Melinda Barrett

Melinda Barrett Dec 2020

You float & coast through life
Where I am more concrete
You’re also “fools rush in”
I think before I speak

Melinda Barrett Dec 2020

I was thinking to myself how there’s no measure for pain
Then I realized there are people who leave cracks and veins
But every once in awhile someone leaves a fault line
It’s unfortunately a flaw in the human design

Melinda Barrett Dec 2020

Mislabeled

I took you out of the box
I had once placed you in
whose bow was too pretty and
no longer matched its contents

Melinda Barrett Dec 2020

Los ojos

When I close my eyes I see green
The strangest shade I’ve ever seen
More chartreuse than the usual blue
When I close my eyes and I see you

Melinda Barrett Dec 2020

Checkmate

And so that was your final chess move
My mind and soul both could not approve

Melinda Barrett Dec 2020

Temp job

Didnt really want you
I needed an escape
You were just a fill in
And someone to relate

Melinda Barrett Nov 2020

Cruel intentions

Thank you for the closure
But it made everything worse
I was at the final step
Now I’m back at the first