Poetry by Melodie Yvonne

Originally published online Feb 25, 2018 & in the collection Photographic Memories: Deux Mille Dix-Huit — available here

Shimmy Shake and Walk Away Now by Melodie Yvonne

Watch me walk away now
And watch me shimmy shake
I’m done bendin’ to you
I’ve bent so far I’m gonna break

Watch me walk away now
Watch my heart I break
I might be scared to face you
But I’m not scared to face mistakes

Watch me walk away now
I’m not afraid to break
‘Cause walkin’ away is better
Than this constant pulsing ache

Watch me walk away now
Watch me shimmy shake
I’m no more tethered to you
Than I’m tethered to a snake

Watch me walk away now
And watch me shimmy shake
I’m finally done with you now
And I’m finally awake

Watch me walk away now
Watch me shimmy shake

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Originally published online Feb 12, 2018 & in the collection Photographic Memories: Deux Mille Dix-Huit — available here

You and Me by Melodie Yvonne

I’m tasting blue Fla•Vor•Ice
And I taste summer
These little delusions
Make it seem funner

And yes I’m aware
It should be “more” not “er”
But I wish we could go back
To the children we were

I wish we could go back
Be the children we knew
When I was just innocent
And I was with you
I wish we could go back
Be just naïve and free
I wish we could go back
To be just you & me

I’m seeing those fireflies
When I close my eyes
I’m seeing that moment
You told me goodbye

If I could go back
And just make things right
Maybe I could still see
Your sweet face in the light

I wish we could go back
Be the children we knew
When I was just innocent
And I was with you
I wish we could go back
Be just naïve and free
I wish we could go back
To be just you & me

Oh I wish we could go back to be just you & me

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More poetry videos: Check out 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 illegal. Questions? Contact Melodie HERE

Originally published online Feb 7, 2018 & in the collection Photographic Memories: Deux Mille Dix-Huit — available here

Confusion in Repeat by Melodie Yvonne

I don’t know how I feel anymore
About this world we live in
I don’t know what to do most days
But I am not going to give in
Still most times I’ve lost hope
All locked up in this mental prison
It’d take dynamite with diamond studded shrapnel just to get in

Now don’t misunderstand me
I’m not lost or feeling coy
I’m not just playing games
Or merely trying to annoy
I’ve used my own volition
And I’ve made my empty choices
So I’ll not be flustered by this constant cackling of voices

I don’t know how I feel maybe
But at least I’m feeling something
I’d rather be a little mess
Than blindly feeling nothin’
But some days I’m so tired
And I don’t know just what to do
There’s some days it takes a lot more than myself to see me through

You see I don’t know how I feel anymore
About this world we live in
I don’t know what to do most days
But I am not going to give in
Still most times I’ve lost hope
All locked up in this mental prison
It’d take dynamite with diamond studded shrapnel just to get in

Yeah, it’d take dynamite with diamond studded shrapnel just to get in

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Get your copy of select poetry collections by Melodie in print or digital: Photographic Melodie Shop

More poetry videos: Check out Melodie’s Poetry & Lyrics YouTube Playlist

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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 illegal. Questions? Contact Melodie HERE

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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Get your copy of select poetry collections by Melodie in print or digital: Photographic Melodie Shop

More poetry videos: Check out 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 illegal. Questions? Contact Melodie HERE

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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Get your copy of select poetry collections by Melodie in print or digital: Photographic Melodie Shop

More poetry videos: Check out Melodie’s Poetry & Lyrics YouTube Playlist

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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 illegal. Questions? Contact Melodie HERE

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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Get your copy of select poetry collections by Melodie in print or digital: Photographic Melodie Shop

More poetry videos: Check out Melodie’s Poetry & Lyrics YouTube Playlist

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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 illegal. Questions? Contact Melodie HERE