leaky faucet

Cold by Jasmine Kareem-Robinson

 leaky faucet by Margot Kaye

i take a bath to drown the world out

the pitter-patter of the lingering drops from the faucet are the soft beat of my heart

the water grows colder, freezing me into a corpse, cold, lifeless 

and as i finally allow the water to solemnly deplete

i circle the drain

i’m swallowed down with the remainder of my bath water. and i am gone.