a drop of calm

&
nose-deep
in the tub, you are
a sea star dozing sweetly
in sudsy waves of aqua and,
lavender; a mermaid strangely,
liberated; a strand of coral swaying to
beats of soft jazz, your chin bobbing up
like a buoy among the bubbles, & down
with the flicker of one big red candle;
hair drifting like lilypads and empty
thoughts, you dwell like rain in the
warmth of water, sinking
ever so slowly…