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He’ll Be There for Life

100 Lyrics into Stories — No20

Jillian Spiridon
2 min readSep 17, 2023

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The sculpture sat in the middle of the artist’s studio, unfinished. Every day, he was frustrated by its incomplete state: the torso of a woman sat misshapen and unfocused.

“You could be such a beauty,” he whispered, “but you won’t let me complete the masterpiece you are.”

Then he would walk away, frustrated, his hands chalky from the clay he had spent hours fashioning with every bit of his strength.

Except one morning he came into the studio to find the sculpture missing.

And in its place stood a woman dressed in white, her eyes hazy.

“You called?” she asked.

This is my third take on the 100 Story Challenge! Lyrics define these stories, and this piece‘s title was inspired by “Daydreamer” from Adele.

For the other stories in this iteration, check out the link below:

100 Lyrics into Stories

100 stories

If you missed out on rounds one and two, I’ve linked both my original 100 Story Challenge list as well as my 100 Faces in 100

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Jillian Spiridon
Jillian Spiridon

Written by Jillian Spiridon

just another writer with too many cats

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