Assure meYou’ll catch meKeep the promiseKeep the beatAnd the heatAnd when I reachWill you be there?When I disengage and distanceMy self, my light, my joyFrom you, the world, and myself,And when I reachAnd when I don’t reachWill you be there?Will you pretend I said nothingOr tell me to move on?Out […]
Month: June 2025
Minute Man Stagger
We have these sordid daysDry rising dirtBlossom tendril crackWind burn smellThrough lace up skinPronounceConsumeSay go onMinute man staggerEvening overLeave withDingy morning secretHereThereI grow mealy-Melissa Donley
At The End of This Universe
When only our skeletons remain,I will collect constellations with you,Stitch The Big DipperUnder my right orbital socketTo match your little one.Stretch SagitarriusAcross our spinesFor strengthAnd bind PolarisBetween our sternumsTo always knowThe way home.When we are spun anew,I will find youBy the stars in our bones.I will find you.-Melissa Donley
Sweet On Me
Linger between dreams and dew dropsa while longer, darlin’. Before the drapery burns with day,grant my loitering trespass, temple to toe. My bite may wake you,but how can I resistwhen you are so sweet on me?-Melissa Donley
Drop
Drop(lazy country, A, F#minor, A, alternate chords in chorus)[Verse 1 – A, F# minor, A]Let’s brew your favorite coffeeSoak our mugs in the sinkLeave the toothpaste on the counterJust maybe, I’ll start to thinkYour laundry in the cornerIs not a figment of the drinkYou’ll be here in the morningWon’t lose […]
All Beast, No Tame
Loam and stone in breath and bone,Cut the dial tone, Danny ain’t home.Reign so insane, don’t pop the chain,All beast, no tame, shred you in shame.Get your daily fruits and strap-on boots.Jump and jam, Danny’s on your can.Listen if you’re simple, gonna make it plain,All beast, no tame, shred you […]
Take What is Yours
You study me,too afraid of rejection tofill me up andplay our song.Pour me a drink andshare the rhythm.Stay close, stay steady.I am your cadence.You are losing,me before you.You are losing,take what is yours.You study me,me before you.Pour me a drink andtake what is yours.Too afraid of rejection toshare the rhythm.Fill […]
Exhibit One
Strewn self serve legal papers and a collapsing curation of unfinished ideasilluminated by a warm peek-a-boo sun.My dream of Nihon preservedin a clay mug of cold tea.Good intentions obscured byNow, Late, Eventually.The disarray, a masterpieceof my own creation, as am Imy greatest work of art.-Melissa Donley
Your Name
Allow absolution the blasphemyParting my pregnant lips.You declare you are namedFor a prophet,The king’s favoredInterpreter of dreams.I know your name.A slip of the tongue,It dives beneath my hems,Unlaces the seams,Leaves me undone.Incisor savoring Flushed neck and expectant mouth,Opiate undulating.Granting my greedy seizureOf all I demand.Edge steady,Whisper the crescendoOf rooted oscillation.The […]
On Top
Can’t stop, won’t stopI know you want me on topOn tap, hit thatWhat you got to win me backDo you do or do you don’tLike the way that my ass floatsHold your tongue, hold my faceI want to know how you tasteDown South, up NorthI got the map, I plot […]