Don't laugh

I know it's not right

to laugh when it's supposedly a fight.

I just can't help it.

It's not only because you talk s**t.

Although that is a contributing factor.

It's mainly because I lack the

ability to admit defeat.

I block the path

so victory and you can't meet.

I'm childish, you'll say.

That's the price I pay

to avoid your endless gloating display.

Normally you'd laugh as well,

and the quarrel would quell.  

But not this time.

You left. Slammed the door.

I heard your feet colliding with the oak floor.

I was going to shout 'I'm sorry'

But I didn't. But I am. Sorry. 

Author's Note

I don't normally do rhyming and I tried to mix it up in some places in this, so let me know what you think. Totally fine if you didn't think it worked.

Reviews

[emipoemi]

It actually worked more than you think. Probably not perfectly, but the erratic rhymes gives it a sort of edge. It's really the musicality that's more important here, and the musicality of this flows very well. The narrative is humorous to the extent that it should be, and by the end, we feel a sort of pity for the poetic "I". This is well done! Very well done, indeed!

[Planet x]

I think your words are beautiful , you don't need to rhyme to express yourself and place wonderful poems like this one. You described your human need to laugh even during a fight , that's happen all the time

[Emma]

Thank-you. I don't often rhyme because it feels forced and since doing studying it for A-level I have discovered that the majority of poems are free verse. Good to know that you don't think it's the main aspect of a poem either.

[Planet x]

I never does , you are right it can feel more forced , free verse is better

I didn't even notice the rhyming , I was focus on the words