I'm falling,
Neither up or down, and never sideways.
Sweetly,
Soundly,
Into the Abyss.
What will reach the bottom?
So Sweetly, so Soundly, will bones break into pieces when they touch the end like glass
Sweet.
Sound.
What is bound at the bottom?
Is there a beast down there so hideous that it has no name?
Does it eat Flesh? Will it eat me? Will I reach the bottom?
Will the bottom be Bear?
Will I be Alone ?
Could I just be in the mouth of a beast being swallowed?
If, so who I'm I, and does anybody care?
Swallowed in fear..
Her breath lethargic, so weak in my arms. Her tears kiss my torso, the golden locks of her hair caress my arms, my fingertips.
She hugs her knees, curled up on herself, while I in turn, hold her in silence. I'm a jerk, I'm insensitive, I can't say anything, I can't offer any single word. And I think: "The silence and nothing more. That I offer to you, and you know, that is why you are here."
And if she breaks in my arms? No, definitely I didn't utter a single word; just moments ago her tears were a desperate flood, whining incessantly, making my body her warm den. Now it has calmed down, her bright black eyes are red, lost, looking out the