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bubbles

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I prefer pools to parties
My hair floats around me
But they tug at my hair
And they speak in loud noises
Bubbles let loose silently trapped air
It holds me up flamboyant
An anchor keeps me tied
The water lies with me gently
People push me
Rush me like a strong tide
They will shove me under
No matter the buoyancy of my weight
They will choke me quickly
They destroy what I create
When suspended in my bathtub
The entire world stands still
If you were to lay me in the ocean
I would open up and drink my fill
I prefer starfish to people
They may cling but they will not leach
They do not suck away my energy
And wash me up upon some beach
Intending me to dry there
Driftwood in the sand
Till some one comes to collect me
And carry me inland
Where they will strike their matches
And set me to a blaze
So they can gather round me
And turn their heads away
I like the sting of chlorine
And the bubbles in my eyes
I prefer it to saline
The tears they make me cry
I enjoy the peaceful slumber
The cold will bring the lake
It will lie there silently
And when the summer comes it will awake
And grant again my passage
Into the world that I belong
For my heart has been long stolen
By the sirens song
I belong in water
Not tangled in the trees
I deserve a current
Not the dry rustle of a breeze
I do not want these people
These voices or this fun
Just take me to the mountains
Where the cold rivers run
And lay me gently down
At the peak of the melting snow
So I may melt with it
And to the rivers flow
And then I rush to swampland
To get my fill of mud
And let me feed the flowers
So they may gently bud
Let me pretend I am a goldfish
While I snuggle in your lap
Pretend that when you kiss me
It's upon my bowl you tap
You send my water bouncing
And I will jump with glee
But when we are done loving
Drown me in the bathtub please
So I may go about pretending
That my hands are in fact fins
And the water washes off memories
Of where my feet have been
You may whisper to the water
Your breath may be my wind
But remember that if the earth gets any hotter
You will wither just like them
I wish that you could join me
On my journey to the deep
But you must be my anchor
And watch me in my sleep
To make sure I don't go too far
To make so I don't go astray
For even though I hate people
For you in reality I will stay
So when I blow up bubbles
And wring my wrinkled hands
Pull me up from the bathtub
And warm me like only you can
Rock me like the ocean
As I fall asleep
And hope that I don't drown tonight
When I dive into the deep
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