Laughter to Me
Do you want to know what’s really hard?
Try explaining what’s so funny as you’re laughing
It’s like no matter how many times you say it
The confused look on their face remains
Even after you’ve already repeated yourself
Or at least tried to
For you, crying is at the end of a really romantic movie or at the end of The Lion King
For me, crying is the second stage of laughter
After your stomach starts to tighten
After your legs can no longer support the weight of your body
After collapsing to the floor is your only option
I’m either laughing, just finished laughing or about to laugh
I used to always sit and ask myself
“Why do I laugh so much?”
This time I finally found the answer
I laugh because it fills the awkward tension in the room
The tension you can see
The kind you can cut with a butter knife
I laugh because just for a minute I can deflect thoughts of the future
I laugh because I can