A poem written in response to this thought; « We are a community of people failing in the company of others who are failing »
Failing
Lying face up
on a trampoline
a friend to my left
and to my right;
they bounce with glee!
Their bounces send me skyward, briefly,
which makes me giggle.
Then I am still
and I am gazing;
gazing with delight
at the sky,
the trees,
and a fleeting glimpse of my friends’ arms
The trampoline has my back.
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