Do you remember
When you were eight
and your mother told you
"Stop that!"

And all the beautiful shiny bubbles...

one
by
one

Burst?

Slowly popping till all that was left was a flat reflective surface and a taste of sweetness lingering in your mouth?


And do you remember
When she didn't watch
and you blew for all you were worth

And all the beautiful shiny bubbles

one
by
one

Poured?

Cascading gorgeously out of a container too small to hold their exuberant multiplication?

Do you remember
When you held me
And laughed into my face, delighted by my laughter?

And all the beautiful shiny bubbles

one 
by
one

Rose to the surface and

madly

happily

spilled over the brim and into our arms, multiplying, spinning us and we

excitedly

joyfully

reveled in the wonder of "us"ness?

I love you.

And this is why.

You blow bubbles in the lemonade of my heart