Another Christmas

by Joyce Melton

Just a little something that popped in my head yesterday:

I always wake up with a song in my head
I always wake up with a melody in my head
I always wake up with Melody in my head
I always wake up with this girl in my head
Who can make her wishes come true?
Who can make her come true?

Only Just a Glance
 
by J.E. Melton

Image courtesy of an extremely gifted artist, YuliaPW at Deviantart

Funny we should be looking at poetry on TED this evening. It just so happens that….

I just want to say that I rarely am capable of writing much. This is also the only place I feel I can share some of my feelings because I can't deal with how the few friends or family I have would act seeing some of the feelings I keep hidden away from them.

ps: that Ø symbol is from math, it represents an empty set. it just felt like a way for me to say "No Hope" without using the word no, or empty or lack of. I know, I'm weird.

Happy

The Defenders
We are the defenders
The shield bearers
The ones who protect

We the defenders have a question for you

What use are the defenders
If there’s nothing left to defend

The castle
The core
Your innermost place

What use are we defenders
When you force us to lock you in place

The scenery matters not
It’s still a cell

We the defenders wait for the day
When we release you, save you, and go on our way

We the defenders
Are just like you

So, first think of Christmas carols

Kate

‘TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE SURGERY

With apologies to Clement Moore

'Tis the season, and I thought I would re-post this. I am working on some new pieces and continuing a series I started a long time ago, but this struck my funny bone tonight so I thought I would share it.

Cheers.

Kate

With apologies to Bobby "Boris" Pickett and The Cryptkicker Five.

Since it's that time of year, I thought I would re-post this.

Cheers all.

Kate

Yes, you’re gone, but you’re still here

For Kylie, may she rest in peace

Not far away in time

I was yours and you were mine

then you went and said goodbye

broke my heart and made me cry

A Mechanical Rose

By Melange
Copyright© 2013-2014 Melange
All Rights Reserved.

Smile
Copyright 2014 by Heather Rose Brown

This is a song about someone who's missing someone standing right in front of them. Any rhyming is accidental, and the structure isn't exactly symmetrical, but the emotion in these lyrics come straight from the heart.
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Self-acceptance is the most beautiful kind of acceptance. This poem is about what it took for me to get to that point.

T-Girl’s dream (With apologies to Katy Perry)

Based on "Teenage Dream" by Katy Perry

Wish I was pretty
I’d put some make-up on

I Hate My Toes: A Trans Girl’s Lament

I hate my toes,
I hate my nose
And I really hate it when my belly shows

I hate my hair
I had to share

I had a couple Haikus I made a while ago. I hope you enjoy them.

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crashing freezing junk

Electronic heart attack

logging back in now
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A warning to begin. I am not thinking of anything dumb, or stupid, or suicidal. What follows are thoughts that passed through what I laughingly refer to as my mind... nothing more or less than that. I felt that I needed to get them out where I could see them and examine what they might or might not mean. Please do not read anything into them that isn't there.

Islands

I stand alone.. surrounded by dots
dots that are island-like spots

I really don't know much about poetry, but I wrote this at time of darkness in my life. The love and understanding of my partner helped me through it and pulled me out my dark thoughts.