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  Showerhead Liberation
by Odin Roark
Sunday, May 19, 2013
Rated "PG13" by the Author.

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Privacy invasion hasn’t yet reached the shower and most likely this sanctum of inner privacy will remain ours for the taking, or...ignoring.


Showerhead Liberation
by Odin Roark

Merely the on-turn of a knob
Willingness offers its quiet
Earthly wants rendered still
Mindful needs given release

So it is
In epiphanous showers of awakening
Where everyday barbarous clinging
Succumbs to hot and cold waters
Dashing scablings-in-waiting
Gushing over would be barbed captivity
Shocking resistance
Into retreat

With luck
Clarity becomes apparent
Battle fatigue abates
Closed eyes of survival
Find calming strategies
Directions become void of aggression
Peaceful control becomes clear

How soothing for some
This simple morning habit
This willingness to allow

Some
Break the bondage
With singing
Others with prayer

Some
With laughter
Aware freedom’s purge
Knows many choices

Cleansed
The off-turn of the knob
Begets quiet echoed dripping
Like the humble resonance
Of Tibetan bells
Channeling healing for all to hear
For all to embrace
Even as many ignore

Showerhead liberation
Everyone’s private time
For many
One’s tenuous sanctuary
Amidst modernity’s chaos 



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Reviewed by Mr. Ed 5/20/2013
A much needed sanctuary indeed, especially these days.
Reviewed by Budd Nelson 5/20/2013
yes i agree with those before me, such a cleansing time
budd
Reviewed by Morgan Merriweather 5/19/2013
this is a ritual of privacy that can't be missed! especially with the chaos.
Reviewed by George Carroll 5/19/2013
When you have laid on a hospital bed for weeks, boy does that first shower awaken you to life. Your contemplations are not remiss to this old head of mine each morning I shower.


G
Reviewed by Roger Wayne Eberle 5/19/2013
...miles from nowhere... ...guess I'll take my time... ...to reach there... ...to reach there... ...some folks like to roll on roads... ...gives them comfort and serenity.... ....like your showerhead liberation... ...like to look out at the road running under my wheels... ...keeps me from running on empty... whether it's Cat or Jackson or the Eagles or Odin... the song remains the same... ...peace... ...mighty peace... ...that peaceful, easy feeling... ...I know it won't let me down... ...long as I keep standing my ground... ...taking solace in whatever sanctuary I have found...

...have a good long weekend, Odin...

Roger
Reviewed by Ronald Hull 5/19/2013
Yes, a morning shower is one of life's treasures. No matter your mood or circumstance, it will enlighten you––except if the hot water is off! It also is a blessing for those around you during the day. Cleanliness is not only godliness, it makes you pleasant to be around.

When I told my grandfather that I showered every morning at the dormitory (we didn't have a shower, just a bathtub, at home), he admonished me for taking a shower more than once a week, all that was necessary. “All that hot water on on your head every day is going to make you bald.” Like both my grandfathers at my age, I still have a healthy head of hair. I guess my grandfather's old men's tale was wrong.

Ron
Reviewed by Mary Ann Biddinger 5/19/2013
~Odin~
Humble resonance..for all to embrace..the coolness
or the steam of desired serenity. Loving the lather
and the rinsing of the calm. Enjoyed!!

Lady Mary Ann
Reviewed by Linda Hill 5/19/2013
Odin,

The shower is my refuge! Demands of the day have to wait and I can have my quiet, peaceful shower time with no interruptions. Enjoyed your poem!

Many blessings,
+Linda
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