pausing laughter

You're laughing

I'm not

You think I'm kidding

but we both know

you've been caught

I've known

You've known that

Yet you still pretended it was hidden

Like a child who plays hide and seek

and knows he's been found

but doesn't come out

You wear lipstick on your neck

Maybe because you forgot it was there

or possibly because you wished I'd see

the bright red mark on your skin

of the color that you used to buy for me

You've finally stopped laughing

but none of us cry

Like a fairytale gone wrong

I find my prince the villian

and myself the princess who can't help but move on