In the bubble it’s always calm
Silent waves pulse across its translucent skin
Gentle tremors in a mill pond.
It’s warm, and safe
Though the walls are millimetres thick
They are strong as steel.
Its continuous face flexes and ripples
As I move.
Time is a concept of irrelevance.
Moments are measured in the changing of mood.
A moment can last for days, weeks, months.
It exists in a state of extreme pressure
Like the bottom of an endless ocean.
And when it reaches the surface it breaks the waves with
A release of tension.
The bubble popped silently and suddenly
So quietly that I often forget it ever existed.
But it’s there in my peripheral sight
Hovering at the edge of my vision
Waiting to envelope me once more.
