LAUGHTER'S ABYSS

(Creative Writing Assignment: Include the words SYKWARD, MUSIC, AFRAID)
12/12/08

LAUGHTER took wing and floated skyward.
GHT took off in a flutter of razor wings.
The tink and thunk of metal clanking
Of the soaring E are music
As it bumps into R
And they disappear in a brassy flash.
L seems to have meandered off
Without any notice,
And A skips a beat before
Dancing through the sky.
U is left alone,
Afraid of the unknown:
The navy dusk with dots of fire
Flashing so fast
So many miles away,
Afraid only sadness resides there.
He looks up at the infinite abyss above,
The ever darkening canvas before him;
His emotions are thrown farther askew.
U comes to realize that without him,
LAUGHTER would only be LAGHTER.
And yet, he is alone
And frightened
And feeling so lonely.
Isn’t it funny?
U can be so important to a group
As a whole
And still feel so
Alone.