October 6, 2025

losing and laughing

she wants to laugh 
so hard her belly aches 
she wants to double over 
for the loss of inhibition 

who is she?
she wants to know what she’s like
when she can lose the weight 
of all the heavy expectation 

so, make her laugh 
it’s a small cure for a grand quake 
that soon will crack down the middle 
of all that she is 

and if she’s laughing 
then maybe she can bear 
the loss of who she thought 
she needed to be for them…and for you

-les’nspired