A Shower in the Dark

so, this one time, Lacy walked in to the bathroom while I was showering. She learned I shower in the dark :)

Hide my pesky inequalities

     like you hide the ravages of time

And disguise the day with oscuration

 

She comes in— lights a candle, a spark plug

     and somehow its soft and warming blackness

     better than death and sleep (no dreaming)

And there’s a thousand sunsets on my skin

 

As water slides and quivers, cell by cell

     making clear tracks between joints and curves

     and stretching out hair for the ladders of princes

     carving deltas in my toes, cascades from my fingers

Sinking back into the ocean, via a storm drain

 

Or hangs around, robing naked air (so very shy and blushing)

     keeping me warm as drizzle on microbial civilisations

     filling me with dawn and such (or was it dusk)

     and still slipping like children in the mud

     trailing a memory of me, a soaked body stark

A shower in the dark

Reviews

[SweetPersephone]

"And there's a thousand sunsets on my skin

carving deltas in my toes

a shower in the dark"

Favorite lines. You're such a word guru. ^^

[Sara]

Ooh this was really neat, it gave me goose bumps. I myself don't like showers in the dark, the power went out once while I was in the middle of one and it creeped me out. This is beautiful, however and I especially liked:
' and still slipping like children in the mud

trailing a memory of me, a soaked body stark

A shower in the dark'

The last three lines. They had a nice touch of rhyming and I liked the metaphor of the children in the mud very much.
Great job!

[Legion]

I like it. Have taken showers in the dark myself. Well done. :)