I’m here and it hurts
So why am I then?
For no one is there
No hand can be lend
Can not I myself
Get out of this well
So far to the top
Bruised when I fell
Looking up as I wait
Watching people walk by
Tried screaming for help
But ignored them my cry
I ran out of breath
Then lost I my voice
To wait was my answer
And only my choice
Pondering my escape
While I sit on this rock
Walls made from just dirt
To climb pointless I thought
No one was worried
Where I had went
Guess they forgot
Their time with me spent
I Tried everything
From strength to honesty
But still I am here
As I wait to be free
Pain was horrendous
From mostly my heart
How this did happen
When did this start
Finally some hope
As a voice called to me
“You want this hole closed
If rain comes, you’ll freeze”
Of course I did not
Only wanted I out
This well was so dark
So began now I shout
“Please close it do not
A rope I just need
I fell down this well
I’m down here stuck see”
Quietly listening
Heard nothing at all
Never they answered
No rope did they fall
Knowing I need help
With no one to call
My life had been perfect
Until I did fall
Work friends I had
People I trust
All of them gone
Forgotten they must
Gone my best friend
My job that I love
Boy Friend left too
Not lost I enough?
Worst wasn’t over
As a faint voice did cry
My fathers name said
“Jesse had died”
I cried everyday
Eyes burned from tears
No one to hug me
To take away fears
Imagine a place
Being trapped from all love
Could turn to no one
That’s where I was
Months have gone by
While people still past
Cold and confused
How long could this last
Ashamed being here
Wanting to give up
Not used to being alone
Frightened or stuck
My life being wasted
Lived I each day
Reaching for hope
As it slips away
Can only I blame
Who put me inside
Lost from my life
That person was I
I’m writing this poem
With a stick in my hand
Sketching the words
On dirt walls of sand
Expressing my feelings
Buried deep in this poem
Instead of a well
Think of a home
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