Poetry by Melodie Yvonne

Words from a gonzoesque life in an oh so gonzoless world

  • The Ceiling

    The Ceiling

    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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    ♥♥♥

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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 prohibited. Questions? Contact Melodie HERE

  • Because Free Is Good: The Amazon Preview of Methlehem

    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!

  • Perceptions

    Perceptions

    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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    Read more poetry by Melodie: Photographic Melodie’s Poetry & Spoken Word
    Watch more poetry videos: 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 prohibited. Questions? Contact Melodie HERE

  • Pall Mall 100s In An Orange Box – Methlehem Edition

    Pall Mall 100s In An Orange Box – Methlehem Edition

    This piece can be found in the print collection Methlehem — available here

    Pall Mall 100s In An Orange Box by Melodie Yvonne

    Pall mall 100s in an orange box
    Carryin’ hiedi ‘cause she’s feelin lost
    Saddlin’ me like I’m a mule
    She rides me like I’m a fool

    Vodka leers and cigarette smiles
    Light her eyes just like a child
    But she’s feelin’ rather edgy
    Waitin’ on my slow ass lefty

    Pall mall 100s in an orange box
    She likes it straight not on the rocks
    Speakin’ her truths feisty as fuck
    Think you’re hard she’ll prove you’re not

    Walk in the door she struts her stuff
    Bendin’ for only her pill poppin’ pup
    But now again she’s feelin’ edgy
    Waitin’ on my slow ass lefty

    Pall Mall 100s in an orange box
    Drivin’ down ninth feelin’ for cops
    Oldies on benches like corner whores
    Secret dialed codes unlockin’ doors

    Spirited tongue and nicotine lips
    Shelves full of Elvis’s swivelin’ hips
    Arthritic feet shuffle the floor
    Horoscope ashtray sits by the door

    Pall Mall 100s in an orange box
    Hiedi’s there now so I can get lost
    Ridin’ down slow crossin’ the lot
    Doubled up bitches callin’ shots

    Drive away slow, miss her already
    Headin’ back home ‘cause it keeps me steady
    This time it’s me who’s feelin’ edgy
    Time to burn my slow ass lefty

    ♥♥♥

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    Read more poetry by Melodie: Photographic Melodie’s Poetry & Spoken Word
    Watch more poetry videos: Melodie’s Poetry & Lyrics YouTube Playlist

    ♥♥♥

    Copyright notice: All content on this site 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

  • Just Like You – Methlehem Edition

    Just Like You – Methlehem Edition

    This piece can be found in the print collection Methlehem — available here

    Just Like You by Melodie Yvonne

    You gave me your story just like the crow and
    behind my eyes it throbs and throws tantrums

    I wanna still die a bit every day and
    waking without you just makes me insane

    You built me so high, so high that I flew and
    I always wanted to be just like you

    The you that I know, though, not you that your lies hid
    The truth has a way to catch up and it’s frightening

    Now what I see is you wanna be me and
    tell you the truth I wanna be free and

    my runnin’ away is runnin’ inside but
    these walls that I built just won’t let me hide in

    You built me so high, so high that I flew and
    I always wanted to be just like you

    The you that I know, though, not you that your lies hid
    The truth has a way to catch up and it’s frightening

    Innocence killed when that monster killed you and
    we’re all undone by a tall tale that grew one

    Fifteen years gone now our lives fall away and
    I still wanna save you most every day

    You built me so high, so high that I flew and
    I always wanted to be just like you

    The you that I know, though, not you that your lies hid
    Your truth had a way with my heart and it’s frightened

    Your truth had its way with my heart and it’s frightened
    Your truth had its way with my soul and I’m frightened
    Your truth had its way now I’m frightened

    ♥♥♥

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    Read more poetry by Melodie: Photographic Melodie’s Poetry & Spoken Word
    Watch more poetry videos: Melodie’s Poetry & Lyrics YouTube Playlist

    ♥♥♥

    Copyright notice: All content on this site 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

  • All My Fault – Methlehem Edition

    All My Fault – Methlehem Edition

    This piece can be found in the print collection Methlehem — available here

    All My Fault by Melodie Yvonne

    All you are is all my fault
    You’re just an endless pit of want
    And if I ever did forget you
    You’d be dead no one to let you

    All you are is all my fault
    You blame me for your stupid stunts
    And if I wasn’t here to let you
    You’d find someone else to get to

    All you are is all my fault
    All you are is all my fault

    Both of what we are are sins
    I enable, I defend
    But you point blame & then provoke me
    Now you’ve finally gone & broke me

    All you are is all my fault
    I gave you everything you want
    But now it’s time I did forget you
    Go find someone else to let you

    All you are is all my fault

    ♥♥♥

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    Read more poetry by Melodie: Photographic Melodie’s Poetry & Spoken Word
    Watch more poetry videos: Melodie’s Poetry & Lyrics YouTube Playlist

    ♥♥♥

    Copyright notice: All content on this site 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

  • Highlights from the Methlehem Release Party at the AMAZING Indy Type Shop

    Watch my full live spoken word set below and keep scrolling for the event playlist that includes some phenomenal clips of Paiger as well!

    Check out the full Methlehem Release Party YouTube Playlist including phenomenal clips of Paiger’s fire set below

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    ⚠️ Explicit Content Warning: Methelehem contains depictions of drug use, violence, and sexual content.

  • Broken – Methlehem Edition

    Broken – Methlehem Edition

    Available in the print collection Methlehem — available here

    Broken by Melodie Yvonne

    I’m so fucking broken that I can’t even breathe
    This constant bullshit pressure has got me on my knees
    I only need one person to keep their fucking word
    but a giant bullshit symphony is all I’ve ever heard

    I’m so fucking broken I can’t even breathe
    I’m sittin’ at a stoplight wondering why I just can’t leave
    I don’t know why I’m cryin’ or why the fuck that I’m so sad
    and I wish I could remember how to go from sad to mad

    I’m so fucking broken I can’t even breathe
    I wish that I could fix it, but I don’t know what I need
    I don’t know why you ever had to leave and say goodbye
    And now I could fill an ocean with the tears poured out my eyes

    I’m so fucking broken I can’t even breathe
    You fill me up with oxygen then knock it outta me
    You gave me hope for someone else that you could never be
    Then you stole it right away while I was pretendin’ you loved me

    I’m so fucking broken I can’t breathe.

    broken

    ♥♥♥

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    Read more poetry by Melodie: Photographic Melodie’s Poetry & Spoken Word
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    ♥♥♥

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  • Looks Like You – Methlehem Edition

    Looks Like You – Methlehem Edition

    This piece can be found in the print collection Methlehem — available here

    Looks Like You by Melodie Yvonne

    Looks like you’re having a comfortable ride in that car that I built for two
    Looks like you’re having an easy time, though, that seat wasn’t made for you

    You’ve taken advantage of my little life and you’ve used me through and through
    You’re such a seductive little whore always looking to suck someone new

    A single white female, your copy paste face changes lies like a bloody chameleon
    You exploit your friends, set your table with men, and ignore them except when it’s mealtime

    A canvas so blank, you are void like white paint, mostly harmless till you get your hooks in
    And then it’s too late ‘cause you’ve super glued fate like an ear to an open mouthed Tyson

    Looks like you’re having a comfortable ride in that car that I built for two
    Looks like you’re having an easy time, though, that seat wasn’t made for you

    I wish I was free, but bound we will be for handles are not often shaken
    As much as I run it’s like you’ve got a gun held up to my mind that you’ve taken

    So I guess I’ll just hide, stay hidden inside, ‘til your beasts sleeps that I have awakened
    And then I’ll be rid of your intricate web and I’ll pray that you leave me forsaken

    Looks like you’re having a comfortable ride in that car that I built for two
    Looks like you’re having an easy time, though, that seat wasn’t made for you

    Well, here’s a surprise you may not have surmised… time always begets whats passed due
    And you thought I cared, well, that’s where you erred, I burn bridges myself when I’m through

    looks-like-you

    ♥♥♥

    Get your copy of select poetry collections by Melodie: Photographic Melodie Shop
    Read more poetry by Melodie: Photographic Melodie’s Poetry & Spoken Word
    Watch more poetry videos: Melodie’s Poetry & Lyrics YouTube Playlist

    ♥♥♥

    Copyright notice: All content on this site 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

  • Highlights from the Methlehem Release Party in Beautiful Downtown Vernon

    View highlights from Melodie’s live spoken word set below and keep scrolling for the event playlist that includes some phenomenal clips of Paiger!

    Check out the full Methlehem Release Party YouTube Playlist including phenomenal clips of Paiger’s fire set below

    Grab Methlehem on Amazon: amazon.com/dp/B0G38YWMXF

    ⚠️ Explicit Content Warning: Methelehem contains depictions of drug use, violence, and sexual content.