Cleansing

As I let the water cleanse through my hair, allowing the conditioner left in its strands to escape, liquid filled the caves of my ears. I tried to drain it more than once. Angle my head to the left. THUMP THUMP THUMP. Angle my head to the right. THUMP THUMP THUMP. Gone. After seven minutes of scrubbing the dirt that my body captures daily, I felt water drip out of my ears. Everything suddenly became louder, more clear. The difference was obvious, now, but before, how did I not notice what was missing? What was gone?