Poetry by Melodie Yvonne

Originally published online March 12, 2017 & in the print collection Photographic Memories: Deux Mille Dix-Sept — available here

Distraction by Melodie Yvonne

I’d sure love to be your distraction
Somebody else’s dubious attraction
I’d love to be somebody’s trigger
A wreck on the tracks, baffled eyes gettin’ bigger

I’ll be something blue, something borrowed
But just don’t expect me to be there tomorrow
I’ll be what you want me to be
But just for a while ‘cause lonely I’m free

Just give me some time, some time to be mine
If you go too fast, I’ll fall behind
Give me some time, some time to unwind
Or you just won’t like this mess that you find

You look at me like I’m some candy
And I’ll be so sweet until you can’t stand me
You look at me like I’m for real
It’s just for this moment ‘cause now I can’t feel

You look at me like I’m your savior
Well, I got news, I’m all bad behavior
And I wish you were here in this moment
Somethin’ about you makes me wanna own it

Just give me some time, some time to be mine
If you go too fast, I’ll fall behind
Give me some time, some time to unwind
I’ll run ahead if you fall in line

Just give me some time, some time to be mine
If you go too fast, I’ll fall behind
Just give me some time, some time to unwind
Don’t burn too bright, we’ll run out of time

I’d sure love to have a distraction
Somebody to be my dubious attraction
I’ll be what you want me to be
But just for a while cause lonely I’m free

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Originally published online March 1, 2017 & in the print collection Photographic Memories: Deux Mille Dix-Sept — available here

Be With Me by Melodie Yvonne

These times have changed, but they ain’t changing me
No matter who’s leadin’ my soul is still free
Ain’t nothing can touch me if I don’t let it
and I’ll spread my words until every soul gets it

Don’t be alone when you could be with me
Weird, wild, and crazy, just be who you’ll be
No judgment here, and no fear of acceptance
We’ll love you for you as long as you let us

These times have sure changed, but they won’t change me
No matter who’s leadin’ my soul is still free
Ain’t nothin’ can touch you if you don’t let it
So let’s spread our words until every soul gets it

My politician’s not better than yours
They’re nothing but flabby flesh puppeted whores
So stop all this fussing, no fighting, no biting
Let’s unite ourselves for the causes worth fighting

Don’t be alone when you could be with me
Weird, wild, and crazy, just be who we’ll be
No judgment here, and no fear of acceptance
We’ll all love each other as long as we let us

These times have changed, but they ain’t changin’ me
We’re our own leaders let’s choose to be free
Ain’t nothin’ can touch us if we don’t let it
So let’s spread our song until every soul gets it

Let’s spread our song until every soul gets it
and our lil words make love conquer the wretched

Don’t be alone when you could be with me
Weird, wild, and crazy just be who you’ll be
Spark up that fire and set your soul free
And I’ll love you forever as long as you let me

I’ll love you forever as long as you let me
So don’t be alone be with me

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

The One I Want The Most by Melodie Yvonne

You’re everything I needed that I didn’t really want
I just don’t like your kind of guy, the kind that needs to flaunt
I didn’t want to know you and I didn’t want to care
But now I’m stuck here with regrets that permeate the air

You beat me to the punch line
You beat me in this race
You left me all alone all broken, lost, and out of place

Why’d I let you near me when I really shouldn’t dare?
Why’d I try to help you when you didn’t really care?
Why’d I fall for you in such an inconvenient way?
I know the type of girl I am, I’m not the type who stays

You beat me to the punch line
You beat me in this race
You left me all alone embarrassed tear stains on my face

Now you’ve left me fuddled, and you’re nothing but a ghost
I never wanted you, but you’re the one I want the most
And though I never really even wanted you to care
I’d take it all away for one more chance to have you near

You beat me to the punch line
You beat me in this race
Now I’m just a low life and a second place disgrace

You beat me to the punch line
You beat me in this race
And I’d take it all away for one more chance to see your face

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

Outta My Head by Melodie Yvonne

Get outta my head, get outta my head
I’ll forgive what you said, just get outta my head

All that I wanted was kinda to touch you
All that you wanted was kinda a mess too
We came together and could have it made
If we stayed together, but we couldn’t stay

Get outta my head, get outta my head
I’ll forgive what you did, just get outta my head

The sun and the sun just can’t be together
‘Cause then who’ll be left in cantankerous weather
Hiding behind the clouds we bring on us
But keeping apart, my god, what will it cost us?

Get outta my mind, get outta my mind
Whatever you find, just get outta my mind
I swear I’ll believe everything that you said
Just please let me go, and get outta my head

Can you really feel this mental obsession?
Is it feelin’ real or keepin’ you guessin’?
Tryin’ to trust my mind and what’s in it
But it’s so damn full of bullshit unrequited

We won’t get together if we don’t start talkin’
But I’m scared to death and I done started walkin’
You wanna catch up better quicken your pace
‘Cause my feet will catch fire when my mind sees your face

Get outta my head, get outta my head
Forgive what I said, and get outta my head
Give me salvation from what I can’t find
Just please let me go, and get outta my mind

I’m just not quite sure you’d love someone like me
This love for myself doesn’t even come free
I pay with my heart and my soul every day
If you’d gave me a chance I might have had it made

Get outta my mind, get outta my mind
You’re not gonna like the things that you find
You’re not gonna wanna be one of mine
So please let me go, and get outta my mind

Get outta my head, get outta my head
It’s too late to feel all these things I’ve not said
I want you to free me, and leave me for dead
So please let me go, and get out of my head

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Originally published online Feb 24, 2017 & in the print collection Photographic Memories: Deux Mille Dix-Sept — available here

Staring Right Straight In The Sun by Melodie Yvonne

I’m staring right straight in the sun
Wondering what on earth I’ve done
and now I guess you’ll never know me
I just wanted you to own me

Empty is as empty does
You swept me underneath your rug
You fall behind, I run in place
Hoping just to glimpse your face

Hopeless is as hopeless does
I’ll make it like it never was
and I’ll erase me from your history
Hoping that you won’t forget me

Staring right straight in the sun
Wondering what on earth I’ve done
and now I guess you’ll never know me
I just wanted you to own me

Staring right straight off in space
I let my mind eclipse your face
Just shadows of the you that knew me
Guess you thought you couldn’t lose me

Lonesome is as lonesome does
I swept me underneath my rug
I’m nothing now but broken memories
Out of tune and off key melodies

Empty is as empty does
You ran ahead, I fell in love
and now we’re just too far off track
I run away, and don’t look back

I’m staring right straight in the sun
I’m wondering what the hell I’ve done
and now I guess you never knew me
Guess you’re just not use to losing

Staring right straight off in space
I let my mind eclipse your face
Just shadows left of you that knew me
Guess you thought you couldn’t lose me

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Originally published online Feb 23, 2017 & in the print collection Photographic Memories: Deux Mille Dix-Sept — available here

A You Addict by Melodie Yvonne

My mind’s lost the war on drugs, and you’re the drug for me
Heroin’s got nothing on your frank philosophy
My heart’s twisted from your blood that courses through my veins
It’s time for you to set me free before I go insane

You weave a politician’s tapestry of charm and lies
You see me for the prey I am despite my strong disguise
You let me wander only just an arm’s length out of reach
And if I try to run away you tighten up that leash

Second best was all I ever was to you at all
A safety net to catch you every time you start to fall
But now my heart is wearing out and leaking like a sieve
You’ve bled me dry, and all you’ve got is all I’ve left to give

My mind’s lost the war on drugs, and you’re the drug for me
Heroin’s got nothing on your frank philosophy
My heart’s twisted from your blood that courses through my veins
It’s time for you to set me free before I go insane

Well, now our end is growing near, it’s time for me to go
I’m really good at leavin’ but it hurts more than you know
We both know that my silly dreams were just not meant to be
So please release this empty bag of flesh and set me free

My mind’s lost the war on drugs, and you’re the drug for me
Heroin’s got nothing on your frank philosophy
My heart’s twisted from your blood that courses through my veins
And it’s time for you to set me free before I go insane

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Originally published online Feb 21, 2017 & in the print collection Photographic Memories: Deux Mille Dix-Sept — available here

Broken Rosy Lenses by Melodie Yvonne

I was what you saw in her
I was in her eyes
That fleshy bag of meat
was just a me disguise

I was Hunter Thompson
I was Steadman too
I was everything you wanted
packaged wrong for you

I was good intentions
Hers the road to hell
but you skipped along right down her path
until you tripped and fell

I was there to pick you up
There to dust you off
but the second you felt better
a pirate stole your heart

I was there to watch you fall
cracked apart again
I was there to watch you
through my shattered rosy lens

I’m still here to pick you up
Here to dust you off
but I’ve built a wall around my heart
with double bolted locks

I’m still everything you want
packaged wrong for you
but now my rosy lens is capped
She’s me and I am you

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Originally published online Feb 7, 2017 & in the print collection Photographic Memories: Deux Mille Dix-Sept — available here

22 Steps to Leaving You by Melodie Yvonne

Twenty-two steps to leaving you
It’s what I am, it’s what I do
Twenty-two steps to leaving you
Now I’m gone, and now we’re through

One, two, three
Walk over me
Two, three, four
Shut the door
Five, six
You’re such a bitch
Seven, eight
FUCK your fate
Nine, ten
Your life’s a sin
Eleven, twelve
Go to Hell

One, two, three
I can’t breathe
Two, three, four
I’m on the floor

Thirteen, fourteen
This is routine
Fifteen, sixteen
Wish you’d just leave
Seventeen, eighteen
Wipe the slate clean
Nineteen, Twenty
FUCK your money
Twenty-one
I’m on the run
Twenty-two
And FUCK you too

One, two, three
You’re over me
Two, three, four
I’m not your whore
Five, six
Suck your own dick
Lucky seven
You’ll be beggin’

Twenty-two steps to leaving you
Now I’m gone, and now we’re through
Twenty-two steps to leaving you
Is twenty-one more than I should do

Twenty-two steps to leaving you
Now I’m gone, and now we’re through
Twenty-two steps to leaving you
I love you, but now we’re through

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