Poetry by Melodie Yvonne

Originally published online March 30, 2019 & in the collection Photographic Memories: Deux Mille Dix-Neuf — available here

All I Am is All I Was by Melodie Yvonne

Sometimes you’re still all I see when I close my eyes
Sometimes all these thoughts of you just keep me paralyzed
I don’t know why it’s been so long and I’m not over you
Especially when a bit of luck was all I was to you

All I was was just another game for you to play
A pretty little trinket like a photo on display
All I was was everything you wanted me to be
And now all I am is wonderin’ why you walked away from me

I replay every second, every moment in my mind
Looking at the details hoping for a clue to find
Looking for a taste of you to ease my troubled mind
But all I can see is just your nothings left for me to find

All I was was just another game for you to play
A stupid little trinket on your shelf all tucked away
All I was was everything you wanted me to be
And now all I am is wonderin’ why you walked away from me

Every night I pray to God for just a bit of sleep
I wish on every single star to heal me way down deep
But seems like all i ever do is not get over you
And I’m tired of all this aching that keeps goin’ through and through

I’m wonderin’ when that day will come when I keep movin’ on
I’m wonderin’ when you won’t be there in every single song
I’m wonderin’ when that day will come when i can set me free
And when i can finally forgive you for what you did to me

All I ever was just another game for you to play
A pretty little trinket like a photo on display
All I was was everything you wanted me to be
And now all I am is wonderin’ why you walked away from me

Yeah now all I am is wonderin’ why you walked away from me

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