Seriously now... :)
"Why so serious?",
Was the first thought that came to me
as I walked in and silence washed over their
fading smiles...
was I that powerful?
to summon quiet and expire words?
They pouted their mouths and held their lips
in self-paining disapproval.
"Don't they know I am not bothered by their personal storms"
I mused as I looked around theatrically
for the lemon tree that must have
so generously supplied
them their sour expressions.
"Seriously now...must it come to this petty
behavior?"
I asked myself in playful exhaustion
that mused me too much.
I laughed in my heart,
then it was felt in my insides,
rumbled up my ribs like a gurgle,
and left my mouth with eccentric freedom.
They looked at me;
frowning stone faces depicting
battles that weren't mine.
"Why so Serious?",
I finally said out loud
as they continued exchanging glances
and as I kept on laughing-
knowing that negativity had no reply
to a person with a sense of humor.