sometimes,

you’ll be sitting in a room

full of people

talking

laughing

having fun

joking around

good friends

hanging out

full of hope

and then

that one person

ruins it all

they decide

to make an

unnecessary comment

or asking

a derogatory question

or making

an unkind joke

and the room falls silent

you sit there

waiting for something

anything to restore

the room back

to what it was

before

you sit in the dreadful

silence

waiting for the awkwardness

to end

waiting for someone

to stand up for the others

waiting for an apology

from the wrong doer

to scared to say anything else

waiting for the courage

to to something yourself

waiting for anything

to help everyone forget

that it ever happened

waiting

waiting

waiting