the world slipping sideways

the details they escape me,

but I know that I was scared,

the first thing I remember, 

the world slipping sideways.

trying to re balance,

panic settles in,

I hunch down as low as I can go,

the world slipping sideways.

My eyes they close,

my hands they clamp down tight, 

my body tense as steel, 

the world slipping sideways.

my helmet strikes the road, 

as Im dragged across the asphalt,

scraping skin and bone,

the world slipping sideways, 

sounds of steel scraping,

sturdy plastic breaking,

bending the road sign as I smack

the world slipping sideways.

the sounds of catastrophe halt, 

catapulted from my perch,

tumbling like a rock,

the world slipping sideways.

the worlds spinning ceasing, 

the blood spread abound,

consciousness slowly retracing,

the world slipping sideways.

the pain setting in,

cutting deep as knives,
my motorcycle totaled

but thankful Im alive ,
the world slipping sideways.