Immolation of Emulation
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* Erik Fernandez y Garcia

> *Hubris*
> 
> is the product of
> 
> living in a sealed
> 
> and isolated
> 
> *bubble*;
> 
> a tiny, shiny,
> 
> aseptic kingdom
> 
> of my own making,
> 
> *floating*
> 
> above everyone
> 
> and everything, from
> 
> which I am freely
> 
> *detached*,
> 
> lifted and buoyed
> 
> by emulation
> 
> from those looking up,
> 
> *until*
> 
> my bubble ascends
> 
> too high and it then
> 
> inevitably
> 
> *lyses*.
> 
> Then down I tumble,
> 
> in terrifying
> 
> and painful freefall
> 
> *crashing*
> 
> among everyone
> 
> and everything, to
> 
> which I am freely
> 
> *attached*;
> 
> surrounded by the
> 
> reality I
> 
> thought I was above.
> 
> *Anguish*
> 
> I feel from the fall,
> 
> is soothed by the salve
> 
> of their forgiveness,
> 
> *revived*
> 
> by those from whom I
> 
> removed myself in
> 
> my bubble, I am
> 
> *grateful*;
> 
> and immolate the
> 
> misbegotten pride
> 
> to remain anchored and
> 
> *humble*.

## Acknowledgments

This work was supported by the National Institute of Mental Health of the National Institutes of Health under award K23MH101157. The content is the sole responsibility of the author and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health.

## Footnotes

*   Competing interests None.

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