I Wanna Laugh

Uncontrollable laughter can strike at the most inappropriate times, like a funeral, a wedding, a church service or some other very important and serious moment. Of course the worst part is that trying to hold it in usually results in snorts and sounds that make the moment even funnier. When my boys were young, I attempted to curtail moments like this with “the look”, but I know from my own experience that it rarely, if ever, works. Life gets intense, no doubt, but thankfully just hearing someone laugh is usually all it takes to awaken me from the state of taking myself too seriously. Laughter really is the best medicine.

I Wanna Laugh

Two rows in front of me, a couple kids are giggling

Their faces turning red they just can’t hold it in

I can’t see what it is that makes them laugh

but I know one thing its contagious

and I want some of that

I wanna laugh, like that again

So hard that I just can’t hold it in

Doubled over falling onto the floor

Take me back, I wanna laugh

Like that again

My sense of humor, got distracted long ago

by obligations, sticky notes across my wall

and I’ve been missing, what it is I love the most

the sound of laughter, the kind that vibrates to my soul

I wanna laugh, like that again

So hard that I just can’t hold it in

Doubled over falling onto the floor

Take me back, I wanna laugh

Like that again

I wanna laugh, til the tears start to fall

Til my side aches and I can’t speak a word at all

I know this might sound a little desperate

but do you think my feet are still ticklish