Caren Krutsinger Poet Free verse

My Bath Is Not the Same

My relaxing baths are not the same 
Because I am not the same
I know when I get down into a tub, 
I might not be able to get back up out of it now 

How rapidly I changed from a little girl
To an old woman
Not realizing what it meant
Age did not sneak up, I blinked and she was here. 
She slapped me in the face

I used to love a bath!
The more bubbles the better
I cannot have bubbles anymore because of my asthma
I worry when I get down low I cannot get out of this tub. 
When did I transmogrify from a young girl to a dinosaur?
I growl with fierceness and make my own bubbles.

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Paula Goldsmith April 3, 2022 at 9:02 AM A fun/cute write. Getting older and getting down does not work so well. I love my showers. Have a great/blessed day................... Caren Krutsinger April 3, 2022 at 6:55 PM I’ve baths but are they worth the trouble? Probably not

Rico Leffanta March 25, 2022 at 11:46 AM You would be surprised at the number of elderly women I have had to help out of the swimming pool or jacuzzi! But a good float is worth the risk? Aloha! Caren Krutsinger March 25, 2022 at 7:54 PM Oh my! I would be horrified Rico!

Ilene Bauer March 25, 2022 at 9:33 AM I love your poem, Caren, but I’ve always been a shower person - even as a little girl. Still, I can 100% relate to the aging part… Caren Krutsinger March 25, 2022 at 7:54 PM I loved a bath; not so much now

Eve Roper March 24, 2022 at 9:35 PM hahahaha... I know the feeling.. and I use to love them as late as in my fifties. Caren Krutsinger March 25, 2022 at 2:07 AM Me too Eve. Me too!

L Milton Hankins March 24, 2022 at 9:06 PM I love it, Caren. I, too, always enjoyed my occasional bath (as opposed to the routine shower), but now if I got down into the tub, I'd have to have someone haul me out of it. Not a pleasant thought. It's one of life's small pleasures I truly miss. Caren Krutsinger March 25, 2022 at 2:08 AM I used to LOVE a bath!

Jeff Kyser March 24, 2022 at 8:29 PM A good bath, like a good engagement: always a ring Caren Krutsinger March 25, 2022 at 2:08 AM Always Jeff, always!