Ten Things I Think About In the Shower

1. Life would be so different if I could just have washed you away. I would have done In my anger All red blotches and steam All nail brush and specks of Blood 2. I’m glad it was not possible. You are not stain Nor scar But birth mark It was always going to be you Even before it was 3. You would have hated this Ten minutes in you would have Turned on the cold tap Burnt my neck And told me that you were saving the world One bathroom at a time I would have almost hated you Until you kissed it cool 4. The first time you saw me naked Was an accident I wanted candles and Music playing over the faint whir of A spinning CD Scarves draped over lamps I wanted you to know my body like you knew My mind 5. I thought you knew I was taking a shower Thought you knew that the lock Was broken 6. When I cried you Took the towel from my hands And ran your tongue along my Scars Like you were closing an envelope 7. I miss you 8. Sometimes after my morning shower I climb back into bed. Still wet I damp my sheets And think about Kissing you in the ocean Think about trying to squeeze our damp bodies back into Skinny jeans and deciding to just Stay naked until sunrise 9. Do you ever think about me in the shower? Do you think about washing me away or Do you still use my favourite brand of Shampoo? Am I a birthmark or a scar or a Smudged ink stain between your fingers? Do you miss me? 10. Maybe I should start taking baths.