When you laughed,
and I flinched,
that was the moment,
I didn’t want to believe,
but my lungs had sunk
into my gut and I knew.
When you laughed,
and I almost told you
to keep it down,
I knew I couldn’t ignore
what I knew, couldn’t pretend
it didn’t change anything.
When I told you what I knew,
that was a moment you didn’t laugh.