Rafael Melendez: Favorites

Sep 2023 Rafael Melendez

some things to say (to you, and only you)

Sep 2023 Rafael Melendez

unwritten

some things to say (to you, and only you)

i.
hearing your name still fills me with a certain intoxicating sweetness.

ii.
i hate you. god, i hate you so much. but i love you. please come back.

iii.
i'm sorry that it had to end up like this. i don't think you care, though.

iv.
it's okay if you've lost your innocence. i've lost mine, too. life will do that to people.

v.
i was often happiest when you said my name like maybe i meant something to you.

vi.
i am stuck between wanting to forget you and wanting to crawl back to you.

vii.
most of my poems are still about you, even now.

viii.
i hope you're doing okay.

ix.
please don't forget me.

x.**
thank you.

thoughts?

#love #poetry #sad #life #past #forget #poems #prose #abandon

Sep 2023 Rafael Melendez

The day I craved you

Sep 2023 Rafael Melendez

The Poetic Nicole

The day I craved you

The day I craved you
When the sunlight was accurately positive.
When the world was beautifully discussing your handsomeness with all the curious gardens,
I gave up on my parchments for the sake of admiring your features more and being blessed with you every day; despite it taking up my words, my ancient quill, and my beauty. I’m still a believer in your magic. I’m no longer a mermaid; I’m the betrayer of the ocean.

#sun #light #crave #time #live #life

Sep 2023 Rafael Melendez

Therapy

Sep 2023 Rafael Melendez

Phia

Therapy

Suddenly you transformed
Into a broken mirror.
All of the ugly, fragmented shards
Of my soul
Staring right back at me.

#therapy #depression #anxiety #mirror #mentalhealth #therapist

Sep 2023 Rafael Melendez

an old friend

Sep 2023 Rafael Melendez

eileen

an old friend

six years and counting
my words forever inside a screen
and it means a lot when someone reads my past
a person I used to know
I've changed, I'm not the same
even so
my heart sparkles when I see her
I'll try and meet her someday, somewhere
just to say- you did well

Sep 2023 Rafael Melendez

For him part 3

Sep 2023 Rafael Melendez

Phia

For him part 3

You became
A distant memory,
Nothing left of you
But a story for the moon

#memory #moon #night #love #heartbreak #dating #relationship #romance #breakup #ghost

Sep 2023 Rafael Melendez

Night Song of Fall

Sep 2023 Rafael Melendez

Randolph Llewellyn Wilson

Night Song of Fall

hardwoods reduced to naked indignation -
blackbirds voice their mathematical equations
field smoke bound for the dusken diamonds of autumn ..
dove mourn the close of day ..
the crackling corn ..
Septembers hay ..
a locomotive bound for Montgomery ..
ash enroute to the moon ..

Sep 2023 Rafael Melendez

Mariah

Sep 2023 Rafael Melendez

AJ

Mariah

They say as the wind blows,
so too will a certain love be true .
In unordinary ways, you will find
yourself in awe of their shape.
Just let yourself wander through
the fields of limitless wonder.
Until you at last reach a point of
no return or impatience.
You will see a love in the shade of
purple floating through your heart.

Sep 2023 Rafael Melendez

Hurricane Lee

Sep 2023 Rafael Melendez

Phia

Hurricane Lee

The colors
dance in waves
across the darkening sky;
a beautiful calm before the storm.
The kind of calm
the world only experiences
in the early hours of the morning
when everyone is asleep
before the weight of everything
comes crashing down on it.

I wrote this last night. There was the most beautiful sunset. Today it is windy and rainy and gloomy outside.

#hurricane #rain #colors #sky #sunset #life #earth #morning #storm

Apr 2023 Rafael Melendez

The Shadow

Apr 2023 Rafael Melendez

Megan H

The Shadow

There is a dark shadow
In the corner of my room.
I did not notice it at first,
But I think it has been there for months-
Growing-
And growing-
And snuffing out the light.

I only realize its presence now-
As half of the room
Is shrouded in darkness.

It has become hard to see.

#shadow #darkness

Apr 2023 Rafael Melendez

Patience and Persistence

Apr 2023 Rafael Melendez

Renée C

Patience and Persistence

loving you feels
...different

it's not a headlong rush
not a quick descent to a hard landing
not scary
or fickle

it feels
safe
comfortable
inevitable

I have grown into it
learned to love myself
and in so doing
recognized
over time
that you were there
loving me
just the same
as you always have

#love