Coming soon for Valentine’s Day, Tu Me Manques: Poèmes d’amour is a tender collection of love poems written in longing, hope, and quiet devotion. Co-authored with my favorite collaborator, Mitchell Odom, this book is for crushes, soulmates, and the ones who hold our hearts, even from afar.
This project felt especially intimate to create. These poems came from moments of wanting, remembering, and loving softly, sometimes without certainty and sometimes without return. Writing them reminded me how powerful it is to let love exist in its own time, without pressure or expectation. If you’ve ever loved deeply, missed someone quietly, or held space for a feeling you didn’t quite know how to share, I hope this book becomes a love letter that bridges the distance from your heart to theirs.
This piece will be in the upcoming collection Photographic Memories: Nein— available here soon
Discontinued by Melodie Yvonne
I still remember that way that you loved me at least I thought that’s what love was. your face when you were trying to impress me… it was just the charm you bought at the bar.
You shined like the brightest penny but they discontinued that coin right after I met you I don’t remember which of you ran out first but I know you were discontinued too
You hit unsubscribe on the love that I offered until I had no love left to give You didn’t care what toll it cost me You took everything I had in the end
I don’t know now how to unknot this This noose that you left in my heart and my brain I guess now it’s just time that’ll end us and maybe one day I’ll be free of your name
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This piece is in the poetry collection Photographic Memories: The Neverending Sequel – available HERE
Takin’ Up Space by Melodie Yvonne
Just sittin’ around takin’ up space on your porch, Sittin’ around makin’ it skunk. It could be worse in my head I guess… I’m way worse in my head when I’m drunk.
I’m wastin away everday Still feelin’ so very senseless But being inside your bright aura I’m weightless, And feelin’ a little less useless.
Just sittin’ around takin up space on your couch, Sittin around makin’ it skunk. It could be waaay worse in my head I guess…. I’m way worse when I’m feelin’ the funk.
Just sittin’ around takin’ up space in your heart’ Sittin’ around makin’ it skunk Well, it could be worse It could be sooo worse I’m still worse in my head when I’m drunk.
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This piece will be in the upcoming collection Photographic Memories: Nein— available here soon
Excuse me, Sir… Is There a Room Available? by Melodie Yvonne
Is there a world where you could want me? Somewhere we could be? Is there a life where you could be here wrapped all around me? Is there somehow a little bit of room left in your heart for just a little piece of me like lightning in a jar
Are you ever missin’ me? Thinkin’ ‘bout us at all? Do you know my eyes are oceans sittin’ waitin’ for your call? Can you feel me longing for you one more fucking day? Or are you just there wishin’ you could drink me all away?
Is there a universe where we could watch the stars at night? A world where you would want me back and make it all all right? A galaxy where there’s somehow a me and you at all? A little bit of me in you like lightning in a jar
Is there a world where you could love me? Somewhere we could be? Is there a life where you could be here wrapped all around me? Is there somehow a little bit of room left in your heart Where you could maybe think of givin’ you and me a start?
Is there a way that maybe you could crack that door an inch? Or if you can’t then maybe I could get a little hint ‘Cause, darlin’, I’m still thinkin’ ‘bout you every night and day Another ghost hauntin’ my heart, a broken effigy
Did I make a better man for someone else to love? ‘Cause all those words you said to me done got me all fucked up And here I am wantin’ you again long after I moved on But here you are popped up again like you think it’s your job
How come you made me want you and then took it all away? Is there a night that maybe you would ever let me stay? Is that no vacancy sign still lit up outside your heart? Or are you ready for a little lightning in a jar?
Is there a world where you could love me? Somewhere we could be? Is there a life where you could be here wrapped all around me? Is there somehow a little bit of room left in your heart Where I can cuddle up and live like lightning in a jar
Where I can cuddle up and love like lightning in your heart
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This piece will be in the upcoming collection Photographic Memories: Nein— available here soon
Still by Melodie Yvonne
I still think about you all of the time You bounce back and forth in the rooms in my mind And I don’t know why or if you’re there to stay But I’m so sick of cryin’ ‘bout you every day
I’ll never know why it’s deeper for me Don’t know why I thought you really liked me Don’t know why I thought our souls were on fire Guess I want you so much that I’s in denial
I know you moved on but it’s hurtin’ me still Am I just hung up or are my feelings real? Wish I had known you’d be runnin’ so quickly Wish I had known you’s the last I’d have in me
Wonderin’ if you know the damage you done when you was just tryin’ to have you some fun And I don’t know why I thought I deserved better Don’t know why I thought you’d pick me and forget her
I still think about you all of the time You still occupy all these rooms in my mind And I don’t know why or if I can evict you But I’m scared I’m cursed and I’ll never forget you
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This piece can be found in the print collection Methlehem — available here
The Ceiling by Melodie Yvonne
You break my fucking heart and then chastise for having feelings You slice my soul wide open then you yelled at me for bleeding But still somehow I miss you and my body aches for leaving And all I can do is cry now and just stare up at the ceiling
My knees are breaking from all of the time that I spent kneeling The part of me I gave I didn’t know that you were stealing But every single tear I’ve cried would all be worth repeating If I thought for just one second it’d help you with your healing
But every single second was a second you were leading Collecting all of me wasn’t enough, you got so greedy You got me all addicted, but then turned and called me needy Screamed at me you needed air and then you guilted me for breathing
You told me you need space, but won’t give me the space I’m needing I thought I was in love with you, but love is so deceiving I tried to douse our dumpster fire, but you just gasoline it So all I can do is cry now and just stare up at the ceiling
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Curious what Methlehem is all about? This free Amazon preview lets you step into the world of the book and sample the writing before committing… of course, you will immediately get hooked after the free sample and probably suck dick to get a copy to see the rest, but such is the price of literary art. Scroll down to enjoy!
This piece will be in the upcoming collection Photographic Memories: Nein— available here soon
Perceptions by Melodie Yvonne
I thought you were twitterpated, but you thought I charged I hoped maybe we’d find love, but your dick was just hard I thought I would get to know you, you said please don’t tell I forgave and let you go but I’m not doin’ so well
I thought maybe you came back to give me one more chance But you took what you needed then you turned around and left And I just don’t know what to do now I don’t trust myself ‘Cause you said that I meant the world then you picked someone else
I thought you would get to know me maybe let me in I wouldn’t have moved so fast if I’d have known that that was it But I always follow my heart and I thought I was right But I guess I was wrong ‘cause I’m alone again tonight
I thought if I hoped real hard you’d maybe change your mind But I thought that you liked me and you were just being nice I thought you were fucking epic, you offered me cash Tryin’ to silence all your guilt and get the fuck out fast
You done took off light speed, but I thought you was just busy Absence makes the heart grow fonder, I thought you would miss me Still somehow I thought if you could see my heart you’d take it All that make believe couldn’t imagine how you’d break it
I thought when that phone rang I was getting one more chance Hyped up movie bullshit thinkin’ I deserve romance And I just don’t know what to do now and I hate myself ‘Cause you said that I meant the world, but you’re with someone else
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