escape

forty-one degrees

one after noon

through a small square window

in my shower stall

seventeen storeys high

little beams of sunlight

dance along my shower songs

i catch them in my palm

diving into the little lakes

in my cupped hands

they glow against my skin

lovely daytime fairy lights

bouncing off crystal droplets

into rainbow colors

in my mind, only

summer memories

i pretend to rinse away

beach salt and sand

laughter and music

and food and drink

right outside

my dearest friends

call me to hurry

i could climb out

this small square window

an escape hatch

to jump from

yet i merely

rinsed away

the happiest days

and lived on 'til two.