Originally published online Dec 1, 2018 & in the collection Photographic Memories: Deux Mille Dix-Huit — available here Tryin’ to Carry On by Melodie Yvonne When it gets dark and hard to breathe you’re standing right in front of meAnd I feel just a bit of calm ‘til I remember you moved on Then it…

Originally published online Nov 6, 2018 & in the collection Photographic Memories: Deux Mille Dix-Huit — available here Arsonist on Fire by Melodie Yvonne I wanna save your lifeBut I just can’t spend all of minePutting out fires for an arsonistJust having a good time I wanted to protect youAnd make things go your wayBut…

Originally published online Oct 5, 2018 & in the collection Photographic Memories: Deux Mille Dix-Huit — available here Just His Toy by Melodie Yvonne I’m walkin’ around in a body of flesh so of course I’ll be tempted most timesEmotions run rampant and my heart lies so of course I keep falling love blindBut all…

Originally published online Sept 28, 2018 & in the collection Photographic Memories: Deux Mille Dix-Huit — available here A Thousand Real Goodbyes by Melodie Yvonne No one else can stay hereThere’ll be no more friendsI hate being this lonelyBut I’m toeing my wit’s end It’s not just paranoiaThat got me where I amIt’s a thousand…

Originally published online Sept 26, 2018 & in the collection Photographic Memories: Deux Mille Dix-Huit — available here The End of Michigan by Melodie Yvonne Time moves too fast, too fast in this stateTime moves so fast, it moves too fast to wasteBut take my hand, and we’ll rideWe’ll ride to the end, the end…

Originally published online Sept 24, 2018 & in the collection Photographic Memories: Deux Mille Dix-Huit — available here Know What It’s Like by Melodie Yvonne Do you know what it’s like to have a gun to your headStuck there in the middle of the night by a friend?Do you know what it’s like to sleep…

Originally published online Sept 17, 2018 & in the collection Photographic Memories: Deux Mille Dix-Huit — available here Human Just Like Me by Melodie Yvonne It breaks my heart still every day to know that I won’t see your faceI still see it inside my mind and my heart aches still all the timeI don’t…

Originally published online Sept 14, 2018 & in the collection Photographic Memories: Deux Mille Dix-Huit — available here Everybody’s Got the Right to Not Drop the Mic by Melodie Yvonne Written with love for Iconoclast Open Mic Poetry at the Irving Theater ❤ ❤ ❤A huge thanks to Devon Ginn for humoring and helping me…

Originally published online Sept 13, 2018 & in the collection Photographic Memories: Deux Mille Dix-Huit — available here My Shower Song by Melodie Yvonne Sometimes when I shower I think I’ve got the powerTo sing the notes as loud as one can sing themBut somehow even solo I get shy when I miss one noteAnd…

Originally published online Sept 12, 2018 & in the collection Photographic Memories: Deux Mille Dix-Huit — available here Goodbye to Denial by Melodie Yvonne The time I found your gear was like a bullet to my gutI wondered if there’d ever be a time you’d say enoughI thought of all the lies and all the…