Every Crowd is Boring if When I Laugh I Don't Look at You

Every morning I wake up

To a rhythm,

a newly-founded faith

A mighty, happy, oath.

I will meet people.

I will giggle and wave.

And talk in groups,

undaunted, up-beat.

Be in large, joyous crowds,

with all the people

I yearn to meet.

friends I want to keep.

laughs I want to hear

Jokes I want to coin.

and shamelessly repeat.

But then I think of you.

The light breeze of wind

As I enter a room where

we used to hang out

A smell, a lonely walk.

It's okay to miss you,

to hold the memories

good and bad,

everything we've had,

but it leaves me

all sour, hollow,

and sad.

Everyone I meet lacks

something you had

Every crowd is boring

If when I laugh

I don't look at you.

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