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A Song of Life

By ShaunA9 Jan 17, 2020

A Song of Life

Music can thrum in your bones
Filling your world with song
Bringing a smile for all that is right
And bringing the tears for the wrong

I remember it well
How it instilled such wonder
Until the murder of my parents
Tore my world asunder

Now silent sings my heart
Lest I notice its tune
And I stand there alone
In the centre of the room

Amidst wallpaper tears
And the shadows that loom
And the cracks in the plaster
Like a festering wound

If I close my eyes and my mind
With an effort of will
All the songs of my youth
Whisper to me still

About the author

ShaunA9
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I am a Wattpad Star, featured author and Wattys winner. I have also appeared on Sky TV to debate traditional vs electronic publishing against a major literary agent. I write multiple genres, including young adult and childrens', along with psychological horror. I have been commissioned to write for Universal, Warner Bros, Blumhouse, STX and Paramount for such movies as The Purge: Anarchy, Sinister II, Incarnate, The Boy, IT and A Quiet Place. I regularly hold writing workshops at local schools. I live with my wife, daughters, 2 dogs and 2 cats. I work full time, co-own a barbers salon and write in that breath between my heartbeats.

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