The Difference Between Bathroom and Body

October 2019

He trespasses into my bathroom

Tugging the towels off the rack

Inhaling the shampoo bottles

Caressing the toilet bowl

Resuscitating the tap

Prying open the shower curtains

With a stroke of luck

He awakens from his drunken fog and remembers

His invitation was to my body, not my bathroom

It takes months for the putrid stench to wash down the drain

And with it, strands of color from the world I once saw

*Thank you to those who listened, who grieved, who were angry. Your kind heart and words will always be remembered.