Holly Riordan

Holly is the author of Severe(d): A Creepy Poetry Collection.

My Expectations For You Were Set Way Too Low

I didn’t expect you to text me back two seconds after I messaged you with a hello. I just wanted you to text me back. An hour later. Two. Three. It didn’t matter. I just wanted to hear back from you.

Honestly, Loving Him Is A Waste Of Your Time

You waste time examining mixed signals. You waste time overthinking the texts he sends. You waste time trying to figure out what the hell he’s thinking because he is never straight with you. 

Screw You And Your Mixed Signals

There is nothing more annoying that a person who believes that it’s okay to be fickle, it’s okay to leave me waiting, it’s okay to pick and choose when to pay attention to me and when to act like I’m invisible.

My GPS Reported A Dead Body Up Ahead

I recently installed the Waze app on my phone, a GPS that spoke up to tell me when a red light camera was reported up ahead, when a police officer was reported up ahead, even when a goddamn pot hole was reported up ahead.