Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Bubbles

Bubbles.
Thin metallic spheres of film.
You can Blow them.
You can pop them.
Lives portrayed in comic strips can think in them and speak in them.

And then you can live in them.


And I have. In one.

One month, surrounded by people I've come to know and love.

Four Weeks, with life, in its most superior state, handed to me on a silver platter. Meals included.

Thirty days spent sheltered and totally shielded.

An environment so warm, an atmosphere so pure.

A new president can be elected, and I'd never know.

Cuz I'd never have to.


Yet, all bubbles burst at some point. And that's when you realize that the friends you've had today, may become shadows in your memory tomorrow. The love that burns within, can become a gaping hole of sorrow. And the memories, the moments, captured in the depths of your heart, may just have to remain there forever.

Like Matis says, time flies by like clouds passing in the sky. Life can come and go with the blink of an eye.

Yesterday, the bubble burst.
I was mercilessly stung by reality.

As I walk down Kingston avenue, I realize that nothings changed. The shvartzes still barbecuing, cigarettes dangling from their mouths. The kids play freely. Ptchetchy girls still stride through the streets. People just living. Returning back to their lives.

But I can't.
No.
I can't.

And I'm still struggling to hang on to the remnants of a Burst Bubble.

9 comments:

  1. ITS NOT A BUBBLE, ITS A TASTE OF REAL LIFE.... AND NOW THAT U TASTED REAL LIFE GO HOME TO YOUR FAKE LIFE AND MAKE IT REAL....

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  2. Chaya-
    Wish there was a Like Button. =)

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  4. awww...why cant it just remove the whole thing...instead it has to say this post has been removed by the author...arghhhh!!!

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  5. haha... chana ... dont be sooo self concsious.... (however its spelled)...
    at the end of the day all comments get emaile d to me neways, so theres no use in deleting it ;)
    and YES.... ur right... BJJ is the ULTIMATE bubble :)

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  6. bjj is the ultimate bubble, and e/o knows it...but thats the whole pt. ur totally in the bubble for a month, but ur supposed to leave with something...anything. idk if it works but...:)

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  7. should i be scared to get back to ch and be surrounded by like a thousand bubbles? i know from experience bubble ppl can get annoying ;)

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  8. Tziv... I take ur reffering to the TC'd out people..
    MY take- If u let em annoy u, it will annoy u. And if u dont, it wont.
    So theres nothing to be scared of.
    and BTW anti- bubble people can get to be annoying to.
    IF someone chooses to be TC'd out, it aint a bad lifestyle. Bare with it.

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  9. this whole convo is getting me nausues everyone live with each other and all of u un tc'ed people go jump in a lake ur just jelouse

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