Smiling Pain
Sometimes,
a smile comes in through the sorrow,
and for a brief while, you forget the pain:
then you get, in a flash, dawning reality
that the pain is still there, a dull ache, an emotional stone deep in your chest
then the brightness of your smile dims
and you continue to sorrow once more
howbeit, this time,
with a ghostly wisp of that bright smile..
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