Melissa Vowell

It’s the silent sighs and… something in your eyes

Sleep eludes when you sleep to dream

Dreams become your woken lies

When you have the youngest eyes

The youngest eyes

The bolde…

Turn yourself inside out.

I demand to see every little piece of your being.

Read your soul likse some intense, private novel.
Delve into the essence of your heart.. discover what makes i…

Death rides with me tonight.

She’s dancing on your grave

- The end is in her sight.

Another soul for keeping,

By my dashboard light.

Your body’s for the reaping

Death rides wi…

I like a good disaster

The to, the fro, the ever after

There’s nothing like a roll in the hay

Under the hue of the sky today.

Wait… Do we even have any hay?

Damn it I’ve lost m…

It’s filthy dirty, smells like piss and makes me itchy but I dare not protest in case he doesn’t give me the fifty.

Take it from me.

Oh Yes.

I will give it as hard and as long and as best I can… and in the end you will be fulfilled and I will be emptied and cast aside.

Just like last time.

S…

Something something. Who knows. I know it’s nothing special but it was in me

And so it rains.
It sweeps over me like a sea.
A 5am blanket pulled over me.
A kiss so sweet before you leave.
Hands so strong and rough.
Like petals floating down,
to land all over me.
…

I can’t escape the pressure inside me…

It’s ripping out holes in my being, pushing hard against my shell, cracking me apart one rib at a time. Constantly. Without cease.

No relief.
…

I iron his shirts

I swore I’d never iron.

I avoid materials which require it.

I cook his meals

With fresh herbs and vegetables

Everything to make him strong

I steal his warmth…

I told him…

I’ll give you everything for nothing.

He took the deal.

Now he has everything..

and I have nothing.

He says what’s his is mine

But he lies all the time

There…

Little droplet, won’t you comfort me?

Whisper to my cheeks, the things they wish to hear.

Reassure me simply by being.

I refuse to share you.

You are my weakness, you are my stren…

reload

Nothing is where it should be and the world aches for you, my sweet.

Silently you cry without so much as a tear. The hunger and the rage, the hope and the sadness, have all fled.

What’s …

Tip-tap. Tip-tap. Tip-tap.

I wonder why, if i’m wearing flats, each of my steps resonate so loudly.

I want to be quiet. I want not to be seen…

I want to surprise you today.

But t…

I felt safe with my life in the hands of the girl I love. I could feel the tiny bubbles of air drifting from my nostrils to the surface and tried counting them… counting the life as it left me …

She called the other day.
She does that sometimes
Asks about my life
Tells me about hers

But I don’t care

I feign interest
It did all matter once…

Once…
When the sun set ali…

I want an explanation as to how you explain me.

How you do it better than I.

When it was that you learned to kindle my soul.

How I went for so long deprived.

Then found you’d writ…

The way the sun danced patterns on her shoulder length cherry red hair was like poetry, while her skirts twirled around her legs, hinting promises of untold treasures. She was a tall girl, with…

There’s something in the way we maim
In the crass cold carnage of tearshed
That moves me.
A certain joy in the pain outward bearing
A carnal pleasure
That makes me feel alive.
A vicious …