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Blowing Bubbles

I remember blowing bubbles, winsome bubbles in the air

Enchanted by their beautiful prismatic hues

As they danced upon the breeze like ballerinas in free flow--

The art of blowing large bubbles was a long, steady exhalation

Once I blew a bubble so large it unceremoniously kissed my face

I laughed at the bubble fairies' aqueous embrace...

 

Now I blow bubbles to improve my lung function and breathlessness

A far cry from the child smiling with the sun in her eyes

Infirmity is an uninvited visitor here to stay until death's sweet release

So this too shall pass, when my ashes blow upon the winds of peace...

 

Well, this is turning out to be a rather morbid affair

To be honest, the days feel like scaling Everest without a rope

Thus, I've taken up mountaineering, accompanied by lost hope...

 

Tomorrow will be better is a fallacy, for the 'morrow doesn't exist

Thus, I've fallen in love with clouds, and today the sky is grey

Now is the only moment available to blow pretty bubbles

Grateful for every mindful breath, with the sun in my heart

Peace be upon you, love's timeless truth doth impart...

 

 

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Written by
kim-johanna-baker
F / England
Published
6d ago
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Notes

I purchased a thing called blowing bubbles

It's like a pipe with a bright plastic ball

which you blow to make the ball hover

supposedly to help the lungs

Then I wanted real bubbles, so here I am blowing pretty bubbles...

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