Poetry by Melodie Yvonne

Words from a gonzoesque life in an oh so gonzoless world

  • 13

    13

    Originally published online June 23, 2018 & in the collection Photographic Memories: Deux Mille Dix-Huit — available here

    13 by Melodie Yvonne

    Dedicated to Shannon Hoon ❤ ❤ ❤

    Every day you remind me of what you could have been
    The little trinkets you leave us full of love you send
    A dollar here a dollar there and everything we want
    But all we really want is you right back here in our hearts

    We close our eyes and see your face look back at us each day
    But we don’t wanna make it go, we wanna make it stay

    We close our eyes and try to make it all stay
    We close our eyes and try to make it all stay
    We close our eyes and try to make it all stay

    Every day you remind us of what you could have been
    Our heads all full of cavities are trying not to sin
    But every day that flies by you get further out of reach
    And we just wanna have you here with us with all our souls to keep

    We close our eyes and see your face look back at us each day
    But we don’t wanna make it go, we wanna make it stay

    We close our eyes and try to make it all stay
    We close our eyes and try to make it all stay
    We close our eyes and try to make it all stay

    Video cred: Nel Hoon

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  • My Weird Eyes

    My Weird Eyes

    Originally published online June 26, 2018 & in the collection Photographic Memories: Deux Mille Dix-Huit — available here

    My Weird Eyes by Melodie Yvonne

    The brightness it frightens me most everyday
    ‘Cause my weird eyes they work in mysterious ways
    And sometimes it hurts so bad I’d gouge them out
    But I can’t cause then I can’t see what you’re about.

    See my weird eyes they work in mysterious ways
    But I’ll never tell you the things they might say
    And I’ll see all your follies but you won’t see mine
    I’ve just been at this longer than you’ve had the time

    And yeah sometimes it hurts so bad I’d gouge them out
    But I’ll never betray to you what I’m about
    Just remember I see when you can’t see yourself
    So don’t hide yourself from me like everyone else

    The brightness it frightens me most everyday
    ‘Cause my weird eyes they work in mysterious ways
    And sometimes it hurts so bad I’d gouge them out
    But I can’t cause then I can’t see what you’re about

    No I can’t cause then I can’t see what you’re about.

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  • Oh Nope It’s Gone

    Oh Nope It’s Gone

    Originally published online June 28, 2018 & in the collection Photographic Memories: Deux Mille Dix-Huit — available here

    Oh Nope It’s Gone by Melodie Yvonne

    Why should I be sad that, oh nope it’s gone
    Because it happens all the time and it doesn’t last long
    If I just take a minute to try to stop and listen
    I’d think of something else to replace my words that’s missin’

    I’d think of words that’s better and maybe somethin’ more
    I’d think of words to make you love me and what you adore
    I’d think of words that pick you up and sweep you off your feet
    And be the everything you want and everything you need

    So why should I be sad when, oh nope it’s gone
    ‘Cause if you left me then I guess you didn’t love me very long
    But I’ll just keep on missin’ you for every single day
    Until I find those words again to try to make you stay

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  • Mongoose

    Mongoose

    Originally published online May 29, 2018 & in the collection Photographic Memories: Deux Mille Dix-Huit — available here
    This piece can also be found in the collection psalms 2000:17-24 — available on Amazon here
    This piece can also be found in the print collection Seed Guzzler: And Other Succubi — available here

    Mongoose by Melodie Yvonne

    I see you washed in evil
    I see you bathed in blood
    You spilled it from the innocent
    While killing all they loved

    I see your old sin nature
    All dark black ink like mine
    But you walk yours right out on a leash
    A caricature of your mind

    I see your sheep like clothing
    You think will hide your soul
    But it’s the emperor’s new clothes to me
    You can’t hide what I know

    I see you wash in evil
    I see you bathe in blood
    But I’ll chop off my own head first
    You won’t kill the things I love.

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  • Sorry, Not Sorry

    Sorry, Not Sorry

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

    Sorry, Not Sorry by Melodie Yvonne

    Sometimes I’m sorry is just for yourself
    Sometimes I’m sorry don’t help no one else
    So before you apologize just stop and think
    Is this to help them, or relieve my own stink?

    Ask yourself if these words will help your friend
    Ask yourself why you are making amends
    Is it for love that you’re telling this person
    Or is it just guilt, ‘cause that shit is your burden

    Remember to think before you say I’m sorry
    It isn’t enough just to heal your own worry
    Just save those two words and learn from your lesson
    Then change who you are and don’t be that same person

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  • Hurt So Bad

    Hurt So Bad

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

    Hurt So Bad by Melodie Yvonne

    I see your heart but you don’t see mine
    And mine is aching all the time
    I want what I can never have
    Why do you have to hurt so bad?

    I saw you for the things you wasn’t
    Saw flaws but you was up above it
    Why oh why did I have to love you
    Wish I’d known you’d make me feel blue

    I was already gone and done
    And I didn’t want your kind of fun
    But somethin’ ’bout your words when leavin’
    Somehow gone and left me grievin’

    I see your heart but you don’t see mine
    And mine’s still aching all the time
    Still want what I can never have
    Why did you have to hurt so bad?

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  • How Do I Go

    How Do I Go

    Originally published online May 6, 2018 & in the collection Photographic Memories: Deux Mille Dix-Huit — available here

    How Do I Go by Melodie Yvonne

    How do you stop feeling bad unless you stop feeling at all
    How do you keep out the evil without putting up concrete walls
    How do you stay comfortably numb without staying comfortably dumb
    I’m guessing I need to find balance before I just get up and run

    How do I stay, and how do I go
    I don’t know
    I don’t know
    No no, I don’t know

    I’ve ran out of places to hide and now I don’t know what to do
    My hearts broken all of the time and I just can’t stop feeling blue
    There’s this ache in the pit of my soul and I know I can’t stay here with you
    I’m lost and with nowhere to go, and I’m scared now of what I might do

    How do I stay, and how do I go
    I don’t know
    I don’t know
    No no, I don’t know

    How do I stay, but how do I go
    I don’t know
    I don’t know
    No no, I don’t know

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  • Someone Here to Call You Mine

    Someone Here to Call You Mine

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

    I know that I’m supposed to be an instrument
    And I know sometimes I play it wrong
    But soon I’ll spend all my time missin’ you
    Wonderin’ where in the hell you have gone

    Soon I’ll spend all my time wonderin’
    If there’s somethin’ else I could have done
    But now I’m just bathin’ in silence
    Just sittin’ here pretendin’ I’ve won

    There is no one winnin’ or losin’ here
    ‘Cause time flies in the blink of an eye
    Sometimes life gets pretty lonely here
    Without someone here to call you mine

    The weight of it all’s startin’ to set in
    I’m lyin’ awake and can’t breathe
    I’m wonderin’ if you’re out there a’ missin’ me
    Wonderin’ if I’m somethin’ you need

    I know that I’m supposed to be an instrument
    But I’m sure I’m always playin’ it wrong
    But just because sometimes I’m a lil outta tune
    Don’t mean I’m not playin’ our song

    There’s still no one winnin’ or losin’ here
    ‘Cause time flies in the blink of an eye
    Sometimes life gets pretty lonely here
    Without someone here to call you mine

    Oh without someone here
    With no one to love
    Oh without someone here to call you mine

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  • No Worries, Baby

    No Worries, Baby

    Originally published online April 2, 2018 & in the collection Photographic Memories: Deux Mille Dix-Huit — available here

    No Worries, Baby by Melodie Yvonne

    Sometimes it’s hard to keep a smile in your eye
    When you’re walking around wantin’ to cry
    And sometimes it seems like this world just don’t get you
    Well, don’t worry, baby, this world don’t get me too

    Sometimes it feels like you’re caught in a trap
    There’s no going forward and no going back
    Well, don’t worry, baby, ‘cause you’re not alone
    I’m always right here just pick up the phone

    Sometimes it feels like we’re safe in a bubble
    Chaos around us and everything’s rubble
    Well, don’t worry, baby, ‘cause we’re here together
    And somehow we’re gonna get through this bad weather

    Well sometimes it’s hard to keep a smile in my eye
    When I’m walking around and wantin’ to cry
    And sometimes it seems like this world just don’t get me
    Then baby flies in and reminds me he’s with me

    Yeah, sometimes it just feels like I’m all alone
    I keep to myself and I hide from the phone
    But then it’s all better ‘cause suddenly you’re here
    And you’re saying, “Hey, baby, there’s nothing to fear”

    Sometimes it’s hard to keep a smile in your eye
    When you’re walking around wantin’ to cry
    And sometimes it seems like this world just don’t get you
    Well, don’t worry, baby, this world don’t get me too

    Yeah, don’t worry, baby, this world don’t get me too

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  • Walls

    Walls

    Originally published online March 30, 2018 & in the collection Photographic Memories: Deux Mille Dix-Huit — available here

    Walls by Melodie Yvonne

    If you’re only gonna be here for three months then why be here at all?
    If you’re only gonna feel me half the time then why feel me at all?
    If you’re not gonna make it passed the rain then don’t come out at all
    Yeah I’ve got a lot of time to give, but you’ve got none at all

    If you’re only gonna promise to let me down then why promise at all?
    If you’re only gonna promise to walk away then stop makin’ me crawl
    If you’re only gonna step in half my life then don’t step in at all
    I put it all out in front to you, but you just put up walls

    If you’re only gonna be here for three months then why be here at all?
    If you weren’t gonna be there to pick me up then why’d you let me fall?
    If you weren’t gonna give me all your heart then why give it at all?
    It takes a real man to build a life, so you just built a wall

    Yeah, it takes a real man to build a life, so you just put up walls

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