Darlin’,you missed the light today,through the shimmy of the leavesand the poise of the daisies,between the swaying shadowson the carpet.Maybe light doesn’t have a sound,but I heard it in the hushing of my mind.I held it in my handsand felt it in my smile.It feels like you, darlin’.It feels like […]
Month: July 2025
Whatever This Was or Was Not
Every silence weighs,another final nail driven.He hammers on each dayknowing he let me walk away.The walls are corpse cold and the air smells of flagging rot.I won’t live in the crypt ofwhatever this wasor was not.-Melissa Donley
How Beautiful You Would Sing
How beautiful you would sing,heady in my sheets,the ones with the panthers and tigers,frayed tag and summer lightwhispering across your,well,hum deep,something sweet for me,give me a reason to believeI won’t regrethow beautiful you would sing.-Melissa Donley
You Should Plead Guilty
You should plead guilty.We both knowI am your favorite pleasure,the obsession you can’t break,the impulse you must commit.Come clean. Come dirty.Confess again.Is it really a sinif this is how we begin?-Melissa Donley
You’d Be a Lot Prettier If
You’d be a lot prettier ifyou were cocked and loaded,edging beneath me.You can smile if you want.That looks good on you, too.-Melissa Donley
A Crumb of You
Jars of homemade jamwith fruit from the garden,fresh loaves of banana breadand the perfect walnut topping,little trinkets and treats,raptly hangingon your every flaccid fig,giggles and cackles mollycoddlingyour anemic humor.“He’s like that sometimes.”“He’s driven.”Excuses disguised as gracefor your respectfully disrespectful saberswhen a woman disagreesor returns to senderthe gift of you.I know. […]
Your Self Sabotage Is Showing. Again.
Your self sabotage is showing. Again.Giving what you get,you are scrappy as hell.Someone saw to that, butthat’s not an enemy you’ve cornered there.It’s you.Aren’t you tired?Bloodied and raw.It’s time to clean the wounds.Last call.Others are waiting for your space.I’m leaving. Can you live with this?-Melissa Donley
A Quiet Morning in My Neurospicy Brain
Low dose opiate of a slow Sunday morning,Calm light on the fully leafed tree.Pause. Breathe.Favorite cup of tea, crosswords conquered,Books of poetry, waiting.Quiet mind. Relief.Glow-in-the-dark moon recharging, joy.Whiff of Dapper Dan’s Amberwood Fire, relax.Stacks of creative works in progress, me.A moment with my favorite person,to exist,to connect.Pollinators buzzing, it’s slipping.Hold […]
I Hope She Knows
I hope she simmers in The depth of your smile,Holds your gaze a moment more,Finds home in your arms,And adores the way you blush.I hope she runs her hands through your hairAnd caresses your nape,Syncs to your heartbeat on loop,Her fingers trace your muscles,And lips map your veins.I hope she […]
In Another Universe
In another universeI annoy the hell out of you,And you love it,And me.You love me,My silliness,My magic,My big heart.My big, bleeding heart,You hold it,Protect it,Calm it.You calm meWith your voice alone,And yes, darlin’,We dance in the living roomLike goofy teenagersIn love.In another universeWe are love,And that is what we came […]