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Learning to Laugh Again

Alexis Garcia

Depending on how much time has lapsed
After a period of immeasurable loss
It is difficult to pinpoint the exact moment
When you can allow yourself to laugh again
After a 24-hour grief binge
It seems as though you have exhausted
Every possible emotion
Every inkling to collapse into yourself
You temporarily affix a smile to your face
In the hopes that in due time
It will no longer feel forced.
The day then comes when you surrender yourself to
That first burst of laughter
Those brief seconds of being unable
To catch your breath
It’s the first time you’ve felt alive
Since the moment you were forced
To acknowledge the inevitability of
Succumbing to one’s own mortality.
Once the joyous feeling subsides,
You wonder if it’s still too soon
To feel anything but guilt
You are overcome with laughter again
And wait for it to return

After another moment of indulging in self-pity
And constructing an emotional guard, you wonder if
Learning to Laugh Again should really be this hard

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