A Dream I Once Had

There's a well behind me
that's too deep
Yet this well of sorrow  
continues to overflow
Wolves scream,
loud enough for me to hear
Then there were hushed whispers
Someone keeps calling out my name
As if lulling me to sleep,
the voice was clear and soft
But the peace is overtaken  
by the tumult,
As the wolves' yelps continue.
My head is pulsating
On the verge of blowing up
I tried to move
So I took several steps back
I lost my grip and fell
Only to find myself  
marooned in the well
I'm going to drown
My whole body is languid and hefty
I was out of air, barely breathing
I yelled and screamed
My voice, however, echoed back at me
The echo was responding to me
It listens to everything I say
I screamed and sobbed, it did, too
No one is able to hear me,
No one is capable of rescuing me
Even so, I stretched my hand
Holding out hope for one last time
There was a beam of light  
that illuminated me
A tyke came and took my hand in hers, pulling me up
I woke up, what a long journey
To the dream I've always been afraid of
Those yelps I thought came from the wolves were actually coming from within me all along
Destroying my peace, the inner me
While the child who mumbled into my ear was once myself,
Trying to save me from sorrow.