The well wasn’t always haunted. But it had always been a well.
It is an echo of that which happens above, shaped by all the things it cannot see.
It’s as young as the rain, younger than clouds, newer than children, more recent than sleep.
Its memories are memories of the memories it once remembered itself. It longs. It yearns. It needs. It wants. But for what it does not know.
The well is a mouth that feeds on old bones. The well is a prison that is impossible to escape. The well is a hole even blacker than our hearts, even deeper than our despair.
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Notes:
1. Written on 29th March, 2022
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