slump by M. Stacy

seasonal depression has me in its chokehold

and it’s hard to escape

because it’s easier to ignore problems

rather than fixing them

and I’ve heard that

“the pendulum of passion”

will always swing back

but I think my pendulum broke

cause I’m in such a slump lately

the kind

you

slowly

drown

in

because you don’t realize how burnt out you are

until it hits you like a truck

and not just a pick-up truck –

it’s those eighteen-wheelers

that always seem to sway in wind

like they’re taunting you, ready to hit all at once

when you least expect it

and now you have to deal with all that weight

slowly suffocating you

until you finally succumb