Category: My Writing

The color

by Robin LeeAnn, posted in My Writing

It’s the color of my heart when it explodes. And not in the kind way. It explodes after years of your goals and ambitions leeching onto the back of my mind. I never expected to drown so young with chains around my voice. It’s the same color of the hearts people draw next to their … Continue reading The color

Try not to laugh

by Robin LeeAnn, posted in My Writing

You try not to laughat the words coming out of my mouthcause life isn’t simple like that You know every blankand say what you thinkwhile I talk into an ever-growing void But maybe it’s less that I’d like to get to know youand more that I wish I was you You try not to laughat … Continue reading Try not to laugh

Noise

by Robin LeeAnn, posted in My Writing

There’s something eerie about silenceWe fill up every second with noise Noise of social mediaNoise of to-do listsNoise of failures But when we take a moment for nothingThere's something almost too empty about it I almost want the noise backBut at the same time — The silence keeps me sane

The sad truth (haiku)

by Robin LeeAnn, posted in My Writing

Yearning for the dayWe don't have to fight to liveAnd can be ourselves Perhaps I'm just waiting for the world to turn upside down.

Run

by Robin LeeAnn, posted in My Writing

Working is like becoming a mothYou work so hard to becomeOne of those colorful butterfliesBut now you can hardly lookInto the mirror of your gray soul People turn away from youThey don't let you inTheir humming worldsFull of different colorsEven rainbows turn away from you Stay away from the Eastside,you warn me. Keep away from … Continue reading Run

Future

by Robin LeeAnn, posted in My Writing

You turned to the sky and asked what color it was. I said the sky resonates with the beasts inside people tired of the world dragging them down. The screams that go unheard. The monsters who say that others are invalid. The cracked pillars holding up a society destined to fall apart. But there are … Continue reading Future