Laughter is The best Medicine

Hold not the laughter
For that joyful sound
I am forever after, seeking when you are around
Waiting for it to chortle, in the background

Hold not the laughter
As it fights to escapes the lips
To send me on joyful trips

Your giggles and cackles
Harmlessly tend to baffle
Your happy facial expressions
Paint only a gleeful picture of inspiration
As we rejoice to the jubilant noises in full attention

Hold not the laughter from the heart
Hold not the laughter until we part
Hold not the laughter as we make a start

When I dispel in my gloom
Thy laughter delivers me
Safely from my state of doom
Sadness runs outside from my room
Happiness inside glows with a boom
As my rosy cheeks mirthfully blossom

Hold not the laughter as we cheerfully chat
Hold not the laughter when you publicly fart
Hold not the laughter whatever the format
A giggle, a ch
uckle, a titter not a snigger
Laugh it out whether thin or fat

Fill the air, my dear
Laugh it out before it scats out flat

~Shreya Gulati~

Age 14
Grade 9

 Modern School, Barakhamba Road

INDIA

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