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Best Version

Consider if this is my best
the end result of life progressed
I’d deliver this short essay
to describe the tacit peak
a spiral is the best account
sometimes up, sometimes down
of the journey through the years
not yet ended if I’m here.
 
Declarations of made by ghosts
some still living in shared space
most have passed to the void
home of angels and devils both
this recital of the past
suborned by doubt of my own
locked in dungeons of the soul
still the light shines far above.
 
A moment like no other one
stating heights from which I’d fall
perhaps this fortune has occurred
I’ll find out by narrative
judgment passed to discern
the apex just out of reach
could this be the last tract
where I shine when ink scribes.
 
© 2018. Sean Green. All Rights Reserved. 20180922.
Written by poetryaccident (Poetry Accident)
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Author's Note
The poem “Best Version” was inspired by a two-part meme. The first panel had one character telling another, “I want you to be the very best version of yourself that you can be.”. The primary character responds with the statement, “What if this is my best version?”
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