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