Laughter
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Laughter, sometimes, is a lie
Living proof that the heart is deceitful,
False in ways that crush hope
With soundless colors, hues of gray
Softly erasing the moments
When dreams were reflective,
Glowing through the shadows, like starlight
Radiating happiness, a growing urge
For inspiration’s grace, beautiful drawn
From carefully painted seas,
With green and blue whispers, shades
Smothering the heart with amazing
Laughter, sometimes, is dishonest
Twofaced as the color gray
Who spreads black and white,
Without any prejudice
Somber, ancient – ashen influence
Over the weakest dream, the
Hint of stunning who abides on the
Spirit of the one who believes
Even the lie – the lazy invention
From lips who only listen with the intention
Falling from faithless, cheating
Memories, bold as black – yet, almost
As innocent as the white wishes
Who sing hope to the chuckle, surround
The giggle with a sense of joy
Laughter, sometimes – isn’t factual
Sometimes, authentic laughter is laughable
It can be genuine, but when it is not…
It can tremble, deliberately quieting the hope
Despairing and desperate, this laugh holds
Onto the darkness that abides in its teasing
It is such a prankster… often singing
Beneath a heart of doubt, gray sagging like
The winter skies, frightening and arid,
Mellow and mysterious, reminding the heart
Laughter without light is seething with
Blackness, shadowed by doom and dreading
The moment when the laughter is shone
For what it is… the hint at sweltering futility,
Depression, miserable and filled with dread,
Bleak beyond what laughter can silence.
Laughter, though bright – can never excite
The heart who only hears the secret inside,
The stealthy dejection beyond laughter’s expression,
The melancholic woe beneath the hollow gray
Promise of laughter that can only bring…
Desolation and darkness, darkest despondency
Copyright © Regina Mcintosh | Year Posted 2023
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