Seeing My Past In Front Of Me Poem by Ray Hansell

The steam rises
From the hot tub
A slight chill cools the air
We are submerged
In ninety eight degree water
The warm water
Warms me to my soul
A blue light lights our way
As it shines inside the hot tub
The moon in the sky
Is three quarters full
Its light shoots through the clouds
Giving it an x-ray like affect
I watch her move in the water
She’s slow, but graceful
With the help of the light
I see her naked figure as she moves about
A figure that I am very familiar with
But yet tonight
It seems like I’m seeing it for the first time
Maybe because I’m looking at it
Through the eyes of a man
Realizing that when we were together
So many years ago
I was just a boy trying to be a man
The beauty I didn’t see back then
Is so very visible to me now
The years have taught me
That strength and inner beauty
Will always last forever
While good looks and a shapely body
Slowly fade like a setting sun
Being naked in a hot tube with her
Has made me realize all the mistakes
That I made years ago


© 9-19-10/RJH