I have to share this!

This is based on a creative writing prompt from my mom about special talents. I want to share this for my Show and Tell because I'm sure a lot of people can relate when it comes to bath time, and my special talent is helping the elderly with bath time (as a caregiver).

Enjoy!!!

An Ode to Bath Time

Today I took a bath
With my rubber ducky
Bubbles and peppermint oil
I scrub a dubbed
Until I felt clean and holy
Like the power of the steamy hot temp
Washed away the pain and grief
As I sank lower and lower
Blowing bubbles from my nose
Letting the menthol of the peppermint
Relieve the tension of a hard day's work

Why do I sit and argue with myself
About whether I really need to be clean
When the bath is so hot and inviting
Billowing bubbles going poof poof poof when I slide in
What is there to dread?
Is this what the elderly think?
When I drag them by the arm
Promising them they'll be a new man or woman
And "No, no, no!" they cry
"Don't put me in the tub!"
"Oh," I thought as I gather up the sudsy bubbles
"You'll feel so much better."
They grunted and grumbled, and they did other things to bide their time
Anything but a bath, good gracious no

So I thought, while sitting in the tub
Why do I feel this way?
Like them, afraid of the bath?
Even though they're required two baths a week
Sometimes, it can be two weeks before they step in
Or worse, a month, oh I can't bear to fathom those who go longer
Am I really that bad?

The bath can be too hot
Or not enough bubbles
Sometimes, I just feel sad
And go without a bath
For a few days, or do I daresay a week?

I hate to admit,
I am lucky to get clean once a week
The effort is treacherous
By god, the scrubbing and the tediousness of it all.

To get undressed, my ugly nakedness
Would scare most people silly
And oh, the steam would fog up my glasses
And then I'd have to change clothes

"But oh, Mr. Wesley, you'll be a brand new man
Think of how good you'll feel
Your day will start out right
When you get into clean clothes after a nice hot bath"
And they'd get angry, if I push them too hard
But eventually they'd cave in
And something special would happen
When I start scrub a dubbing...

"Why, you're right!
This bath is just perfect
I could sit in this tub all day
And I even feel young again
These bubbles just lift my spirits
I'm not ashamed of my nakedness anymore
You make me feel safe...and clean!"

See, that wasn't so bad
I thought as I pull the plug
No, I won't hop up
I want to sit there till the water is gone
And I'll throw the towel on me when the tub's empty
Because I'm just so pleased with the bath
It was so darn delightfrul
And I feel like a new woman

So my special gift, one so unique
Is one I take great pleasure in
Helping those with bath time
Even though its something I struggle with myself
But like them, I'm very similar
in a very unique way...

You can drag me to the bath,
But don't you dare drag me out!!!