bend down your ear

Bend down your ear 

Hear my words spit on the stony  ground

Place your hands on the back of my head

Move aside the caked blood, matted hair, find the soft part on the back of my neck

Stroke slow, soft, and whisper simple assurances

Help me to my knees 

my strength is gone 

There is no one near to lift my words from my busted lips

All help is lost, gone 

Please

when you find me

Lift my words to your ear 

Pull me up 

off this cold earth

Lie to me, saying 

It will all be alright

Swallow your terror long enough to

hold my shaking hands and

Bend down your ear