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Triumph, Doubt, and Isolation
January 2, 2021
A moment of triumph,
a moment of doubt,
and a feeling of isolation.
How the smile on my face
swelled, like an apple
ripe red after an harvest;
glistening with droplets of sunshine.
How the smile on my face
wavered then faltered,
like a leaf in flight -
fluttering up then down, left then right.
How the smile on my face
drooped like an arching parabola;
slowly ascending, slowly declining,
as if in a pilgrimage of solitude.
Triumph, doubt, isolation;
all enriched, all bequeathed, all endowed
an individual
with a sip of life.
© Aaron K., Caledonia, MS
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On the phases of life, from triumph, down to isolation...leaving one nearly unable to smile.