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122 · Feb 2022
never let you go
Melanie Jackson Feb 2022
i was waiting for the day you said you want me
because in my heart i felt a pull
one that I've never felt before
but watching you with others almost broke me down
i wasn't alone so i guess i understand
but now we throw our hearts into the flames
we love each other on days like these
if your wondering if i still love you
even when we are apart
here's what i would say
"i want you more and more each day
i love you in every way
i love this life we have
and i don't want to ever let you go"
122 · Nov 2024
Thankful
Melanie Jackson Nov 2024
I wish this time
Didn't feel like a memory
Like your hours of lectures
Because I'd never be good enough
Never be thankful enough
But what could I tell you
How could I thank you
When you provided the bare minimum
And used gifts as manipulation
Just to take them away before they derived any joy
How could the isolated child
That never asked for you
To take your trauma out on them
To be thankful
121 · Jan 2021
jealous
Melanie Jackson Jan 2021
jealous of the rain
that hits the grass
cause its closer then i can get
and im jealous of the leaves
dancing in the wind
wondering to anywhere and nowhere
cause its farther then i can go
jealous of the wind
rippling on the waves
running miles on miles
because it sees more then i can
and im jealous of the past when we could stand together
when we could walking together
because im trapped inside
121 · Nov 2019
trust issues
Melanie Jackson Nov 2019
i hate to get personal
but my mind is a bowl
catching drips
from her problems,
from his problems,
i can solve there's quickly
but refuse to solve my own
i pray if i don't think of it
maybe i can make it disappear
because god knows
i can't deal with them
i'm too scared
that if i tell them to you
you will leave
and desert me
like what happened
with my very own family
so inside i hide
from you
from him,
from him,
but its not because i don't like you
but because i simply can't trust
because inside i'm broken
119 · Jun 2022
Flames
Melanie Jackson Jun 2022
There is a house fire
But it’s dying down now
I escaped your grasp
Forgot the pain you put me through
Forgot the way he flames felt
Licking my cheeks
The third degree burn are finally healing
You don’t get to write my death time
Because my hearts still beating
These flames didn’t flat line me
Even though they should have
Even though you wanted them to
Except now I control the flames
Putting them out around me
So I guess it’s my turn to ask
What do you control?
118 · Nov 2019
a box of memories
Melanie Jackson Nov 2019
a box of memories
some good
some bad
a shoe box full
some sad
some joyful
a box of what i can't remember
some painful
some lovely
a shoe box spilling over
some heart breaking
some heart mending
117 · Mar 2021
Im proud
Melanie Jackson Mar 2021
I'm proud to call you mine
Infact I do
Every chance I get
I'm proud to say I have learned your mind
I have begun to understand you
like no one else can
I'm proud to show you off
And I d o to each of my friends
I'm proud to say I'm inlove with you
Because I know I can rely on you
When my emotions get the best of me
And so I will always be
Proud to call you mine
117 · Sep 2019
fear of losing
Melanie Jackson Sep 2019
my heart beats fast
the concrete is cold
my legs feel like lead
the air is bitter
my head burns
the blood is hot
my feet are throbbing
the footsteps get closer
my shoulders are heavy
the roots stick out of the ground
my foot catches
the mud fills my mouth
my chest heaves
the footsteps stop next to me
my eyes squeeze shut
the breeze is calm
my hands push up
the sun sets slowly
my legs won't lift
the footsteps were a man
my shirt pulls around my neck
the man drags me to my feet
my feet slips from under
the man picks me up
my legs swing quick
the man grunts but he still hangs on
my head feels light
the man smiles sinisterly
my mind goes black
117 · May 2019
fear no more
Melanie Jackson May 2019
you hurt me
but im still here
you scared me
but i will survived
you stole my innocence
but i will rise
before i was afraid
but know i fear no more

you broke my heart
but im not dead
you killed my dreams
but i can make more
you haunt my mind
but i can forget
before i was afraid
but know i fear no more
116 · Jan 2022
where am i
Melanie Jackson Jan 2022
where am i
when i close my eyes
when i sing the words
that are painted on the pages
but somehow they speak to me
like they where written for me
like they are speaking to me
where am i
when you smile at me
and my stomach floats
when we harmonize perfectly
where am i
when you speak to my heart
I'm probably giving in
to the idea of new love
116 · Oct 2021
missing something
Melanie Jackson Oct 2021
its not that i didn't want you happier
its not that i didn't know you'd move on
its seeing those smiles
watching those hands
reach for another girl
i thought you would be my forever
and i know that we just weren't right
i shouldn't be crying since i moved on to
but for some reason
when i hear an old slow song
i miss they way i felt in your arms
the arms i was ready to be in forever
116 · Jan 2021
withstand our time
Melanie Jackson Jan 2021
His eyes dance like the snowflakes
Unique most special
His arms pull me in like a tide
Warm and strong
His lips press onn mine
Soft and loving
As we spin around his kitchen
Light and happy
And i realize that this boy truly loves me
Sweet and kind
And i have as well knowing we will
Withstand our time
116 · Mar 2021
lost in my head
Melanie Jackson Mar 2021
im in my room
with our song on
i still feel like your arms are wrapping me up tight
im in your heart
but i cant see you
and theres no one to blame
for the pain that i worry i will cause
and your not here
not today but i need you most
when i get lost inside of my head
115 · Sep 2021
if you where to read me
Melanie Jackson Sep 2021
if you were to read me
like i was some book
i wonder what it would say
would i be a tragedy
or maybe an inspirational story
what would you write in the margins
which quotes would u highlight
is it even worth reading
i wonder what pages would make you cry
i wonder what would happen
if you where to read me
115 · Apr 2022
you make me smile
Melanie Jackson Apr 2022
you make me smile
even though my body is betraying me
with the sounds of screams that arent real
and pain that isn't there

you make me smile
even though my body is betraying me
with memory i wish i didn't have
and flashes of color that arent there

thank you for making me smile
even when the tears stream down my face
because without you
i would have no one to give my love to
115 · Nov 2021
bad habits
Melanie Jackson Nov 2021
you're my bad habit
when im sad
when im tired
when i cant stop my mind from wondering
it goes back to you
our smiles
our hugs
your misty blue eyes
the way you held me
I wish I could stop
going back to my bad habits
115 · Jul 2021
The words i wanted to say
Melanie Jackson Jul 2021
Looking back
I wish I could've seen the end
Wish I was sure I made the right decisions
Because leaving you
Was the worst decision of my life
But maybe I'm right
Maybe we weren't ment for eachother
Infact I know we weren't
I knew we wouldn't work
But there where so many words
I had wished I said
114 · Mar 2021
giving up on me
Melanie Jackson Mar 2021
you say that you wont give up on me
but for you that be so **** easy
and you say that were okay
so i put on my best face
even when you say im not perfect
even if i dont need to be
why cant i swallow my pride
when you look me in my eye
and tell me that you do not think
that she is so pretty
but she is the reason that
im giving up on me
114 · Jan 2022
every time
Melanie Jackson Jan 2022
every time you curse my name
i know you cant let go
every time you call me out
I know you want control
every time you break me down
i now ill get back up
every time you take from me
i know he wont
every time i let him in
i know he loves me true
but every time i think of you
i still cry into a pillow
114 · Feb 2021
golden boy
Melanie Jackson Feb 2021
you overfill my senses
your touch like a feather
brushing on my skin
you smell like bitter rain
and sweet cologne
you look like kindness
and love
your eyes hold stars
when i look at you
i realize your my
G O L D E N       B O Y
114 · Jan 2022
love is like an epic poem
Melanie Jackson Jan 2022
love is like an epic poems
with stanzas that jump
with smiles and frowns
with never-ending lines
and ongoing stories
some will bring you to tears
but ours,
that will bring you to smile
114 · Mar 2021
A home
Melanie Jackson Mar 2021
I never ment to find you
Infact it scares me that I have
Your kindness
Your pure heart
The way you look at me
Like I'm all you will ever need
The way you smile like
I'm the only girl in your world
You are safety
Something I struggled to find
And in your arms I've found
A home
113 · Jul 2022
i can still remember
Melanie Jackson Jul 2022
i can still remember the night
that you came home and you weren't sober
and you loving arms that excepted me
and where always there to comfort
turned in to fists that never wanted a daughter
and they beat me till i learned not to struggle

i can still remember the day
that you came home and you started drinking
and your loving eyes that welcomed me
and were always happy
turned into anger that should have never had a child
and bore wholes into me till I gave up
113 · Jun 2021
control
Melanie Jackson Jun 2021
i know he doesnt love me
he never did
but when he held me
and spoke softly
like we were the only ones in the room
i felt special i felt included
like nothing would tare us apart
but you couldnt love me
i will never be enough
because what you want isnt love
its control
113 · Sep 2021
rise
Melanie Jackson Sep 2021
hi
to everyone
who's ever suffered
at he hands of
a person they thought loved
them but in turn they were
only looking for another soul to
burn and hurt
im here with you
some day i promise you
we will
rise
112 · Jan 2022
loving is hard
Melanie Jackson Jan 2022
loving is hard,
but screaming will always make it worse
I hear your words
but they burn when you scream them
puncturing the drums in my ears

loving is hard,
but you make it worse
if you say you love me
why would you say goodbye

loving is hard,
but I'm breaking out
I wont let you control me
even if its for the best

loving is hard,
but fighting makes it worse
I wish for one day
this love we have
didn't have to hurt
112 · Jul 2021
Dear tomorrow
Melanie Jackson Jul 2021
I hate you
You fill me with false hope
You make me drag on
Day after day
Month after month
You keep me going
With maybe tomorrow
And tomorrow's a new day
And it gets better wait for tomorrow
But you never come
You leave me crying waiting
Because supposedly it gets better
By tomorrow but mine never comes
So I just sit wait
And hating
Tomorrow
111 · Jan 2021
loving the way i feel
Melanie Jackson Jan 2021
at the start
it never crossed my mind
that i could fall for you
or anyone for that matter
but i am truly
                                                           ­      in love
the way you move dancing with me
moving to an unheard beat
makes me fall so much deeper
that i saver every moment
                                                          ­        with
you, every second
floating on air
floating in the raindrops
and the snowflakes
that sparkle on your soft skin
                                                            ­   the way
a dew drop makes a leaf
that much more beautiful
in the buttery sunlight
while your working on a project
because i love everything
                                                      ­        you make
and i know
you see the way you
                                                         Make me feel
111 · Oct 2021
i dont live
Melanie Jackson Oct 2021
i dont live in new york
i never have
thats just not where i reside
im a tenant paying rent
inside of myself
im a voice thats screaming  on the inside
never seen the light


i dont live in new york
i never have
thats just not where i reside
ive got two windows
but you probably will see them as my eyes
they cant be opened cant be used
cant feel the wind on my face

i dont live in new york
i never have
thats just not where i reside
i might just think to much
im a dreamer
whos just pulling
at the seems trying to learn why
111 · Dec 2021
birds
Melanie Jackson Dec 2021
all my friends and family
they soar in the sky
open in the blue open free sky
calling to me
begging me to join them
but I cant
the  waves lap against my wings
where I'm barely floating
saturating my feathers
keeping me from going to join them
111 · Jan 2020
help?!?
Melanie Jackson Jan 2020
help
four simple letters
help
yet i wait so long
help
for those words
help
to grace my lips
help
four letters close
help
written together
help
please now that i can say it will someone
help
110 · Sep 2021
binge and purge
Melanie Jackson Sep 2021
i want to wake up early
i want to run
i want to lose the  weight
that ive always wanted to
but then i lose the inspiration
so instead i starve
crying into binges
choking on purges
crashing between pain
and smiles
behind someone who cant stop eating
but wont let it stay there
110 · Jan 2022
hide it perfectly
Melanie Jackson Jan 2022
the sun can shine
you can look happy
and the wind can still freeze
and you can still be crying
even when you seem perfectly fine
even when it seems you are as happy as you can be
you can still feel useless
drifting through the wind
just like a piece of garbage
you can still feel like your already six feet under
like no one wants you
like your already dead
even if you hide it perfectly
109 · Jul 2021
Out of control
Melanie Jackson Jul 2021
sometimes it feels like im stuck in a
S T O R Y
like someone is narrerating just above
M E
Like I'm not even in control of my
L I F E
And maybe I'm not maybe I've never
B E E N
But maybe I never will be because of my
M E N T A L    H E A L T H
109 · Nov 2019
all the kids are depressed
Melanie Jackson Nov 2019
all the kids are depressed
nothing's ever ok
staying up till daylight
hoping **** is ok
but nothing ever is
when your life's a mess
and your head a curse
with nowhere to run
from the things
that are to come
and nothing ever makes sense
and i cant ever escape this
every story leaves you broken
picking up the pieces
from the cold floor
so all the kids are depressed
108 · Apr 2021
ive been broken
Melanie Jackson Apr 2021
im still flawed
im always here
behind the fear
that locks me up
ive been broken
ive been hurt
and on days like this
everything just makes it worse
and im sorry
im dont mean to be hard
im so sorry im the bother
you dont want around
108 · May 2019
cofused
Melanie Jackson May 2019
most people see me as
a happy person because
i laugh easily,
i smile a lot,
i joke a lot.

but deep down
in my heart,
i am fragile,
i can get hurt easily,
but i choose to not
show it to the world.

instead of being sad,
i choose to laugh to cover it.
maybe you can call me
"the queen of the mask"

by this,
you can tell
that most of the time
when I'm laughing,
I'm not really laughing,
i was trying so hard to hide
my sad
Melanie Jackson Jun 2019
you don't know
and i dont always say it
i know i don't make it clear
you don't understand
and i don't say it
but you are my roots
you are my soul
you don't know
how much i need you
maybe i should say it more
because i love you
and you need to know
what you mean to me
108 · Dec 2021
walls
Melanie Jackson Dec 2021
when we write on the walls
in our big crayons
when we where toddlers
it is almost the same
as writing on these poetry walls
they both release our pain
107 · Mar 2019
glass
Melanie Jackson Mar 2019
fragile yet strong
clear yet dark as night
perfect yet flawed
beautiful yet unbreakable
106 · Nov 2021
I am a hurricane
Melanie Jackson Nov 2021
I am a hurricane
blowing my winds with words
that is so strong you can't argue with them

I am a hurricane
tearing down your lies with heavy rain
like the branches of weak trees

I am a hurricane
breaking you down with thunder so loud
even the houses fall to the ground

I am a hurricane
washing away all the pain you caused
like the graffiti that is now gone
106 · Mar 2022
perfect
Melanie Jackson Mar 2022
he loves me to pieces
he reminds me every single day
I'm far from perfect
i wont ever pretend i am
but when i put my heart unprotected into your hands
that's how i feel
like even though I had to give you myself in shards
you glued my pieces back together
in just the right way to make me
perfect
106 · May 2020
the elements
Melanie Jackson May 2020
you kissed me like
F I R E
i cleansed  you like
W A T E R
but you crushed me like
E A R T H
and i blew you away like
W I N D
105 · Jul 2022
im
Melanie Jackson Jul 2022
im
im a mess
im a wreck
im a broken toy

ive been discarded
been ******* up
been abused

but I'm still kind
I'm still happy
I'm still strong
105 · Sep 2020
rewrite
Melanie Jackson Sep 2020
rewrite the memories
reword the story
of my past of my future
if i could change anything to
R E W R I T E
the story of you & I
105 · Mar 2022
thinking outloud
Melanie Jackson Mar 2022
all i do is think about you
and every little thing i love
like the way your eyes crinkle when you smile
like the way you look at me when I'm being annoying
like the way u can play any instrument you pick up
like how you brighten every room you walk in
just to list a few
i don't know how I'm the only girl inside your head
but I'm never going to let you get me out of it
104 · Jan 2021
the world i knew
Melanie Jackson Jan 2021
when i met you the world i knew
melted away and surrounded around you
and now in my future
i see happiness in you
i see a family
i see smiles
and love so bright
so happy
that i will never let
the world i have with you disappear
104 · Sep 2021
seasonal depression
Melanie Jackson Sep 2021
the sky seems grey
almost taunting me
bringing me down in its misty plumes
pushing me down
forcing me back into bed
forcing me to feel worthless
as memories crash against the walls of my mind
dragging me back down into my
seasonal depression
103 · Nov 2021
i was born to
Melanie Jackson Nov 2021
I wasn't born to
let you take control
wasn't born
to watch from the side
I was born to make the world shake
to watch everything around me crumble at my fingertips
and stay as strong as I was born
perhaps even stronger
103 · Jul 2021
Now your gone
Melanie Jackson Jul 2021
i cant trust him
now ive got someone
But its cold in my heart
so cover me
Because home was a dream
till you came along
But you gave me false hopes
And now your gone
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