I Bathed My Body <br />Perfumed My Soul <br />Body and Soul – All Aglow <br /> <br />I Washed My Mind <br />Prepared My Heart <br />Made Grime and Crime Depart <br /> <br /> … I’m As Pure, As An Impure-Girl Can Be <br />I’m Clean, As Far As The Eye Can See <br />But I’m Stuck, In The Soil Of Humanity <br />And You Said, What’s Yours, Must Be Holy … <br /> <br />I’ve Swept Away Dirty <br />Dust, Won’t Settle On Me <br />Mopped and Polished My Humility <br /> <br /> No (Lye) -Soap, But Suds <br />I, Tin-Washboard-Rubbed <br />My Sins, Clorox-Soaked and Scrubbed <br /> <br /> … Tonight, It’s Time For Another Bath <br />Smog, Plus Fog-Sweat, Well … Do The Math <br />Daily, My Fault, Ain’t Far From My Path <br />Tub-Baptized, ‘Cause Stink, Only Raises Wrath … <br /> <br />I, Talcum-Powder, Self-Inflicted-Bruises <br />Massage Away, Comfort-Zone-Excuses <br />and Rest On Silk Sheets: No Abuses, Nor Wild-Deuces … <br /> <br /> Lotion On Sand-Grain, Pained-Shoulder <br />Put Soothing Aloe-Oil, Yet Stain Spilt-Over <br /> ‘ Son Of Man ’, Came and Used Stain-Remover <br /> <br />… My Window-Sights, Clear For Clarity <br />My Hair and Hands, Shining-Sanitary-Vanity) <br />When Vacuumed, I’m Spotless, Not Bare-Empty <br />I’m Hygienic, Jasmine-Scented, Please Remain In Me <br /> <br />I’m As Pure, As An Impure-Girl Can Be <br />I’m Clean, As Far As The Eye Can See <br />But I’m Stuck, In The Soil Of Humanity <br />(My Spirit Is Willing … But My Flesh Is Weak) <br />And You Said, What’s Yours, Must Be Holy …<br /><br />MoonBee Canady<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/to-be-holy-clean/
