draw the bath

here is bright light
the watt bulbs glare
and blue tint water crawls slowly from
the spouts release
steam wishs on the mirror
and the window just draw up
a touch

there is meditation in the flow
how far the travel from boiler
the copper jacket tubing
the solder twisted in by the
torchs breath

how far

years crawl and flit like
bats on the wing

I feel your hot scar tears
and they sting
your hurt your ache
I cradle
stroking the fine hair

the demons howl
and you huddle on the bed
and the water roars from the
chrome mouth

climb this hot pool
in enamel crave
the wave reciprocal pattern
dances from resistance
to resistance

its a wavelength
and the faucet drips
the condensation running
steam whirls sucked out
the window the blue bruise
of night is stealing

settle settle
the water rises
and gurgles from the
over fill

the heat like a heartbeat
soothing
the salts dissolving

the drip loud and echoeing

soft clean towels on the rack
and television talking in the
room
the linen coated pillows
the glamour of the glass
with curtian drawn

the chair waiting

I retreat while air conditioning
rumbles
your long hair
your histories
like mermaid roots

the miles line my face
and this heat
ages all the breaks
and scars

and Venus rises like
a flare

she dares

poignant beauty

and the echoes of footsteps
down the hall
close to door to vivid dreams