Poetry by Melodie Yvonne

Words from a gonzoesque life in an oh so gonzoless world

Tag: heartbreak

  • Prefacing, Unchanging, Freebasing Time Wasting

    This piece is in the re-released print collection, Photographic Memories: 7even – Author’s Edition, available here now Moving Along by Melodie Yvonne If only I could go back, and slip in between time’s little cracksI don’t know if I’d change it, but maybe I just might not waste itWasted time here waitin’… spent too much…

  • Moving Along

    This piece will be in the upcoming collection Photographic Memories: Nein — available here soon Moving Along by Melodie Yvonne Hold my breath to hide this sadnessCan’t find my grip in this madnessAnd I’m begging you to take it back I know I’m here at my weakestWish you could have somehow seen usBut you left…

  • Shattered

    This piece will be in the upcoming collection Photographic Memories: Nein — available here soon Shattered by Melodie Yvonne Everyone I’ve ever helped has took a piece of meI’m a jigsaw with just edges, and my middle’s all emptyMy puzzled heart’s all broken wonderin’ what on earth I’ve doneI’m a shattered stained glass window echoing…

  • Discontinued

    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 meat 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…

  • Still

    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 timeYou bounce back and forth in the rooms in my mindAnd I don’t know why or if you’re there to stayBut I’m so sick of cryin’ ‘bout you…

  • 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 feelingsYou slice my soul wide open then you yelled at me for bleedingBut still somehow I miss you and my body aches for leavingAnd all I can…

  • 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 chargedI hoped maybe we’d find love, but your dick was just hardI thought I would get to know you, you said please don’t tellI forgave and let…

  • I’d Rather Be Angry

    This piece will be in the upcoming collection Photographic Memories: Nein — available here soon I’d Rather Be Angry by Melodie Yvonne Drinkin’ that tequila that I did that night with youYou was done with me before we drank that bottle throughAnd maybe I ain’t finished ‘cause I’m hopin’ you’ll turn backBut tonight feels kinda…

  • Hollow

    This piece will be in the upcoming collection Photographic Memories: Nein — available here soon Hollow by Melodie Yvonne Drag me in the deep end and then tell me that it’s shallowAll your fucking promises are nothin’ more than hollowAnd now I’m thinkin’ those words don’t mean what you think they mean‘Cause “soon” sure don’t…

  • Mercy

    Originally published online Aug 24, 2025 & in the print collection Methlehem — available here Mercy by Melodie Yvonne Red tears fell down from your face while I prayed for a saviorBrushed the hair back from your brow and breathed it’s your one favorDon’t know how I found you but I’m hopin’ you’re not lost‘Cause…