What is there about a Spa

What is there about a Spa

Abano Terme, Italy

What is there about

a spa that makes

one think

"Why this

water

must I drink?

it smells

like sulfur

and it

does stink!

What is there about 

a spa that makes

one think

"Why this 

hot mud

that must

be rubbed

upon 

my body

up and down

arms

legs

now I'm all

brown!"

What is there about a spa

that makes 

one think

"Why into this

hot salt water

must I sink?

It makes

me sleepy

it makes

me tired"

as I nod

off

and almost
expire

What is there about

a spa that makes 

me glad

to lie upon

this table

while they

massage

my head

back

arms

legs

and feet

slowly, slowly

I realize

that 

I'm 

asleep

Maybe this is

what there is about a

spa

as I answer my own

question

waiting for 

tomorrows

rejuvenation

Michaella Lazarus

February 28, 2016