Shower of Tears

Annie Louise Twitchell

shampoo still stings the same as it did when I was seven

but the difference is that when I was seven

I cried at the soap in my eyes but

now I don’t have to be near the shower

for my eyes to cry and I like showers

now because I can cry and no one

can tell if it’s because my world is slowly crumbling around me

if it’s because I got soap in my eyes