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The Smile Behind That Champagne Toast

Champagne glasses clink and cheers erupt, celebrating her win. Surrounded by smiling faces, she feels the same pride bursting in her chest. Tonight, under the warm glow of success, she raises the trophy high for celebration.

But there’s always a story behind that radiant smile.

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there’s a shadow cast behind the shining star a hidden darkness cloaked in brightness beneath the splendor behind the smiling face

there’s a story, hidden in the view

for every triumph there’s an untold tale in every shadow there is a battle fought the tears and the failures the toll they’ve paid

the toil and the sweat that paved their way the obstacles they faced day by day, night by night they fought it all through every trial

there’s a story, hidden in the view

for every triumph there’s an untold tale in every shadow there is a battle fought the tears and the failures the toll they’ve paid

behind that polished grace lies the truth unseen the struggles and the battles where dreams convene no victory comes easy they never come without a fight

there’s a story lying in every shadow

for every triumph there’s an untold tale in every shadow there is a battle fought the tears and the failures the toll they’ve paid

©Emika Oka

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Previously published on Substack