I sit on the edge of the bath tub with my elbows on my knees. My spine bends like a cattail in the wind. My head sags like a water droplet just barely hanging on to the underside of a wood railing in the rain. The whole world tips up on its side, and almost falls over completely, crashing into black, as the blood rushes into my head. One elbow slips from my knee and the cattail bends deeper at the waist as the water droplet has almost too much mass to hold on. My head spills out like a bucket into the bath water.

Originally written on: September 14, 2020