Robin LeeAnn is a writer and editor. She runs a writing blog over at robinleeann.com. She has published with Friday Flash Fiction, the Aspec Journal, Weasel Press, and Coffin Bell Journal. When she’s not writing or editing, you can usually find her hanging out with her puppies, playing a video game, or both. My website is https://robinleeann.com/.

I swam in the ocean when I was young,

but I never drowned until I was on land

and much, much older.

I never thought I had that much talent

to do an impossible magic trick,

but I was not alone.

The internet was filled with others

who all drift in and out

of a lifeless world.

Sometimes we’d transform this domain

into a colorful backdrop

before the waves crashed down again.

We were magicians of our own realms.

We were used to the tugs and pulls,

more than anyone knew.

So, when my eyes had crystallized over,

and people noticed me wander,

I said, I’m fine.

Cause that was simpler than saying,

at a simple Saturday dinner.