The Writing Effect

Elizabeth Gartland, Student Writer

A pen and paper kind of user.

Puts the earbuds in and finds a comfy seat.

Listens to the kind of music they find real neat.

Bopping their head along to that familiar beat.

A pen and paper kind of user.

Takes down an idea to truly savor it.

Finds the pen they call their favorite.

Starts to write to decide they hate it.

A pen and paper kind of user.

Goes home at night and takes a seat.

Feeling the weight of true defeat.

No longer able to bop their head to that beat.

A pen and paper kind of user.

Lays in bed wishing they were dead.

Tries hard to rid the thoughts in their head.

Knowing how many people they’ve misled.

A pen and paper kind of user.

Writes the so-called true emotion.

Rids their brain of all the commotion.

Drowns in their mind like stones in the ocean.

A pen and paper kind of user.