A Spine that Failed Me

Paralyzed in the worst way
by you, your concrete obstinance
colliding with my
leap of faith, an impact, then
I'm still.

Immobile.
Others coax and call but I can't answer,
cannot whisper.
I reach for you, but not a muscle
heeds my screaming will.

They all grow sad and angry
at my silence, so confused at this,
a useless, muted
heap of broken masterpiece...
a shame.

They leave me
there, bare...
tears staining the gray where I have shattered
And as if I never mattered, you
glance down

then do the same.