Poetry by Melodie Yvonne
Words from a gonzoesque life in an oh so gonzoless world
Tag: love
-
Originally published online June 19, 2019 & in the collection Photographic Memories: Deux Mille Dix-Neuf — available here Love Me or Love You by Melodie Yvonne Spend most of my time fakin’ it’s fineWhen really my shit is all outta lineSpend all of my time feelin’ aloneBut not worthy enough to pick up the phoneSpend…
-
Originally published online June 14, 2019 & in the collection Photographic Memories: Deux Mille Dix-Neuf — available here Just A Stray by Melodie Yvonne How can you see me and just turn awayHow can you go on another dayIf I’d known you were leavin’ I’d begged you to stayYou just thought of yourself and now…
-
Originally published online May 12, 2019 & in the collection Photographic Memories: Deux Mille Dix-Neuf — available here Baby in the Corner by Melodie Yvonne I feel your vibes all jived with mine for just one momentWe energized the air and now I can’t control itAnd if I do I’ll just spend all that time…
-
Originally published online March 30, 2019 & in the collection Photographic Memories: Deux Mille Dix-Neuf — available here All I Am is All I Was by Melodie Yvonne Sometimes you’re still all I see when I close my eyesSometimes all these thoughts of you just keep me paralyzedI don’t know why it’s been so long…
-
Originally published online Jan 10, 2017 & in the print collection Photographic Memories: Deux Mille Dix-Sept — available here Lazy Cyanide by Melodie Yvonne Feelin’ like I’m emptyLike I’m dyin’ deep insideComfortably untouchablein numbness where I hideFeelin’ like I’m drowningand my heads a lead balloonMy scuba mask’s a plastic bagand I’ll be sinking soonFeelin’ like…
-
Originally published online Jan 7, 2017 & in the print collection Photographic Memories: Deux Mille Dix-Sept — available here Hocus Pocus by Melodie Yvonne Torn between what I got leftand what I got to loseRacks my mind and twists my soulIt’s givin’ me the blues I wanna know just what to doand surely it’ll hit…
-
Originally published online Jan 4, 2017 & in the print collection Photographic Memories: Deux Mille Dix-Sept — available hereThis piece can also be found in the Poetry Collaboration Sin & Skin — available on Amazon here My Love Melody by Melodie Yvonne I don’t know that I love youbut I do know that it’s truethat…
-
Originally published online Jan 3, 2017 & in the print collection Photographic Memories: Deux Mille Dix-Sept — available here The Harmony of Symmetry by Melodie Yvonne The harmony of symmetry alleviates anxietyunlike the crooked pictures that need straightenedand here I sit without you drooping low and all askewlike a worthless piece of trash that you’ve…
-
Originally published online Dec 30, 2016 & in the print collection Photographic Memories: The Neverending Sequel — available here Dreaming in Reverse by Melodie Yvonne Every time I’m dreaming my dream I’m back on that bus to DetroitWith every tear drop that falls away goes a little bit more of that noiseThe rain turns to…
-
Originally published online Dec 17, 2016 & in the print collection Photographic Memories: The Neverending Sequel — available here Myself Being Me by Melodie Yvonne Being myself is myself being meUnfiltered absurdity’s what I set freeI got all these skills and I got what you needBut I’m not just the kind of girl you get…
