Tu Me Manques: Poèmes d’amour is a love letter to love from myself and the extraordinary Mitchell Odom. It is written in longing and honesty, in devotion without guarantees, and in the quiet courage it takes to feel deeply anyway. These poems do not rush love or try to define it; they sit with it, hold it gently, and let it breathe. Together, our voices trace love as it appears in memory, distance, desire, and devotion… sometimes mutual, sometimes unrequited, but always sincere.
This collection sits with love rather than chasing it. These poems move through tenderness, distance, memory, and quiet devotion, honoring love as something expansive, unfinished, and deeply human. Created in moments of reflection and emotional honesty, the work invites love to exist without urgency or demand. This book is for those who feel deeply, who notice what lingers, and who understand that love does not need certainty to be real.
Tu Me Manques: Poèmes d’amour will be available soon on Amazon HERE
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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 prohibited. Questions? Contact Melodie HERE
This piece will be in the upcoming collection Tu Me Manques: Poèmes d’amour – available here soon
Baby in the Corner by Melodie Yvonne
I feel your vibes all jived with mine for only just one moment We energized the air & now I can’t control it And if I do I’ll just spend all that time regrettin’ I’ll never be perfect enough a girl for you to let in.
So why I gotta fret so much & cause a bunch of trouble? I said I let my heart out, but it’s still here in a bubble I’m hopin’ you will have the patience & the time to bust it Before I’ve bursted into flames after I’ve self-combusted.
My mind & body tingle as I feel your soul get near My heart is cryin’ out to yours so loud I’m scared you’ll hear But maybe if I hide it in these pages & these rhymes I can tuck my feelings all away somewhere you’ll never find
I feel your vibes all jived with mine for only just one moment We energized the air so much I’m fightin’ to control it You’re fannin’ all my fires & now the flames are goin’ crazy I’m Baby in the corner & darlin’, you’re my Patrick Swayze
I’m feelin’ all your vibes with mine & now I can’t control it It’s fluid lust filled chemistry & my love keeps on growin’ And if we ever come together we could light the sky If only for a moment I could finally catch your eye
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This piece will be in the upcoming collection Photographic Memories: Nein— available here soon
The Boneyard by Melodie Yvonne
My friends list is a graveyard for my exes It’s a place where people live that used to call me “bestie” It’s a silent unseen mass I judge myself against It’s a lifelong list of all the “friends” that just came and went
Then there’s heartache in the “suggestions” there’s the girl that stole my husband If you can read my mind to sell stuff why not fix that? 2000 little faces all look back at me and say I’m your “friend”, so why am I alone tonight?
My friends list is a living cemetery where people with no time for me check “like” and call it caring and I don’t know how we will all survive building cities of the dead while still alive
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This piece will be in the upcoming collection Tu Me Manques: Poèmes d’amour – available here soon
A Beautiful Mess Like Me by Melodie Yvonne
You are a beautiful mess just like me I see in your arms my safe place to be free but we are two fools that can’t get it together writhing in silence through furious weather
Damaged and broken with rot in our cores How could we expect to be loved any more when most of our feelings come off of cold labels and real true romance only happens in fables
Barely just found my heart’s torn apart pieces Scared of your mind and the lust it unleashes Blindingly juxtaposed and we’re in pieces Is this just lust or do I really feel this?
A peek in your heart made my soul want to dance so a look in your eyes is a glance I can’t chance Locking our soul windows might bring us near but this soul recognition’s now something I fear
The cold in the dark sent me runnin’ away but it wasn’t the real reason I didn’t stay Scared that you’ll love me but scared you’ll reject me Fearing I’ll ruin you, afraid you’ll infect me
Barely just met you and my mind’s in pieces Torn between running and riding your jesus Blindingly jaded we picked up our pieces We’re comfortably numb, let carnality feed us
You are a beautiful mess just like me I see in your eyes my safe place to be free but we’re still two fools that can’t get it together and love lost in silence we’ll miss our forever
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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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