raining,
inside and out
how sad
to be with the falling of hair
no
matter how much I thought I prepared
I feel
sad as I feel it slide through my fingers
to fall
into the shower,
I pick
up the clump from the drain -
pubic
hair, too -
I knew
and still it feels so hard to absorb
this
softness leaving my body
my body
softening inside out
and
outside in
to
absorb even more
of the
love
that
surrounds me now -