rubber ducky

The dog barking, sounded like somebody talking. The water running, sounded like a waterfall. The sound of my breathing, was like heavy equipment working. It was all distorted, and it became something different if I let my mind trail. So I let it, and it wandered - and I watched as something was completely warped into something else. It was terrific, and it confused me for a moment as to why I had never really let myself experience that before. Maybe as a child I had, I can't be sure - and I must have forgotten, if I had. Nevertheless it felt like a monumental discovery for me, and I was overcome by it. So I laid there for a little while, and I'm not exactly sure how long I actually laid there for but it felt like a long time. It was probably only a few minutes, in reality. I got up slowly, resisting my bodies movements at first. It took me awhile to admit to myself that I was getting sleepy and should get out of the bath tub. When I did, the sounds stayed the same temporarily - and my breathing still sounded like heavy equipment working. I let my mind rest there for a minute, adjusting to difference that came once my head was out of the water. My breathing began to sound like breathing again - and so I found my way to the towels, wrapped myself tightly and submerged my body into the cold of the house that quickly encompassed me. I think I'll start taking baths again.