A Silver Faucet

A silver faucet

Bursting with a warm

Stream of clear liquid

Saturates

My dry, straw-like hair.

I add

Bubbly shampoo

And

Creamy conditioner

That lathers

Into a cleaning frenzy.

The mixture froths

And all the bad stuff

That smells like

Stinky socks

Washes down the drain

With a greedy gulp.

As a fluffy towel

Dries my hair

To wet dampness,

Daily routine

Wakes me up

And

Refreshes me,

Getting me ready

For a new day’s

Life experience.

The idea for “A Silver Faucet” came from a request for a poem about a favorite daily routine or activity. My insight is to wash away my troubles and clean my soul by the simple act of washing my hair. I enjoyed writing this poem as it is fun to weave words and say something so simple in a creative way. Some of the techniques I used include sound alliteration (examples: “greedy gulp”, and “stinky socks”), images or metaphors (example: “a silver faucet bursting with a warm stream of clear liquid” representing bountiful blessings showering down from spirit), and my structure or focus was cleansing life, mind and hair. The perspective that I had was ‘out with the old, in with the new’. It is how I prepare to greet the day everyday.