Chlorine

One day

You're twenty one

And you step out of the shower

And you realize

That you miss smelling like

Chlorine.

You aren't a swimmer

And you haven't been

For nearly 8 years now

But you can still remember

How it smelt

When you'd shower.

How no amount of water

Could wash away the chemical

And no amount of conditioner

Could conceal the chlorine smell

You burnt of chlorine always

And the smell permeated you like perfume

And oddly enough,

You're suddenly 21

And ever so faintly

Missing the smell

Of chlorine

03/06/24