illuminating my sanctuary.
I turn the knob to "hot",
and fill my tub--
the surge of water echoing like a hymn.
My aching muscles, an anchor,
holding me in my silent, scalding sea.
I close my eyes, drift through catharsis,
my healing ritual complete.
My personal paradise is blissful,
until the cat knocks the candle onto my rug.
The prompt for the Chimera 66 Challenge #16 at Grammar Ghoul Press is the word "catharsis," a noun meaning, "the process of releasing, and thereby providing relief from, strong or repressed emotions".
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