FALLEN

I GOT A THING FOR ANGELS AND MERMAIDS TOO. WHEN I WAS YOUNGER, WELL UP TO MY LATE 30'S I USED TO LIKE TO GET IN TO A DRY BATH AND RUN THE TAPS LUKE WARM. I'D CURL UP IN A FOETAL POSITION AND IMAGINE I WAS A WORLD WAR II PILOT WHO HAD BEEN SHOT DOWN. THE LUKE WARM WATER I WOULD ENVISAGE AS THE SEA LAPPING AGAINST ME AS I LAY FACE DOWN ON GOLDEN SAND. THEN I WOULD TURN THE COLD TAP OFF AND JUST HAVE THE HOT RUNNING WHICH FELT SO COMFORTING WHICH WAS THE PART WHERE I AWOKE SLOWLY AND FOUND MYSELF IN A HOT CLEAR SHALLOW LAKE SURROUNDED BY PALM TREES, EXOTIC BIRDS AND MERMAIDS TENDING TO MY MILD ABRASIONS. MIGHT HAVE TO REVISIT THAT PARADISE ISLAND FANTASY AGAIN SOON I THINK.