea…

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