Heal me

I run

The bath water 

Extra hot.  

I take out 

My pomegranate 

Oil and swirl it 

In the water.  

The steam fills

My nose.  

I step 

Into the hot 

Watery pool.  

I am no longer 

46 

I am no longer 

Stressed.  

I am no longer 

In pain.  

All of that 

Drifts 

Away in the steam.  

I love this 

It's the only 

Time I am 

In love with 

My body.  

It's because there 

Is no mirror to 

Point out my 

Flaws. It's 

Only my eyes 

Looking 

At my vessel 

Loving it 

Excepting it.  

My eyes are 

What God 

Uses to see.  

As I let 

The watery 

Oily pomegranate 

Mix heal me.

I am reminded 

How kind I can

Be 

How my heart 

Is so big. 

How thankful 

I am to have 

This body. 

Long legs

Tummy

Neck.

I am healed 

For just a moment

Until I get 

Out 

Of this tub.  

So why leave?

Because the 

Lesson is to 

Find this love 

Of self 

Outside this water.  

As I get out

I close my eyes 

And whisper 

To myself 

Only words 

That I can 

Understand. 

The message 

Is private 

But the 

Beginning 

Starts and 

All I 

Hear is ...

Heal me.

And I wait 

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