i am a bubble <br />swirling in liquid colour <br />life the breeze <br />that bumps me around <br /> <br /> <br />i have burst countless times <br />at every bad joke <br />at every rough word <br />at every defeat <br /> <br /> <br />yet i have become alive again <br />fully inflated soul <br />gliding back into the slipstream <br />deftly bobbing along <br /> <br /> <br />snipers are everywhere <br />luring me into their sights <br />they live in the shadows of friendship <br />some inside submarines of time <br /> <br /> <br />at work, deadlines threaten <br />shaking menacing spears <br />in the neighbourhood, <br />bad vibes caress velvet daggers <br /> <br /> <br />i go out in multiple explosions <br />colourful poofs <br />but ever so quickly my ego rebuilds me <br />even as i reach for the doorbell <br /> <br /> <br />but there's more wickedness in the air <br />on television <br />on print <br />on the lips and nibs of gleeful experts <br /> <br /> <br />i am buffeted by sub prime atlantic winds <br />for no fault of mine <br />my stock is a quarter of its worth <br />in two months <br /> <br /> <br />i could have kept the money in the bank <br />but heck i didn't <br />someone plotted somewhere <br />and fired a zillion arrows into my rupees <br /> <br /> <br />they lie deflated <br />fortune unharvested <br />nightmares puncture my sleep <br />i toss among their jagged ruins <br /> <br /> <br />then morning says hello <br />wife kisses hello <br />son hugs hello <br />dog licks hello <br /> <br /> <br />i am bubble refreshed <br />ready to rise with the thermals <br />ready to bounce back <br />ready to bounce right back <br /> <br /> <br />and then i smile <br />i maybe a bubble <br />but i am a bubble rubberized <br />i am a bubbler. <br /> <br /> <br />ha.<br /><br />prathap suthan<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/bubbler-me/
