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Bob B  Sep 2022
RBF°
Bob B Sep 2022
Do people tell you that you have
An RBF by any chance,
And when you're in their company,
You find that many look askance?

Having such a face might not
In the long run be so bad.
People just aren't sure if you
Are happy, bored, upset, or mad.

In fact, with an RBF,
Your ****** skin needs much less care
Because with fewer smiles or frowns,
Your face shows fewer signs of wear.

Our happy, smiling, laughing, frowning,
Or scowling faces can, I guess,
Have an expressive look right now
But soon become a wrinkled mess.

You've surely heard of Bette Davis,
The actress of the stage and screen.
When it comes to RBFs,
People say she was the queen.

Some don't like the expression at all.
When they hear it, ooh, they lose it.
That's why I, of course, must say
That I would never, ever use it.

-by Bob B (9-8-22)

°Resting ***** face
Nadia  Aug 2019
RBF
Nadia Aug 2019
RBF
I was ma’am-ed - not once, but twice,
By the same person - it really wasn’t nice
What did I do wrong? I wasn’t being rude
This is just my face, not a bad attitude

NCL August 2019
tbf, pretty sure she was from somewhere where ma'am is polite but it just made me feel old. also, where I'm from, ma'am is a polite insult when you are not in a position to be insulting.
Grace Ann  Sep 2018
RBF
Grace Ann Sep 2018
RBF
I wish I was someone who took risks instead of calculated safe
I wish I could be spontaneous money worthless
Instead I'm careful and blunt
I am selfish to those who don't know me well
Resting ***** face is my second name
If you invite her she will back out
we're not worth her time
my time is instead spent lying on my bed reading a book I've read a hundred times over
because leaving and doing something takes so much out of me
I can't live wrecklessly
I can't be adventerous
I am too much impulse control
here take some of mine
I don't need it
I don't want it
I don't want this
Gr8Ryzyngz Aug 2018
Don't feel
Deserving of any love
Or anyone to love me
Not even from
An invisible all loving
All knowing God
So I turn my beauty off
So no man can find me attractive
To not get or be confused
Equating *** with caring
Or genuine loving affections
Hiding far behind
The wall of a natural RBF
They claim is almost as ****
As my smile
It's so sad, I can't even see
The me in the mirror
They speak of
All I been looking at me for
My whole life
Is a drop of meaningful  love...
Lucas  Jul 2018
Nuance
Lucas Jul 2018
I have eyes of hazel
a mosaic of greens and browns
olives, avocados, old bananas, oaks
seafoam and swirling driftwood
they've got the life of a tree
        ––– the strength of a cedar!
there's not a trace of rage...
red, I meant a trace of red

Sometimes they shift
with the lighting or my outfit
or the situation and my comfort level
'cause I'm pretty good at hiding pain
behind humor and kindness like Robin
or simply a stoic gaze and an "oh, I just have an RBF"

There's no electric blue
of piercing, unquenchable energy
of lighthearted laughter and joy
Just verdant meadows and rich chocolate
steadfast and authentic

— The End —