It Only Hurts When I laugh©

It Only Hurts When I laugh©

Felina Silver Robinson

Copyright© 2015

There are many tears that I shed

My stomach fills with knots

And

My eyes swell like softballs

Mostly because

They tease me

And  I don’t want to

Appease them

I’ve held in the pain so long

I finally let it out

In a big laugh

That’s so hard

It catches me off guard

It cracks my rib

Then I wish I never

Laughed

But I just couldn’t pass up the chance

To let it all out

So I don’t care

Since it only hurts when I laugh

Maybe the next time they tease me

I can make them laugh

And see if they laugh so hard

That they crack their own rib

Maybe then

They won’t tease me again