Shark in the Bathtub

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I hadn't bathed in a week

I was really starting to reek

But when my mama said,

"Time to scrub your head."

Louder and louder I'd shriek


The water was filled up with bubbles

But, to me, it was hiding the troubles

Because in my brain

(Although it sounds insane)

Something evil lurked in all puddles


A shark would be in there

That was my young mind's fear

And when I sat in the tub,

Going scrub-a-dub-dub,

A great white would give me a scare


My mind would imagine the fin

Swimming round and round again

The rest of the shark

Hid in the dark

And I would have nowhere to swim




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