Poetry by Melodie Yvonne

Words from a gonzoesque life in an oh so gonzoless world

  • Looking Away

    Looking Away

    Originally published online Sept 1, 2019 & in the collection Photographic Memories: Deux Mille Dix-Neuf — available here

    Looking Away by Melodie Yvonne

    I can’t forget myself with you ‘cause there’s no telling what I’d do
    I just can’t look you in the eye ‘cause it’s the drug that gets me high
    I’m just here thinkin’ ‘bout your touch and how I crave it oh so much
    I just can’t wait to see your face so I can look the other way

    ‘Cause, baby, if I catch your eye the sky’s the limit, I’m so high
    I’m lost inside those pretty blues and suddenly it’s just us two
    And, baby, it’s a long goodbye when you got me electrified
    And I just think ‘bout all I’d do, so I just best not look at you

    Darlin’ you just got me wanton with that sexy brain you’re flaunting
    You’re a hooker in a red dress beggin’ me to take a taste test
    Just the simple thought of you has got me ‘bout to come unglued
    You’re the bane of my existence and I’m losin’ all resistance

    Baby, if I catch your eye the sky’s the limit, I’m so high
    I’m just thinkin’ ’bout those blues and suddenly it’s just us two
    And now I’m all electrified, I’m ‘bout to burst and I can’t hide
    That I just think ‘bout all I’d do, so I just best not look at you

    I best not look right at your face, I better not get in your space
    I gotta keep that three inch bubble, peep your peepers through the Hubble
    Or I don’t know what I’d do ‘cause I just wanna melt with you
    And fuse together our vibrations ‘til we make a revelation

    Baby, if I catch your eye the sky’s the limit, I’m so high
    I’m lost inside those pretty blues and suddenly it’s just us two
    And, baby, it’s a long goodbye when you got me electrified
    And I just think ‘bout all I’d do, so I just best not look at you

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  • Vernie’s Garden

    Vernie’s Garden

    Originally published online Aug 20, 2019 & in the collection Photographic Memories: Deux Mille Dix-Neuf — available here

    Vernie’s Garden by Melodie Yvonne
    “Vernie’s Garden” is inspired by and dedicated to Nel Hoon and Vernie Long ❤ ❤ ❤

    A move from Wells to Vernie’s garden’s
    just the place to start restarting
    It’s the kind of place that finds you,
    gots the kind of love that binds you
    It’s a home and it’s a song
    that helps you move your life along
    And if you keep it simple, stupid,
    this home warms your heart like Cupid

    Now’s the time for me to move on
    down to Vernie’s place I’m goin’
    Everything I’ve ever wanted’s
    right back where my love first started

    It’s the now, and it’s the echo
    of a life I just can’t let go
    And I really wouldn’t want to
    walk away from Vernie’s garden
    So I pack my stuff and head down
    to North 16th, and my heart pounds
    ‘Cause my load is kinda heavy,
    but I’m way passed good and ready

    Now’s the time for me to move on
    down to Vernie’s place I’m goin’
    Everything I’ve ever wanted’s
    right back where my love first started

    Now’s the time for me to move on
    down to Vernie’s place I’m goin’
    Everything I’ve ever wanted’s
    right back there in Vernie’s garden

    Video courtesy of Nel Hoon

    ♥♥♥

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    ♥♥♥

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  • Simple Things

    Simple Things

    Originally published online Aug 17, 2019 & in the collection Photographic Memories: Deux Mille Dix-Neuf — available here

    Simple Things by Melodie Yvonne

    I dream this lonely dream I’m in, I’m waitin’ for your face
    I’m waitin’ to be next to you, and fill this empty space

    I wanna be so close to you, but I just don’t know how
    So I pump that volume next to me ’til all my thoughts are drowned

    My heart keeps growin’ bluer, and my lungs are turnin’ green
    Still I can’t get you off my mind, it’s all those simple things

    It’s every word you said to me, and every word you don’t
    It’s when you’re sidled next to me that I feel most at home

    And home is where the heart is, so my heart’s right there with you
    In that dimly lit hotel room somewhere just right passed the moon

    My heart keeps growin’ bluer, and my heads not where it seems
    I just can’t get you off my mind, it’s all those simple things

    It’s all the ways you look at me, and everything you do
    In that dimly lit hotel room somewhere just right passed the moon

    Yeah my heart keeps growin’ bluer everyday you’re not around
    I still can’t dig you out my mind ‘cause you’re so underground

    I just wanna be near you, and I don’t wanna come down
    So I stick that needle on, and pump the volume on the sound

    My heart keeps growin’ bluer, and my lungs are turnin’ green
    Still I can’t get you off my mind, it’s all those simple things

    It’s all the things you said to me, and everything that’s you
    In that dimly lit hotel room somewhere just right passed the moon

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  • Control

    Control

    Originally published online June 26, 2019 & in the collection Photographic Memories: Deux Mille Dix-Neuf — available here
    This piece can also be found in the Poetry Collaboration Sin & Skin — available on Amazon here

    Control by Melodie Yvonne

    When I’m thinking ‘bout you are you thinking ‘bout me too?
    When I’m all here flustered can you feel what I can do?
    When I close my eyes and feel you deep down in my soul
    Do you feel me somewhere with you there about to lose control?

    My skin tingles all over at the thought of just your touch
    It’s like an addict’s fever ‘cause I’m wantin’ you so much
    And even if I let myself feel you until the end
    It just starts right on back over and I’m wantin’ you again

    When I’m thinking ‘bout you are you thinking ‘bout me too?
    When I’m all here flustered can you feel what I can do?
    When I close my eyes and feel you deep down in my soul
    Do you feel me somewhere with you there about to lose control?

    I’m just overheated and I’m wantin’ you so much
    I promise what I got to offer would be quite enough
    But if you let me offer somethin’ just a little more
    I’d be everything you wanted, your Madonna and your whore

    When I’m thinking ‘bout you are you thinking ‘bout me too?
    When I’m all here flustered can you feel what I can do?
    When I close my eyes and feel you deep down in my soul
    Do you feel me somewhere with you there about to lose control?

    ‘Cause all I want is just to be there ‘bout to lose control
    An infinite amount of you way deep down in my soul
    A universe of us just on the verge of letting go
    Do you feel me somewhere with you there about to lose control ?

    ♥♥♥

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  • Again

    Again

    Originally published online June 29, 2019 & in the collection Photographic Memories: Deux Mille Dix-Neuf — available here

    Again by Melodie Yvonne

    I don’t wanna live inside this sin I’m living in
    I don’t wanna lay awake reliving it again
    I don’t wanna feel this breaking heart for one more day
    I just wish there was a way that I could make it go away

    These never ending nightmares replay deep inside my mind
    Don’t dig in any deeper ‘cause you won’t like what you find
    Depravity and soulless lust tattooed deep in my skin
    It’s a never ending battle that I’m never gonna win

    I wish there was a way that I could make it go away
    I never sleep, but somehow I’m just sleeping life away
    It’s gettin’ harder not to drink and piss it all away
    But I just don’t wanna feel this breaking heart for one more day

    I’m running out of duct tape and my soul is getting thin
    I’ve always got my towel, but I’m about to throw it in
    I’m moving way passed caution throwing panic to the wind
    And I just don’t wanna feel this shit again again again

    These never ending nightmares replay deep inside my mind
    Don’t dig in any deeper ‘cause you’ll run from what you find
    Depravity and soulless lust tattooed deep in my skin
    It’s a never ending battle and I’m never gonna win

    So I just keep right on doing it again again again

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  • Falling Without Sound

    Falling Without Sound

    Originally published online June 24, 2019 & in the collection Photographic Memories: Deux Mille Dix-Neuf — available here

    Falling Without Sound by Melodie Yvonne

    Even when I reach out you don’t feel me
    So why would you think I’d reach out for you
    Even when I’m so loud you don’t see me
    So why can’t I stay blind to this all too

    Every time you walk away I crumble
    All my pieces falling to the ground
    Every time I chase you I just stumble
    Like a tree falling that doesn’t make a sound

    Every time you leave me I’m in pieces
    Knowing I might never see again
    How could you just walk away and leave us
    I wasn’t ready for it all to end

    Every time you walk away I crumble
    All my pieces falling to the ground
    Every time I chase you I just stumble
    Like a tree falling that doesn’t make a sound

    Every day I feel a little colder
    And I hide myself away from all but you
    The face upon my clock keeps getting older
    And I just don’t know what I should do

    Every time you walk away I crumble
    All my pieces falling to the ground
    Every time I chase you I just stumble
    Like a tree falling that doesn’t make a sound

    Like a tree falling that doesn’t make a sound

    ♥♥♥

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  • Love Me or Love You

    Love Me or Love You

    Originally published online June 19, 2019 & in the collection Photographic Memories: Deux Mille Dix-Neuf — available here

    Love Me or Love You by Melodie Yvonne

    Spend most of my time fakin’ it’s fine
    When really my shit is all outta line
    Spend all of my time feelin’ alone
    But not worthy enough to pick up the phone
    Spend hours and hours tryin’ to smile
    But this smile here’s been faded for quite a while
    Spend mad time just thinking ‘bout you
    And all of the things I wish we could do
    But mostly I’m spendin’ my time
    Hidin’ away in this dark cave of mine
    And wishin’ for maybe some light
    But then when I get it it’s just too dang bright

    Hate me or hate you don’t know what to do
    Love me or love you just gives me the blues

    Spendin’ most of my time full of tears
    I’ve made my own ocean over these years
    And Jesus is all I got left
    But I’m thinkin’ I might just be too big a mess
    And I’m buried in all that I’ve felt
    1 foot in my grave and 1 foot in hell
    Always tryin’ to dig myself out
    But diggin’ me in is what I’m about
    So I spend my time thinking ‘bout you
    And if we could be all the things we could do
    But then I’m just spendin’ my time
    Spinnin’ these wheels that can’t turn on a dime

    Hate me or hate you don’t know what to do
    Love me or love you I still just can’t choose

    Hate me or hate you don’t know what to do
    Love me or love you just gives me the blues

    ♥♥♥

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  • Feel Him Touching Me

    Feel Him Touching Me

    Originally published online June 18, 2019 & in the collection Photographic Memories: Deux Mille Dix-Neuf — available here
    This piece is also available in the Poetry Collaboration Sin & Skin — available on Amazon here

    Feel Him Touching Me by Melodie Yvonne

    I feel him touching me all up and down
    I feel him touching me when he’s not around
    I feel him touching me when he’s not here
    I feel him touching me and I tingle everywhere
    I feel him touching me and he pulls my hair
    I feel him touching me and my longing goes everywhere
    I feel him touching me deep down in my soul
    I feel him touching me places he’ll never know
    I feel him touching me every time he comes around
    Though when he comes near me he doesn’t make a sound
    I feel him touching me day and night
    I feel him touching me whether it’s wrong or right
    I feel him touching me deep down in my soul
    I feel him touching me somehow though he’ll never know
    I feel him touching me
    I feel him touching me
    He runs his fingers up and down it doesn’t make a sound
    He rubs my body all tight holds me through the night
    I feel him touching me
    Touching deep down in my soul
    I feel him touching me and I won’t be whole until he’s touching me
    I feel him touching me
    I feel him touching me
    I feel him touching me
    I feel him touching me

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  • Just A Stray

    Just A Stray

    Originally published online June 14, 2019 & in the collection Photographic Memories: Deux Mille Dix-Neuf — available here

    Just A Stray by Melodie Yvonne

    How can you see me and just turn away
    How can you go on another day
    If I’d known you were leavin’ I’d begged you to stay
    You just thought of yourself and now I’m just a stray

    Now I’m just a stray grabbin’ scraps off of tables
    Where is that life that you promised in fables
    Where is that heart that I always adored
    Now I’m just a stray and you’re just a whore

    How could you leave and not say goodbye
    I could fill up an ocean with tears that I’ve cried
    I don’t know how you could treat me this way
    I just wanted to love you now I’m just a stray

    Now I’m just a stray grabbin’ scraps off of tables
    Where is that life that you promised in fables
    Where is that heart that I always adored
    Now I’m just a stray and you’re just a whore

    The silence is loud and it tears me apart
    You walked away, but you kept my heart
    I don’t know how long I can go on this way
    I just wanted to love you now I’m just a stray

    Now I’m just a stray and we’re worlds apart
    When you walked away you took my heart
    You never gave any, but still I want more
    Now I’m just a stray and you’re just a whore

    Now I’m just a stray grabbin’ scraps off of tables
    Where is that life that you promised in fables
    Where is that heart that I always adored
    Now I’m just a stray and you’re just a whore

    ♥♥♥

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    ♥♥♥

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  • Love Letters

    Love Letters

    Originally published online May 31, 2019 & in the collection Photographic Memories: Deux Mille Dix-Neuf — available here

    Love Letters by Melodie Yvonne

    I’m writing these letters to you
    ‘Cause I just don’t know what else to do
    And all of these things in my head
    Are all the things I should have said
    Each letter I set on this page
    Makes another love word to engrave
    On the tree trunk that roots to my heart
    From the corner of my mind’s childhood yard

    Each letter of love I write here
    Hope they find their way to your ears
    Hope they find their way to your heart
    So torn paper won’t tear us apart

    So I’m writing these letters to you
    ‘Cause I still don’t know what else to do
    I can’t eat and now I can’t sleep
    Lurid pictures of you in my mind on repeat
    And I know that these thoughts are a sin
    But I just can’t help longing again
    For just one more chance with your charms
    And one more goodbye in your loving arms

    Each letter of love I write here
    Hope they find their way to your ears
    Hope they find their way to your heart
    So torn paper won’t tear us apart

    ♥♥♥

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    ♥♥♥

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