“Let us go down to the bottom of the well” she said “and sit in the cooling waters”
But I didn’t want to follow her down to the place where the edges meet and reason is left behind
“Come dip your toes” she soothed in tones beguiling
And led me towards that place of desolation
Where sea meets sky…unattainable horizon
She urged me forward, a burden around my neck
Heavy she clung to me
Till my shoulders shook under the weight
And my knees gave way
And I stumbled into the hole she had made for me
A graveyard of fantasy
Where hope had laid waste the years
And the liquid rose
Black waves that dipped and surged and pulled me under
And the sunlight peeked through like a pinhole…insignificant light
And it wasn’t enough to keep me afloat
And she sat on my chest and beat against my breast
Till my heart failed
And I sunk beneath the surface
Became entrenched
And the light shifted ever further away… A distant spark
Light collapsed into the dark and fell into itself till no speck remained visible to the naked eye
And still she hung around my neck
“Come let us glide beneath the surface” she said
And smothered me with a brutal kiss
Till I gave way to the impossibility of my dream
Sunk my feet into the depths of the cooling waters
And let the water wash me away
