Poetry by Melodie Yvonne
Words from a gonzoesque life in an oh so gonzoless world
Tag: Poetry
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Originally published online Feb 16, 2020 & in the collection Photographic Memories: 7even — available here Wild by Melodie Yvonne It’s hard for me to listen ‘cause your words just melt awayIt’s not for lack of tryin’, though, your eyes lead me astrayThey’re like the calm before the storm above the ocean’s wavesAnd they wane…
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Originally published online Feb 15, 2020 & in the collection Photographic Memories: 7even — available here Nowhere by Melodie Yvonne If you can’t let me in then please just shut me outI’ve been so close to givin’ up more times than I can countI’m tired of wonderin’ what you’re thinkin’ every single dayAnd I’m not…
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Originally published online Jan 21, 2020 & in the collection Photographic Memories: 7even — available here Waitin’ by Melodie Yvonne I sit and wonder what’s the pointAnd then I smoke another jointIt’s not enough to just exist hereWanna live but swallowed by fearWanna fight but I’m so tiredDon’t wanna go another mileSo then I just…
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Originally published online Dec 14, 2019 & in the collection Photographic Memories: Deux Mille Dix-Neuf — available here Drivin’ for Miles by Melodie Yvonne There’s an ocean of fear right at my surfaceKeep asking myself if all of it’s worth itI’m just so damn sick of all of this hurtin’So please just reject me so…
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Originally published online Dec 10, 2019 & in the collection Photographic Memories: Deux Mille Dix-Neuf — available here Please Stay, Go Away by Melodie Yvonne I’m so friggin’ sad my heart breaks every dayI pray and I pray, but it won’t go awayAnd all of my tears they just get in the wayI just want…
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Originally published online Nov 8, 2019 & in the collection Photographic Memories: Deux Mille Dix-Neuf — available here Tired of Dreaming by Melodie Yvonne You were in my dream again here just the other dayI prayed to God again today to make it go away‘Cause if I just can’t have you then I’d like to…
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Originally published online Nov 7, 2019 & in the collection Photographic Memories: Deux Mille Dix-Neuf — available here Sometimes It’s Too Late by Melodie Yvonne Sometimes it’s so hard to trust in my fateI’ve sure learned a lot, but not how to waitSometimes my cold heart freezes with hateAnd I worry tomorrow’s already too late…
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Originally published online Oct 8, 2019 & in the collection Photographic Memories: Deux Mille Dix-Neuf — available here Fading Away by Melodie Yvonne Your face is in the picture of my mind still all the timeThe way you make me feel I swear I thought I’d never findI think about the ways I wish that…
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Originally published online Sept 1, 2019 & in the collection Photographic Memories: Deux Mille Dix-Neuf — available here Looking Away by Melodie Yvonne I can’t forget myself with you ‘cause there’s no telling what I’d doI just can’t look you in the eye ‘cause it’s the drug that gets me highI’m just here thinkin’ ‘bout…
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Originally published online Aug 20, 2019 & in the collection Photographic Memories: Deux Mille Dix-Neuf — available here Vernie’s Garden by Melodie Yvonne“Vernie’s Garden” is inspired by and dedicated to Nel Hoon and Vernie Long ❤ ❤ ❤ A move from Wells to Vernie’s garden’sjust the place to start restartingIt’s the kind of place that…
