Poetry by Melodie Yvonne

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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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 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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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 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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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 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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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 Nov 29, 2017 & in the collection Photographic Memories: Deux Mille Dix-Sept — available here

Dedicated to my long lost Ziggy

My Love for You by Melodie Yvonne

My love for you is like a river running deep and true
My love for you is like an asteroid hurdling towards its doom
My love for you can move the mountains right into the sea
But my love for you is tried and true despite the loss of me

My love for you it comes and goes just like the late moon tide
My love for you swings to and fro I’m duckin’ tryin’ to hide
My love for you’s a boomerang that comes right back around
And it crashes like a thundercloud that doesn’t make a sound

My love for you’s a whisper shrilly echoing through my soul
My love for you it fills me up but then just leaves a hole
My love for you it drowns us both but then just swims to shore
Oh my love for you goes on forever and for nevermore

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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 Nov 27, 2017 & in the collection Photographic Memories: Deux Mille Dix-Sept — available here

Burnin’ All My Bridges by Melodie Yvonne

Where are you to see me through
To set my soul on fire
Why’ve I waited oh so long
For something to transpire

I never asked for anything
But everything I asked
Was just to let me be alone
If this thing here won’t last

Where were you to see me through
When I broke down again
Thought you meant the world to me
My love and my best friend

I never asked for shit from you
But you asked me to bend
Oh where the hell were you to see me through, my only friend
Oh where the hell were you to see me through
This is the end

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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

♥♥♥

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