And I fell

People talked, taunted and trashed

until they spaded into my soul

Thrust their mouths upon my ears

and fed on my repressed fears.

 

They submerged me in their hollow words

And I came out gasping;

All frail and feeble

with a racing mind, unstable.

 

My life was sorely punctured -

with  countless, fathomless holes;

All that seeped through was muck,

keeping me bound to the ruck.

 

I was pushed ahead,

but there was no ground beneath.

And I fell and I failed

Hit the rock bottom, my arms flailed.