1 June 2012
The Music. Nobody talks about it but it is constantly in everyone's minds. People don't tell you if they've heard it because... well because it means they're cursed. We don't know what it sounds like except that it calls you. We're all running now anyway so it's not so obvious when someone is taken. I'm glad. I couldn't bear it if anyone found out that I'm singing. It just came to me. A haunting but compelling melody came and got stuck in my head. Over and over it plays. But I know that I won't get tired of it because it speaks to me. The others weren't taken. They went to search. My reflection in a puddle looks... different. I can almost see the notes in my eyes, see that the tune is hovering on the edge of my lips, barely inside. I have to go. If the others find me and realise... But I won't go looking for anything. I won't let the song get the better of me. I can't lose myself like the others do. I don't know where I'm going but I'm driven forward by a familiar force. I feel like I'm going the right way and I trust it.
The music is too loud in my head. I can't hear any thing a else and it's... making me feel... drowsy...
My eyes feel like they've been glued together. But something has made me get up. Even though my hearing hasn't quite kicked in yet I have a feeling the music is calling me. Well... as long as I don't get dragged in. I'll go and see what it's all about but not get too close. I stumble sleepily towards a clearing type thing. I can hear it now. The music is no longer just inside my head. Others are singing it. I almost feel a sense of... family. This should scare me, I know it should but the music is too calming. The complex harmonies drag you in. One haunting refrain over and over but adorned with turns and trills and gliding glissados. Crap. I didn't realise that I had joined in. I can't stop. I can't walk away and I can't stop. 'Ah, you found me. I was beginning to think you wouldn't come.' Help.
The Music • Opuss № I