Showerhead Rain
Trying to keep this moment forever
Showerhead rain, clear on skin and crimson in hearts
Melodious strings of emotion on harps
Pulled to the scorch of a safety net
Burning away below us
As glassy silver droplets pool
In reservoirs so temporary
They feel like a desperate fool’s attempt
To pause the world’s infinity
***
Nozzle on the end of a pipe
Dividing up the stream
Into a hundred immediate ways
To remember everything
***
A lightness washes over us
Reflected off the granite floor
Like waterfalls on natural stone
As steam progresses out the door
***
The slowly fogging mirror blurs impressions of the self
Away from cold reflections of the burdens on our health
Our lips are pressed together like a dagger to the skin
Cutting up reminders of the lonely men we’ve been
And never again may the water cool
To make our bodies shiver
Pressed together in endless union
Melting the icy river
***
Showerhead rain, clear on skin and cyan in hearts
Melodious strings of emotion on harps
Pulled to the scorch of a safety net
Burning away below us
As glassy silver droplets pool
In reservoirs so temporary
They feel like a happiness-fueled attempt
To keep the love’s infinity
About the Creator
Tanner Peiffer
I'm an aspiring poet, writing from both personal experiences and surreal concepts, with the goal of inspiring anyone who may read. I hope my art can strike a chord and shift a perspective or two. 20 years old.
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