Poetry by Melodie Yvonne

Words from a gonzoesque life in an oh so gonzoless world

  • Counting Seconds

    Counting Seconds

    This piece is in the Valentine’s Day Special release Tu Me Manques: Poèmes d’amour – available HERE NOW

    Counting Seconds by Melodie Yvonne

    Every other second I’m scared of you,
    scared of what you could put me through,
    frightened of what I might lose or gain,
    terrified of hearing that old refrain.

    Every other minute I’m needing you,
    needing the feelings you put me through,
    feeling the warmth inside your touch,
    needing you achingly, wanting you much.

    Every other hour I dream of you,
    tossing and turning the thoughts ensue,
    wishing and wanting for you to stay,
    knowing you won’t and running away.

    Every other day I’m missing you,
    knowing I shouldn’t, but still I do,
    missing your eyes, your voice, and touch,
    maybe it’s caring, knowing it’s love.

    Every other night I think of you,
    Insomnia clouding dreams and true,
    touch every inch of me dreaming it’s you,
    ‘til I drift off to sleep and time’s seconds renew…

    ♥♥♥

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    ♥♥♥

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    All content on this site (music, words, photos, videos) is copyright Melodie Yvonne. Non-profit online sharing is allowed only if content is unaltered and credit is given. Commercial use or unauthorized alteration is prohibited. Questions? Contact Melodie HERE

  • Abstract Love

    Abstract Love

    This piece is in the Valentine’s Day Special release Tu Me Manques: Poèmes d’amour – available HERE NOW

    Abstract Love by Melodie Yvonne

    All of my heart goes to my dear,
    beaten up so, but my heart never fears,
    given the madness year after years,
    and now madness left and abandoned us here.

    Together we two have found our two hearts,
    have beat for each other right from the start,
    and ache with a longing when we’re apart.
    Love has remade us. Love is an art.

    Swirling colors of affection and trust,
    coating our broken hearts, mangled and crushed,
    hiding obscenities, hiding the fears,
    an abstracted mask masking the tears.

    ♥♥♥

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    ♥♥♥

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    All content on this site (music, words, photos, videos) is copyright Melodie Yvonne. Non-profit online sharing is allowed only if content is unaltered and credit is given. Commercial use or unauthorized alteration is prohibited. Questions? Contact Melodie HERE

  • So You’re Stuck with Me

    So You’re Stuck with Me

    This piece is in the Valentine’s Day Special release Tu Me Manques: Poèmes d’amour – available HERE NOW

    So You’re Stuck with Me by Melodie Yvonne

    I’m gonna need more than one day
    to show you how special you are.
    One day just isn’t enough,
    though you may think I’m going too far.

    I’m gonna need billions of years
    to show you what you mean to me
    ‘cause just knowing you has made me
    as happy as happy can be.

    I’m gonna need every second you have,
    a minute or two just won’t do,
    ‘cause I’m making an unending list
    of wonderful things about you.

    And I’m gonna need nothing else,
    from you my heart shall not stray.
    I’m addicted to all of the sweetness
    you bless me with everyday.

    ♥♥♥

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    Read more poetry by Melodie: Photographic Melodie’s Poetry & Spoken Word
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    ♥♥♥

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    All content on this site (music, words, photos, videos) is copyright Melodie Yvonne. Non-profit online sharing is allowed only if content is unaltered and credit is given. Commercial use or unauthorized alteration is prohibited. Questions? Contact Melodie HERE

  • Tu Me Manques: Poèmes d’Amour Officially LIVE on Amazon

    Tu Me Manques: Poèmes d’Amour Officially LIVE on Amazon

    💘📖 IT’S OFFICIAL! WE’RE LIVE ON AMAZON IN TIME FOR V-DAY! 📖💘
    Tu Me Manques: Poèmes d’Amour, written by Mitchell Odom and I, is a collection of raw, romantic, soul-deep love poetry for anyone who’s ever missed someone, loved hard, or felt passion in their bones. Whether you’re gifting it, reading it together, or falling in love from afar… this book was made to melt hearts ️‍🔥💕
    ✨ Perfect for lovers, dreamers, and hopeless romantics
    ✨ Perfect if you want to feel something REAL
    👉 Perfect gift and just in time for Valentine’s Day
    👉 Available NOW on Amazon HERE: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GKPK4R52
    Support love. Support poetry.
    Tu Me Manques… because some loves never leave you.
    💕📚

  • Tu Me Manques: Poèmes d’amour a Love Letter to Love

    Tu Me Manques: Poèmes d’amour a Love Letter to Love

    Tu Me Manques: Poèmes d’amour is a love letter to love from myself and the extraordinary Mitchell Odom. It is written in longing and honesty, in devotion without guarantees, and in the quiet courage it takes to feel deeply anyway. These poems do not rush love or try to define it; they sit with it, hold it gently, and let it breathe. Together, our voices trace love as it appears in memory, distance, desire, and devotion… sometimes mutual, sometimes unrequited, but always sincere.

    This collection sits with love rather than chasing it. These poems move through tenderness, distance, memory, and quiet devotion, honoring love as something expansive, unfinished, and deeply human. Created in moments of reflection and emotional honesty, the work invites love to exist without urgency or demand. This book is for those who feel deeply, who notice what lingers, and who understand that love does not need certainty to be real.

    Tu Me Manques: Poèmes d’amour will be available soon on Amazon HERE

  • In My Mind’s Eye

    In My Mind’s Eye

    This piece will be in the upcoming collection Tu Me Manques: Poèmes d’amour – available here soon

    In My Mind’s Eye by Melodie Yvonne

    In my mind’s eye
    the stars are shining
    in brilliant rainbow hues.

    In my mind’s eye
    every picture
    brings back thoughts of you.

    In my mind’s eye
    the gentle breeze
    whispers out your name.

    In my mind’s eye
    I cling to dreams
    in which you feel the same.

    ♥♥♥

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    Read more poetry by Melodie: Photographic Melodie’s Poetry & Spoken Word
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    ♥♥♥

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    All content on this site (music, words, photos, videos) is copyright Melodie Yvonne. Non-profit online sharing is allowed only if content is unaltered and credit is given. Commercial use or unauthorized alteration is prohibited. Questions? Contact Melodie HERE

  • The Silence of I Love You

    The Silence of I Love You

    This piece will be in the upcoming Valentine’s Day Special collection Tu Me Manques: Poèmes d’amour – available here soon

    The Silence of I Love You by Melodie Yvonne

    I love you eternally,
    I love you complete.
    I love you, you gave me
    when we two hath meet.

    I love you found in your eyes,
    I love you in mine.
    Dare we two shall say aloud
    the I love you we find?

    I love you was at first sight,
    consumes my mind and soul.
    I love you with all my heart,
    from first glance ‘til we grow.

    I love you this all is true,
    as you wish I’ve found.
    I love you I’ll tell you soon,
    from first your lips must sound.

    ♥♥♥

    Get your copy of select poetry collections by Melodie: Photographic Melodie Book Shop
    Read more poetry by Melodie: Photographic Melodie’s Poetry & Spoken Word
    Watch more poetry videos: Melodie’s Poetry & Lyrics YouTube Playlist

    ♥♥♥

    Copyright notice:
    All content on this site (music, words, photos, videos) is copyright Melodie Yvonne. Non-profit online sharing is allowed only if content is unaltered and credit is given. Commercial use or unauthorized alteration is prohibited. Questions? Contact Melodie HERE

  • Baby in the Corner – Tu Me Manques Edition

    Baby in the Corner – Tu Me Manques Edition

    This piece will be in the upcoming collection Tu Me Manques: Poèmes d’amour – available here soon

    Baby in the Corner by Melodie Yvonne

    I feel your vibes all jived with mine for only just one moment
    We energized the air & now I can’t control it
    And if I do I’ll just spend all that time regrettin’
    I’ll never be perfect enough a girl for you to let in.

    So why I gotta fret so much & cause a bunch of trouble?
    I said I let my heart out, but it’s still here in a bubble
    I’m hopin’ you will have the patience & the time to bust it
    Before I’ve bursted into flames after I’ve self-combusted.

    My mind & body tingle as I feel your soul get near
    My heart is cryin’ out to yours so loud I’m scared you’ll hear
    But maybe if I hide it in these pages & these rhymes
    I can tuck my feelings all away somewhere you’ll never find

    I feel your vibes all jived with mine for only just one moment
    We energized the air so much I’m fightin’ to control it
    You’re fannin’ all my fires & now the flames are goin’ crazy
    I’m Baby in the corner & darlin’, you’re my Patrick Swayze

    I’m feelin’ all your vibes with mine & now I can’t control it
    It’s fluid lust filled chemistry & my love keeps on growin’
    And if we ever come together we could light the sky
    If only for a moment I could finally catch your eye

    ♥♥♥

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    Read more poetry by Melodie: Photographic Melodie’s Poetry & Spoken Word
    Watch more poetry videos: Melodie’s Poetry & Lyrics YouTube Playlist

    ♥♥♥

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    All content on this site (music, words, photos, videos) is copyright Melodie Yvonne. Non-profit online sharing is allowed only if content is unaltered and credit is given. Commercial use or unauthorized alteration is prohibited. Questions? Contact Melodie HERE

  • The Boneyard

    The Boneyard

    This piece will be in the upcoming collection Photographic Memories: Nein — available here soon

    The Boneyard by Melodie Yvonne

    My friends list is a graveyard for my exes
    It’s a place where people live that used to call me “bestie”
    It’s a silent unseen mass I judge myself against
    It’s a lifelong list of all the “friends” that just came and went

    Then there’s heartache in the “suggestions” there’s the girl that stole my husband
    If you can read my mind to sell stuff why not fix that?
    2000 little faces all look back at me and say
    I’m your “friend”, so why am I alone tonight?

    My friends list is a living cemetery
    where people with no time for me check “like” and call it caring
    and I don’t know how we will all survive
    building cities of the dead while still alive

    ♥♥♥

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    Read more poetry by Melodie: Photographic Melodie’s Poetry & Spoken Word
    Watch more poetry videos: Melodie’s Poetry & Lyrics YouTube Playlist

    ♥♥♥

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  • A Beautiful Mess Like Me – Tu Me Manques Edition

    A Beautiful Mess Like Me – Tu Me Manques Edition

    This piece will be in the upcoming collection Tu Me Manques: Poèmes d’amour – available here soon

    A Beautiful Mess Like Me by Melodie Yvonne

    You are a beautiful mess just like me
    I see in your arms my safe place to be free
    but we are two fools that can’t get it together
    writhing in silence through furious weather

    Damaged and broken with rot in our cores
    How could we expect to be loved any more
    when most of our feelings come off of cold labels
    and real true romance only happens in fables

    Barely just found my heart’s torn apart pieces
    Scared of your mind and the lust it unleashes
    Blindingly juxtaposed and we’re in pieces
    Is this just lust or do I really feel this?

    A peek in your heart made my soul want to dance
    so a look in your eyes is a glance I can’t chance
    Locking our soul windows might bring us near
    but this soul recognition’s now something I fear

    The cold in the dark sent me runnin’ away
    but it wasn’t the real reason I didn’t stay
    Scared that you’ll love me but scared you’ll reject me
    Fearing I’ll ruin you, afraid you’ll infect me

    Barely just met you and my mind’s in pieces
    Torn between running and riding your jesus
    Blindingly jaded we picked up our pieces
    We’re comfortably numb, let carnality feed us

    You are a beautiful mess just like me
    I see in your eyes my safe place to be free
    but we’re still two fools that can’t get it together
    and love lost in silence we’ll miss our forever

    ♥♥♥

    Get your copy of select poetry collections by Melodie: Photographic Melodie Shop
    Read more poetry by Melodie: Photographic Melodie’s Poetry & Spoken Word
    Watch more poetry videos: Melodie’s Poetry & Lyrics YouTube Playlist

    ♥♥♥

    Copyright notice: All content on this site is copyright Melodie Yvonne. Non-profit online sharing is allowed only if content is unaltered and credit is given. Commercial use or unauthorized alteration is illegal. Questions? Contact Melodie HERE