Poetry by Melodie Yvonne

Words from a gonzoesque life in an oh so gonzoless world

  • Seed Guzzler Part Six Feet Under the Bridge: The Trip Trapping Troll

    Seed Guzzler Part Six Feet Under the Bridge: The Trip Trapping Troll

    Originally published online Jan 28, 2018 & in the print collection Seed Guzzler: And Other Succubi — available here

    Seed Guzzler Part Six Feet Under the Bridge: The Trip Trapping Troll by Melodie Yvonne

    Your words fall not on deafened ears
    In fact I hear them loud and clear
    It’s just I don’t hear what you’re sending
    I see through your happy ending

    I hear all those words you spew
    I see your shitty comments too
    But somehow you just still don’t get it
    Words don’t hurt spewed from a dipshit

    Trolls will talk and trolls will spew
    But don’t let that shit make you blue
    ‘Cause in the end when this is over
    Karma always carries over

    Took me months to clean your mess
    Deserved it, yeah, maybe, I guess
    But no one here deserves a lifetime
    Blasted loud and clear on prime time

    So take heed, this final warning
    I don’t want what you got coming
    If you don’t quit being an ogre
    You’ll be fucked by my four-leaf clover

    Trolls will talk and trolls will spew
    But don’t let that shit make you blue
    ‘Cause in the end when this is over
    Karma always carries over

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  • Something to Tell You

    Something to Tell You

    Originally published online Jan 29, 2018 & in the collection Photographic Memories: Deux Mille Dix-Huit — available here

    Something to Tell You by Melodie Yvonne

    Now I’ve got something to tell you I just can’t explain
    This truth it eats away at me and rots away my brain

    I just feel I’m suffocating
    In this life I own
    And I just feel I lost my way now
    And I should have known

    I know it’s not too late to fix it
    Not too late to try
    So I guess it’s time to walk away now
    Time to say goodbye

    Now I’ve got something to tell you, lean in close to me
    Once I just can find the words here they will set me free

    The truth is I don’t know the answer
    See I’m just a fraud
    I really don’t know how I got here
    But I turned from God

    Now I’ve got something to tell you, it might set you free
    But my truth is mostly circumstantial, why do you want to hear from me?

    I wish I had a nickel for each time
    ‘Twas said to me
    “Now I’ve got something to tell you”
    It might set me free

    See I don’t know just how I got here
    But now I just don’t care
    And from here on out I’m going to just
    Let God’s will take me there

    Now I’ve got something to tell you I just can’t explain
    The truth it eats away here, and it rots away my brain

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  • Lost Human Race

    Lost Human Race

    Originally published online Jan 9, 2018 & in the collection Photographic Memories: Deux Mille Dix-Huit — available here

    Lost Human Race by Melodie Yvonne

    I’m lost in a soup of confusion and sadness that melts away my mind until dawn
    I’m lost here ‘tween tryin to stay sane and just madness and I’m doin’ everything wrong
    And each time I close up my peepers for answers all I can see is your face
    I’ve lost all I’ve gained and I’m coming in last in this horribly lost human race

    I feel like I been here again and again, a wormhole on a loop that I’m trapped in
    I look ‘round for comfort and find I’m alone but I just don’t know how all this happened
    What started for fun turned out just fun for you and I’m trippin’ up tryin to keep pace
    Now I’ve lost all I gained and still coming in last in this horribly lost human race

    Now don’t think I blame you I know it’s my fault that I dragged you along for the ride
    I knew long ago that there’d be no one here when I wanted you here by my side
    But I was so wrong it’s better to be gone than a sprinter just joggin’ in place
    So I’m runnin away ‘cause I’ve done had enough of this horribly lost human race

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  • Cold Concrete Home

    Cold Concrete Home

    Originally published online Jan 14, 2018 & in the collection Photographic Memories: Deux Mille Dix-Huit — available here

    Cold Concrete Home by Melodie Yvonne

    Sittin’ here listenin’ to industrial crickets
    Folks walkin’ ‘round like they’re lost on a mission
    And I never wanted to be stuck here this way
    But here I sit, here I live, here I just stay

    Factory made melodies lull us to sleep
    And anti-emotion pills hide what we keep
    But what I keep doesn’t need hid every day
    I’m not scared what you’ll think of these things I say

    Then I say softly please don’t let me be
    Then I say softly just stay here with me
    Cuddle me softly don’t leave me alone
    Don’t make me go back to that cold concrete home

    And again I hear humming of industrial crickets
    Lost souls all around me just gettin’ their fixes
    Use and repeat at least twice a day
    To get through this shift in the least feeling way

    Top level merchandise buys out our souls
    We keep right on grinding just tryin’ to fill holes
    Subconscious bribery “does us a favor”
    And we just sit numbly wishing for a Savior

    Then I beg softly please don’t let me be
    Then I beg softly just stay here with me
    Cuddle me softly don’t leave me alone
    Don’t make me go back to that cold concrete home

    Past twenty years gone yet here I’m still grinding
    Don’t even think no more just obey blindly
    Guess my life’s gone now and soon it’s my soul
    This industrial nightmare has swallowed me whole

    I begged you softly please don’t let me be
    I begged you softly just stay here with me
    Too late to save me now leave me alone
    I’m safe and I’m used to my cold concrete home

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  • Poetry Pop-Up Recap: Melodie Yvonne Live at Indy Swift City Sessions

    Poetry Pop-Up Recap: Melodie Yvonne Live at Indy Swift City Sessions

    On November 1, 2024, Melodie Yvonne performed a moving live poetry set during the #SwiftCitySessions Pop-Ups outside the Indiana Repertory Theatre in Indianapolis. The outdoor event featured local poets and musicians sharing their work in an intimate, open-air setting as part of the #TaylorSwift weekend festivities. Check out the recap of Melodie’s live set below.

    Setlist:
    Stay Adream
    The Sunshine Buyer
    My Misery Loves Company
    Just Like You
    A Beautiful Mess Like Me
    Looks Like You
    Pixelated Nation
    My Love For You
    No Really You Can Keep Him
    My Shower Song
    Hope Insomniac
    A Thousand Real Goodbyes
    You On Repeat
    Tryin’ To Forgive You
    Love Letters
    Somebody Else Like You
    How To Dodge A Broken Heart
    One Fine Day
    The Ceiling

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    Photo cred: Tyler Muir
  • How Am I Gonna Forget ‘Bout You

    How Am I Gonna Forget ‘Bout You

    Originally published online Dec 27, 2017 & in the collection Photographic Memories: Deux Mille Dix-Sept — available here

    How Am I Gonna Forget ‘Bout You by Melodie Yvonne

    Bent and broken, ripped and torn
    I forgot what love is for
    Unattended and abused
    Maybe just a little used
    Then I see you standing there
    And suddenly you’re all I care
    Then I see you standing there
    So beautiful and unaware

    How am I gonna forget ‘bout you
    When all you are is all I do

    I just keep on runnin’ away
    It’s easier than what I got to say
    I’m tryin’ not to look at you
    ‘Cause your gaze owns me through and through
    How’d I get so freakin’ stupid
    I know better than to believe in cupid
    How do I get past all this hoping
    When all I want’s for you to want me

    How am I gonna forget ‘bout you
    When all you are is all I do
    How am I gonna forget ‘bout you
    When I know that my heart is true
    How am I gonna forget ‘bout you
    When all you are is all I do
    How am I gonna forget ‘bout you
    When all you are is all I am too

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  • Awake

    Awake

    Originally published online Dec 25, 2017 & in the collection Photographic Memories: Deux Mille Dix-Sept — available here

    Awake by Melodie Yvonne

    I’m not sure if I’ll sleep again
    It’s still so hard to be your friend
    And oh so how I long to touch you
    There’s just no one else above you

    I’m not sure if I’ll sleep this night
    I close my eyes and see your light
    A spark from just a quick embrace
    It burns so bright etching your face

    Oh so how I long to touch you
    There’s just no one else above you

    I’m not sure if I’ll sleep tonight
    I feel your fingers on my side
    And I don’t care if I’ll sleep again
    Just please don’t let this sweetness end

    Oh so how I long to touch you
    Wish you felt the same ‘bout me too
    Oh so how I long to touch you
    There’s still no one else above you

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  • #metoo?

    #metoo?

    Originally published online Dec 10, 2017 & in the collection Photographic Memories: Deux Mille Dix-Sept — available here

    #metoo? by Melodie Yvonne

    Pretending I’m in outerspace
    So I don’t have to see your face
    Those leering eyes look down at me
    I’ve lost all hope you’ll set me free

    You drove me out too far from home
    Way further than the buffalos roam
    Pretending that you were my friend
    Until we reached that dark dead-end
    Your touch it chilled the coldest ice
    You blamed me, said that I enticed
    I gently said, “We must get back”
    Maliciously you spit a laugh
    “Ass, gas, or grass. No rides are free”
    “I thought you liked my company”
    Whatever just to make me guilty
    How come I’m the one that feels so filthy???

    Pretending I’m in outerspace
    So I don’t have to see your face
    Those leering eyes still look at me
    My only hope you took from me

    You drove me back but I’m still there
    I don’t know how you just don’t care
    I watch you go on ‘bout your day
    Like you didn’t take my worth away
    But how on earth could I have let you?
    It’s my fault for smiling at you
    It’s my fault for all that leading
    Can you make monsters then just hate ‘em?

    Pretending I’m in outerspace
    So I don’t have to see your face
    Those leering eyes still look at me
    I want back what you took from me

    Pretending I’m in outerspace
    So I don’t have to see your face
    Those leering eyes still look at me
    I’ve lost all hope you’ll set me free

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  • Floatingly Flowingly

    Floatingly Flowingly

    Originally published online Dec 13, 2017 & in the collection Photographic Memories: Deux Mille Dix-Sept — available here

    Floatingly Flowingly by Melodie Yvonne

    I float

    I float in a bubble
    I float in a bubble in between love
    I don’t need love

    I want

    Itching all over
    My thoughts randomly flop
    I don’t NEED

    I WANT

    Inhale
    Inhale. Exhale.

    I don’t want
    I don’t want to need to breathe
    I don’t want to need
    I don’t want
    I NEED

    NEED you

    Inhale
    Inhale. Exhale.

    I float
    I float out
    I float out of the bubble between need and want

    I don’t need love

    I want

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  • Safe From The Rain

    Safe From The Rain

    Originally published online Dec 23, 2017 & in the collection Photographic Memories: Deux Mille Dix-Sept — available here
    “Resurrection” can also be found in the collection psalms 2000:17-24 — available on Amazon here

    Safe From The Rain by Melodie Yvonne

    I am nothing but this wicked thing that tries to slink to freedom
    I’m nothing but this evil thing that cast us out of Eden
    But at some point there has to be a shared hand in the blame
    ‘Cause you might’ve not ask the world to flood, but you asked for the rain

    I’m maybe not the perfect girl I know most my time’s wasted
    I sure don’t have too much regret except that fruit I tasted
    But at least I ask forgiveness and I know I caused my pain
    See I might’ve not asked my world to flood, but I asked for the rain

    I hope you hear these words I say and let them fill your soul
    I hope you feel this love I give and let it make you whole
    See sometimes right don’t matter and there’s no sense pointin’ blame
    And you can’t just ask the world to flood to take away your pain

    No, you can’t just ask the world to flood to take away your pain

    Sometimes life gets the best of you, it’s hard to go on livin’
    Sometimes it’s hard to see it through, and you get tired of givin’
    But know you’re not alone here we’ve got shared hands in the blame, baby
    And maybe someday the world will flood, but we’re safe from the rain

    Oh yeah this here ugly world might flood but you’re safe from the rain, baby

    Yeah one day this here world might flood, but we’re safe from the rain

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