Well

I fell down this well
Landed on my back, now my body is broken.
Laying still in my pain, the moss and roots welcome me.
It's so dark, I can't tell if my eyes are open or closed.
You've climbed down to rescue me but I can't smile.

Don't pull my hand, 
My wrist is broken by people I've trusted before.
Don't sooth me with your words,
My ears are bleeding from all the lies I've heard before and I can't hear you.
Don't help me stand up,
My legs are shattered from running after loves that weren't mine in the end.
Don't hold my face to stare in my eyes,
They've been scorched by beautiful devils and burned shut.
Don't ask me for my heart,
It turned into a bag of tar and gravel after all the betrayals.
Don't wipe the tears from my seared face.
They're all I have left.
Don't try to hold me, 
The waves of memory and anger hurt more than my snapped spine.

This well is quiet,
You came down to save me, 
But you've no more power than the moss and roots growing over me.
This well is dark, 
Dark enough to blot out what they did to me.
This well is cold,
Cold enough to freeze me in time and hide me from anymore hurt.

Climb out, cover the well and walk away.

10-1-2012