Photographic Memories: Eight Ways to Nein

By Melodie Yvonne

Photographic Memories: Eight Ways to Nein is a collection of Melodie Yvonne's 9 favorite works from the first 7 books in the Photographic Memories poetry series. Revisit pivotal moments chosen for their specific illustrative meanings that highlight the poet's life through her very own mind and eyes. The collection also includes a preview chapter from Melodie's upcoming ninth book in the series, Photographic Memories: Nein.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Lulu.com
• Release date: Feb 17, 2024
• ISBN: 9781304610850

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Eight Ways to Nein

Falling down is not a failure. Failure comes when you stay where you have fallen.

- Socrates

To sell your soul is the easiest thing in the world. That's what everybody does every hour of his life. If I asked you to keep your soul - would you understand why that's much harder?

- Ayn Rand

BACON *IS* SELF CARE

- Melodie Yvonne

In the Beginning

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1989-1997

Broken Heart

You gave me the love I never had,

and also the hope to shine.

You made me believe the whole world,

if I wanted, would be mine.

I remember being with you.

It seems so long ago.

I wish I could hold you in my arms,

and never let you go.

The gift of life you gave me,

and the memories we’ll always share,

gave me all the hope I needed

to know that people care.

Now all of the things are gone.

You said you were still my friend.

You left me alone without a word,

and my broken heart to mend.

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For Me

You’re the one I’ll always have,

but I never will.

For you I’ll always have a need,

that you cannot fulfill.

I could never give you all

that you have given me,

but you could never make my dreams

be what they need to be.

I wake up in the night,

and think of what we’ve had.

In everything we’ve ever shared,

there’s nothing that’s not sad.

I’m sorry I can’t make you happy.

I’m sorry we’ll never be,

but being with you isn’t right.

It’s not the best for me.

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Mirror Images

I look in the mirror and all I see

is a person staring back at me.

A person I will never know,

whose feelings she will never show.

A vision that is never true,

as mirrors will sometimes lie to you.

The girl I see will never be

a friend to you or friend to me.

I look a while and then I go

wondering why I’ll never know.

This girl I guess I never knew.

Do you know the one looking back at you?

I Need You

I need you today

as the rain falls from the sky.

I need you today

as tears fall from my eye.

I need you tonight

as visions fill my head.

I need you tonight

as I lay in my bed.

I need you tomorrow

as I wake from my sleep.

I need you tomorrow,

but my feelings I will keep.

I need you forever

as lonely as I seem,

and I’ll need you forever

as my heart will always dream.

Delightful Lies

I wish I were not so EXTRAORDINARY.

When I stroll by, people drop what they are doing,

just to catch a glimpse.

Mankind flock to me like maggots to raw meat.

When I speak, EVERYONE listens.

They all want to be me.

If I were to die, the world would mourn forever.

My close friends would kill themselves,

just to be with me.

There would be thousands of biographies,

written about me.

I would replace GOD.

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The Meanest Thing I Ever Did

The meanest thing I ever did

was feed my sister to a squid

or when I ran away from home

and conquered all the men in Rome

I rode an elephant to the beach

and stole a fruit stand vendor’s peach

I hit my father in the head

I broke my older sister’s bed

I made my mom a birthday cake

but took it out before it baked

I threw away my cousin’s cat

I told my uncle he was fat

I put whipped cream in Grandma’s shoe

I fed my puppy super glue

but out of ALL the things I’ve done

I think the one that was most fun

was when I – OOPS!

I can’t tell YOU yet!

A Recurring Dream

I had a dream when I was young,

I drove my freezer to the sun,

and there I met a small green man, while I layed out