When the Laughter Dies

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkfF5u4vn5k Link to my you tube channel where I read my poetry.

When the sadness strikes like
a match to my soul
and living is drudgery
and my pulse slows to 49
because the thought of
life beyond the pink
horizon calms me tremendously.
I think of our laughter together;
our churning, choking laughter,
and I smile through my pain for
a second or two;
then I gaze through the
venetian blinds at the gray
sky and the sycamore trees and
the daffodils in the distance,
and none of them are
laughing, for they know that
laughter always dies.
The heart try's to hold on,
but loses every time.

Author's Note

Check out my you tube channel where I read from my recent books, Seedy Town Blues and Rise Up Collected Poems and Short Stories.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkfF5u4vn5k

Reviews

[Marie]

The picturization in this beautiful, heart touching poem is astonishing. Missing someone who has returned home to Spirit is very finely penned as is the desire to be with them and to laugh together once more. One day in the (hopefully) distant future we will all be together with our loved ones gone before us again. I too, look forward to that day very much. A very appealing poem, dear Thomas. Thank you for sharing. Lovely work!

[Thomas W Case]

Thank you so much Marie. I thought I would let you know, my book is free today only on Amazon.
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[Thomas W Case]

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[Marie]

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[Desert Knave]

" ... for they know that laughter always dies.". Wow What a poignant line in an excellent write. ~Jim

[Thomas W Case]

Thank you. I appreciate it.

[FlaLover]

I agree.
Life and love can be cruel.
The author of the saying "better to have loved and lost than to have never loved"...must have been drunk or heavily medicated lol

[Thomas W Case]

Lol. Thanks for reading and commenting.

[AYVID N]

Its indeed hard to stay convinced to keep laughing. I know that feeling Thomas. How beautifully you captured it here. This is a wonderful poem!

[Thomas W Case]

Thank you much. I appreciate you.

[emmajoygreen]

Such a heart-wrenching piece of history, not asking if fact or fiction. Your words cut through thought, your ability to share with mere letters has a unique mind, much to be admired, sir.

[Thomas W Case]

Thank you, emmajoygreen. You are wonderful.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

wow, this made me think of the last days of my mother and what she might have been thinking as life ebbed from her body...I am sure she tried to hold on...but hopefully she went peacefully...which we all thought she did.
j.

[Thomas W Case]

I hope so. Thank you for the read and comment.

[Arundass TP]

Heart touching and emotional piece of work. Good poem

[Thomas W Case]

Much appreciated.

[hdc]

That hits home brother ,
Seams lately like pain's just part of livin

[Thomas W Case]

Thank you, brother. I appreciate it.

[John Sullivan]

You're a real one, Tom. Cheers.

[Thomas W Case]

Thank you, John.

[Stella Armour]

A truly emotional poem Thomas.
"Laugh and the world laughs with you ... Cry and you cry alone". Whoever write those words had experienced the loneliness themselves just you must have with your words here today .
Your thoughts put into poetry seem to getter better and better ... this one is very heart touching and honest ...

[Thomas W Case]

Thank you, Stella. I appreciate it.