I forgot what it was like

To laugh

I know Its silly

But its true

There was a time I forgot how to laugh

I had no clue

But when I tried

I couldn’t muster a chuckle

A giggle or a huff

All that came out

Was a strained sort of puff

I forgot how to laugh

One time in the past

I didn’t know what laugh was my last

Because I forgot how to laugh

I forgot how to laugh

Because the world crumbled down

To the ground

And I couldn’t pick up the peices alone

So I didn’t laugh

Because Laughing

Always ended in tears

And I couldn’t be vulnerable with my peers

I forgot how to laugh

Though i know how now

I forgot them

Its not an accomplishment worth a bow

I forgot how to laugh

because things were hard

Because things changed

And because my life was in shards

But its ok now

Because I remembered how to laugh

And how to smile

And how to cry

I know how to laugh now

And it won’t be just for a little while

(I just got the app Rhymers Block, but didn’t use it for this poem. I have 3 questions. Does anyone else use it? Do any of you beautiful people think it counte as cheating/ make my writing less authentic? Would anyone stop following or interacting with me if I used it?)