Pervading Laughs

It was her laugh, that finally killed me

the high-pitched sound of it ringing through the air

and the smile that appeared on the faces of those around her

but now it was the way her smile faded and turned into a disgusted sneer when she saw me.

I used to smile when I was around her

but then she called him a

demon

and I was done.

I had to leave, and now the sound of her laugh was no longer pleasant,

but a mocking taunt at all that I could have had,

and all that I had lost.