Poetry by Melodie Yvonne

Words from a gonzoesque life in an oh so gonzoless world

  • Prefacing, Unchanging, Freebasing Time Wasting

    Prefacing, Unchanging, Freebasing Time Wasting

    This piece is in the re-released print collection, Photographic Memories: 7even – Author’s Edition, available here now

    Moving Along by Melodie Yvonne

    If only I could go back, and slip in between time’s little cracks
    I don’t know if I’d change it, but maybe I just might not waste it
    Wasted time here waitin’… spent too much time on expectations
    Too much time down on my knees, polite and quiet, just tryin’ to please
    And see it got me nowhere… a waste of space… takin’ up air
    A punchline that you quote… then sit and laugh while I lose hope

    But I am what I made me… a mess of words I wrote while waiting
    Screamed into the silence, but echoed words don’t heal the quiet
    And I’m not sure I got out of all those years trapped in this house
    ‘Cause here’s still where I sit… wonderin’ if I wasted it
    And here’s still where I stay, year after year I type away
    A circle in my madness swirling infinite colors of sadness

    That I look back and say… did I waste those years that got away?

    ♥♥♥

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    ♥♥♥

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  • Moving Along

    Moving Along

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

    Moving Along by Melodie Yvonne

    Hold my breath to hide this sadness
    Can’t find my grip in this madness
    And I’m begging you to take it back

    I know I’m here at my weakest
    Wish you could have somehow seen us
    But you left my heart a ravaged mass

    You used me to hit rock bottom
    Then you left me there forgotten
    Head’s still spinning ‘cause you left so fast

    Don’t know how I’ll piece together
    Shattered glass in a tornado
    Wish that you would help but I can’t ask

    ‘Cause I forgot to set the line
    And tell you if you break you buy
    So now you done moved on and I’m the past.

    ♥♥♥

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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

  • In a weak

    In a weak

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

    In a weak by Melodie Yvonne

    I like it when you say my name
    Three syllables long yet you remain
    And when I feel your gentle touch
    I’m twitterpated oh so much

    I wonder what it’s like to touch you
    And if there’s really stars above you
    I wonder ‘bout your lips and kisses
    And if I’ll ever get to miss those

    I close my eyes and see your blue ones
    And wonder if you know I match them
    I feel your hands ensnare my waist
    And now my heart begins to race

    But just when we are face to face
    I lose my nerve and fall from grace
    I hope one day you’ll know love’s true
    And all my fires envelop you

    ♥♥♥

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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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  • Shattered

    Shattered

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

    Shattered by Melodie Yvonne

    Everyone I’ve ever helped has took a piece of me
    I’m a jigsaw with just edges, and my middle’s all empty
    My puzzled heart’s all broken wonderin’ what on earth I’ve done
    I’m a shattered stained glass window echoing hurt with the sun

    My friend whose husband cheated and I helped her through divorce
    Suddenly had no time for me once her life righted course
    The guy that had my heart and led me on ‘til he was fixed
    Had no time for my depression if I wouldn’t suck his dick

    Everyone I’ve ever helped has left me far behind
    Good enough for that rock bottom, but not that Good Life
    Just trashy enough that you know I’m not gonna judge you
    but not classy enough to get to hang out with the “real” you

    Everyone I’ve ever helped has took a piece of me
    Foundation’s gone and now I am collapsing underneath
    My pieced-out heart’s so broken it just won’t fit back together
    And if I don’t get help real soon I fear I’ll stay shattered forever.

    ♥♥♥

    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

    ♥♥♥

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  • 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…

    ♥♥♥

    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

  • 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.

    ♥♥♥

    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

  • 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.

    ♥♥♥

    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

  • 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.

    ♥♥♥

    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