Boiling water

Watching the water boil I realize I am usually doing something else like cutting the onion when the first bubbles rise to the top. Now that I actually take time to watch this event, when bubbles cover the pot’s floor, before the first few crawl up the sides, I feel a little fear, like an explosion is imminent. Silently and drawing you in until the surface explodes and then comes the noise that usually draws my attention away from cutting the onion and so then I start to see what I’ve seen so many times before. How many other small explosions do I miss? Simply because I am not paying attention.