Biding the Slide

Biding the Slide

depression paralyzed him

broke his cherry

on sunken sessions

pressed down

and shunned

shunted back and forth

against the gorge

paradigm of madness

no parachute in sight

his mind flooded

with dust on the floor

in a slump

a sink hole

dejected

submissive

lacking iron

no ion of scion

triumphant

floored

biding his time

redacted

broken

unforgiven

by a mind

polluted

Prussion blued

focusing on minutia

while I lead the parade

to love him

           --Katherine M. Searle

             Written as part of U of I MOOC