Poetry by Melodie Yvonne

Words from a gonzoesque life in an oh so gonzoless world

  • White Pride Doesn’t Age Like Swiss Cheese

    White Pride Doesn’t Age Like Swiss Cheese

    Originally published online Sept 25, 2024 & in the collection Seed Guzzler: And Other Succubi — available here

    White Pride Doesn’t Age Like Swiss Cheese by Melodie Yvonne

    How can you be so fucking psycho? Guess you have a fucking right though
    ‘Cause this system’s fucking broken, got nothin’ left here to hope in
    I can’t even go outside ‘cause you’re so fucking triggered by
    A life here different from your own, so I can’t even call this home

    I just wanna mow my grass, grill some shit, and sit and bask
    But this minor bit of difference has you hating my existence
    You scream so fucking loud at me and I just wanted to be free
    And now I just can’t even breathe, you’ve stole the life right outta me

    I sit and dream of a fake world where I can safely be a girl
    Where I can simply go outside without your fucking crazy eyes
    Where I can plant seeds in the sun and have a tiny bit of fun
    In a fake world where dreams are true with no nightmares because of you

    You scream and scream so fucking loud, a wolf just tryin’ to blow it down
    A wolf with a bad case of rabies actin’ like a spoiled baby
    Mad ‘cause I won’t let you touch me or my kid that’s barely 18
    Mad ‘cause I don’t wanna flirt with a vapid sexist racist jerk

    I just wanna mow my grass, grill some shit, and sit and bask
    But you just wanna start a war and burn it down to tie the score
    I just wanna live my life without these constant struggles by
    an aged white man who’s broke his pride and needs to conquer all in sight

    I sit and dream of a fake world where I can safely be a girl
    Where I can simply go outside without your fucking crazy eyes
    Where I can plant seeds in the sun and have a tiny bit of fun
    In a fake world where dreams are true with no nightmares because of you

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  • L’amore è Legge

    L’amore è Legge

    Originally published online April 25, 2024 & in the collection psalms 2000:17-24 — available on Amazon here

    L’amore è Legge by Melodie Yvonne

    Love is law in this cold house and warms my freezing skin
    He had to empty out my world, so I’d let Him back in
    I still don’t think I’m good enough to deserve all His mercy
    I just don’t know how He still loves me ‘cause I’d just turn and curse me

    Love is law inside my soul, but sometimes can’t break free
    ‘Cause my broken, lying, stupid heart has made a mess of me
    But just when I have given up and all is torn asunder
    Here HE comes again to save me crashing down on fiends like thunder

    Love is law despite my anger when I see your face
    But how can I not let it go when He gives so much grace
    I’m just so hurt and sometimes don’t think it will go away
    But the more I love the more it heals my heart a bit each day

    Love is law in this big universe all full of stars
    And sometimes I think we forget how trivial we are
    We’re tiny specs just orbiting in our own worlds together
    Blinded by our own vast egos and our own unstable weather

    Love is law is what is right, though, sometimes it’s so hard
    ‘Cause my soul is gettin’ thin and now I got some nasty scars
    And more and more I’m drowning, and just can’t hold it together
    I forget my faith, forget to love, and wanna stop forever

    But Love is Law is somehow just this thing that keeps me goin’
    Remeberin’ everybody else is hidin’ more than showin’
    Rememberin’ everybody else is somehow just like me
    We’re all tryin’ to just get by until our souls are finally free

    L’amore è legge is the only life I see worth living
    The world will die if we keep taking more than what we’re giving
    And in the end it’s not a resume that seals our fate
    It’s the love we give, how we forgive, and heal each other’s hate

    L’Amore è Legge

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  • Frivolous Things

    Frivolous Things

    Originally published online April 26, 2024 & in the collection Photographic Memories: Eight Ways to Nein — available here

    Frivolous Things by Melodie Yvonne

    I’m so fucking tired, but I can’t fucking sleep
    These memories of you play and play on repeat
    I can’t seem to get you the fuck out of my head
    And I’d give my last breath just to see you again

    The nightmare you left plays awake in my mind
    An ocean of sadness swallows time like the tide
    I’m gasping for air, but can’t leave you behind
    Drowning over and over, but still can’t fucking die

    Tell me you love me and it’s just a dream
    Scream, “That’s my jam!” & let me hear you sing
    Give back the time that I wasted in vain
    feelin’ sorry for me & my frivolous things

    How could you do this, but then how could I?
    You were such magic I thought you could fly
    No one deserved you and neither did I
    But can’t we just go back ‘stead of saying goodbye?

    Tell me you love me and it’s just a dream
    Scream, “That’s my jam!” & let me hear you sing
    Give back the time that I wasted in vain
    feelin’ sorry for me & my frivolous things

    Lord please give back the time that I wasted in vain
    feelin’ sorry for me & my frivolous things

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  • The Ceiling

    The Ceiling

    Originally published online Feb 11, 2023 & in the collection Photographic Memories: Eight Ways to Nein — 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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  • Another Round

    Another Round

    Originally published online Jan 22, 2023 & in the collection Photographic Memories: Eight Ways to Nein — available here
    This piece can also be found in the collection psalms 2000:17-24 — available on Amazon here

    Another Round by Melodie Yvonne

    Here on my own I sit again
    Another round of quit at end
    And I can’t keep myself from going under

    I need help, something divine
    Hope falls with tears and fades with time
    And I just don’t think I can take another

    Please lift me up before I fall
    Leave me ’fore I rebuild walls
    Let me go, but promise not to leave me

    Stop this neverending ache
    Love so hard I never break
    And maybe make it not so hard to be me

    ♥♥♥

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    ♥♥♥

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  • One Fine Day

    One Fine Day

    Originally published online May 7, 2023 & in the collection Photographic Memories: Eight Ways to Nein — available here
    This piece can also be found in the print collection Seed Guzzler: And Other Succubi — available here

    From my newest collection Methlehem – available for preorder HERE

    One Fine Day by Melodie Yvonne

    You call it honesty I call it gaslighting
    You speak the truth, but you use it misleadingly
    Where is the line that you balance so freeingly?
    One fucking push would have you on your fucking knees

    All that I gave you it wasn’t enough and I’m
    sick of your bullshit just like I am sick of mine
    I gave it all to you and you stole all my time
    Push me away and then pull back and draw a line

    I’m fucking dizzy from all your mixed signals and
    I just can’t stand bein’ on this damn ride again
    I didn’t sign up to be your dumb fucking friend
    but I feel stupid again and again and again

    One fucking day maybe you’ll finally bleed like me
    You’ll be in pain and I’ll be here in ecstasy
    One fucking day you will see what you’ve done to me
    but it’s too late now to mend all this broken me

    One fucking day maybe I can forget ‘bout you
    Hope for your sake you can finally forget me too
    One fucking day I hope we’re fucking finally through
    if I can ever say fuck it to loving you

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  • Huffing Fumes

    Huffing Fumes

    Originally published online Nov 25, 2022 & in the collection Photographic Memories: Eight Ways to Nein — available here

    From my newest collection Methlehem – available for preorder HERE

    Huffing Fumes by Melodie Yvonne

    My pumpin’ heart’s so loud here in this quiet, lonely house
    The passing cars light up the walls and splash it all around
    The crickets getting louder still don’t cover up my sin
    And I can’t believe I banged my head against this wall again

    The bottle’s in the other room alive and chillin’ out
    My girl in Alabama got Xanax on tap like stout
    And all I gotta do is get some drive to drive some time
    Then I’m in over my head again like sis at 5 & Dime

    I’m numb as fuck, but still somehow still feelin’ all the pain
    I wouldn’t take it back, though, I’d still feel it all again
    ‘Cause with this crushing sadness comes my very favorite sin
    And I’d rip out my own fucking heart to go back there again

    I try to push, but everything just pushes back at me
    I try to float away, but still somehow just fallin’ free
    Please just let me stay I know it’s over when I leave
    You choke me out, but you’re the only air I need to breathe

    My pumpin’ heart’s so loud here in this quiet, lonely house
    The passing cars light up the walls and splash it all around
    The crickets gettin’ louder still don’t cover up my sin
    But I’d rip out my own fucking heart to be with you again

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  • This Day and Next

    This Day and Next

    Originally published online May 14, 2022 & in the collection Photographic Memories: Eight Ways to Nein — available here

    This Day and Next by Melodie Yvonne

    Time drags on forever in this lonely time and next
    No matter how I’m trying I still feel like I’m a mess
    And I just keep on thinkin’ ‘bout the seconds I got left
    Wishin’ I could give up hopin’ so it’d hurt a lil less

    Wishin’ I could give up hopin’ so it’d hurt a lil less
    Wishin’ I could give up thinkin’ ‘bout you all this day and next
    Wishin’ I could just be near you, but my every answer’s yes
    And I just don’t wanna know you so it’d hurt a little less

    I just don’t wanna know you so it’d hurt a little less
    I wish that I could take back all these feelings I got left
    Time drags on forever in this lonely time and next
    And no matter how I’m trying I still feel like I’m a mess

    I know I don’t deserve you ‘cause I’m just a piece of shit
    And everywhere I go but you I’m really fakin’ it
    But every time I see you my heart falls outside my chest
    Wishin’ I could give up hopin’ so it’d hurt a little less

    Wishin’ I could give up hopin’ so it’d hurt a lil less
    Wishin’ I could give up thinkin’ ‘bout you all this day and next
    Wishin’ I could just be near you, but my every answer’s yes
    And I just don’t wanna know you so it hurts a little less

    ♥♥♥

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  • Urban Ostrich

    Urban Ostrich

    Originally published online Feb 26, 2024 & will be in the upcoming collection Photographic Memories: Nein — available here soon

    Urban Ostrich by Melodie Yvonne

    I love you so much I can’t fucking sleep
    Eyes open or shut you’re all I can see
    My fan is so old it won’t block out the sound
    Of my obsessive thoughts flying around

    You’re all that I think about all of the time
    I’d be fucking broke if there was a fine
    I know all my thoughts are way out of line
    But I’d fight to the death if you were the prize

    ‘Cause it’s just not worth living if you’re not around
    You make me feel lights, put the colors in sounds
    Your eyes twinnin’ mine so I see you around
    but it’s breakin’ me down that you don’t make a sound

    I thought I was doin’ it right by the book
    I never did touch you, just snuck a few looks
    But I’m just a liar and I fell from grace
    The second that my back porch light hit your face

    I’d say it all sooner if time would rewind
    I thought it was your fault, but know it’s all mine
    I told you I’d move on and let it all go
    But you’re all that I ever wanted to know

    It’s just not worth living when you’re not around
    You make me feel lights, put the colors in sounds
    Your eyes twinnin’ mine so I see you around
    but it’s breakin’ me down that you don’t make a sound

    Yeah it’s breakin’ me down that you dont make a sound

    ♥♥♥

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  • Untitled Lust

    Untitled Lust

    Originally published online May 3, 2022 & in the collection Photographic Memories: Eight Ways to Nein — available here
    This piece can also be found in the Poetry Collaboration Sin & Skin — available on Amazon here

    Untitled Lust by Melodie Yvonne

    I can’t wait forever, but I’ll wait tonight
    ‘Cause somethin’ is grabbin’ a hold of me right
    I’m shiverin’ warm, pulse quickening pace
    Thoughts I shouldn’t have, but don’t wanna erase

    I’m feelin’ you & you’re feelin’ me, so why
    do we gotta wallow in this misery
    I’m just here fightin’ it best that I can
    You’re my favorite addiction, you’re my kind of man

    I just can’t help it, lust’s my favorite sin
    If you crack that door open I’ll let you cum in
    You’re all that I think about writhin’ around
    My desire overpowering, screamin’ out loud

    I just wanna quit you, but can’t get enough
    I never thought stayin’ away’d be so tough
    You’re my favorite addiction, you’re all that I am
    And I can’t fucking wait to be near you again

    I’m feelin’ you & you’re feelin’ me, so why
    do we gotta wallow in this misery
    I’m just here fightin’ it best that I can
    You’re my favorite addiction, you’re my kind of man

    You are my favorite addiction again and again

    I can’t wait forever, but I’ll wait tonight
    ‘Cause the way that you do it, you do it so right
    I’m shivering warm, pulse quickening pace
    Thoughts I shouldn’t have that I just can’t erase

    ♥♥♥

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    ♥♥♥

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