Peachtober 2021
Peachtober is a variation of Inktober started by one of my favorite artists @furrylittlepeach. Everyday there is a prompt you should base your creation on for the day. Last year I tried to do this with visual art (sketches/watercolor), but I think I truly only got through one entry (frog) - and it was pretty unmotivating if I’m honest, as my frog looked terrible.
This year, in the hopes to get through more than one prompt, I opted to write lyrics/melodies to songs based on each word of the day. I think I got through maybe 5 this time, which is progress I guess. Below is the full prompt list, and then my contribution for the ones I completed.
Day 1: Tulip
I’ve been keeping busy
when leaves fall down, I don’t notice
Just march along with hopeless focus
But this heart’s getting dizzy
Hiding from myself in my own room
This time I’ll try to stay long enough
to watch the tulips bloom
Does a check on the list still make you feel accomplished?
When you feel it creeping closer,
write another to-do
A solo drive requires an accompanying tune
Do the rules in your head still give you security?
If you’re falling too fast, sound the alarms
“Stop and smell the roses” never mentioned the thorns
I’ve been letting the seasons pass me by
one too many times
I’ve been scared of the things I might find
in my own mind
Day 2: Smoke
What if the smoke never clears?
If I reach my hands out in this haze will you still be here?
If living life through blurry sight
gets too hard, it might be best to dissapear
I’d never blame you for seeking security
Wake up most days with a weight on my chest
Waiting for my speeding heart to finally rest
Half awake, you hold me, and that’s as close as it gets
I’m trying to not be dependent
But crying alone, I can’t
stand it, sometimes
And you don’t say a word you just stay with me through the night
You say you’d never leave
but we all make a few promises we can’t keep
If you don’t love me, just set me free
Do you love me now or the memory of who I was?
I don’t want to force you to hold me up
I can be a little much
But I hear you when you say I’m enough
Day 3: Cloud
Not quite cloudy, there’s just a chance of shade
…
I love you, I just can’t love you that way
Day 4, 5, 6: Hand, Rise, Fall
Oh I get so sad
I get so sad
Wishing for days to which I can’t go back
Maybe back then it was just as bad
Seeing it through retrospect can do that
Stuck in bittersweet memories
The Hand of Nostalgia’s got a hold of me
As soon as the sun rises
I long for the seconds before
She greeted me slowly but the moment is fading
faster than I can control
I know I’ll see her again,
but it’ll never be the same as today
Is that for the best?
With the first fleck of gold on the ground, he comes around
Takes a bite of my cheek and the next day the heat returns
He’ll come back and stay for a little
But sometimes I’m too busy to notice
Till the color has faded,
he’s gone away and
the grey is all he left
I know the problem is me
When you’re right here but I can’t stop
Looking over your shoulder
\I know the problem is me
When you hold out your hand but the second you leave
I’m grasping for your memory