Mellany : Writing

Teeth

Teeth

A Poem by Mellany


Show me your teethand I'll show you mine.This is war don't you know,and although you may sit and stare at my kingdom,and plot to make it your own.......
How Does the Earth Move?

How Does the Earth Move?

A Poem by Mellany


How does the earth move under the weight of the skywhen we are no longer connected?Fragments of you lay scattered upon objectsand cling onto words lik..
Wisdom Tooth

Wisdom Tooth

A Poem by Mellany


Goodbye dentine number 32.You have been plucked out of my mouthtoo easily it seemsand now a fleshy crevice probes thetongue.You burrowed up through wa..
Fingernail

Fingernail

A Poem by Mellany


The moon upon your fingernail,like the smudge upon the spiders back,reminds methat I am insignificant.But I will not spurn the treeswho have stretched..
The Sea Arrives

The Sea Arrives

A Poem by Mellany


The sea arrives in a blue sequin dressand moves candidly across a vacant shore.Her body caresses like fingers on a piano,her eyes sparkle withGreekcon..
My Albatross

My Albatross

A Poem by Mellany


The body mimics your intricate moves and I contort to a sprinkling of air. My body covets you but barely touches the tips of your fingers. A fract..
Gravel and Stone

Gravel and Stone

A Poem by Mellany


When we walked through gravel and stone, feet crunching on ancestral bones, the sky cried and laughed in jest and water crawled where it should not..
Naughts and Crosses

Naughts and Crosses

A Poem by Mellany


In a world of naughts and crosses is marked an asterix. It hides in the skeleton of the leaf, in the backbone of the meat. It sits on the soft ea..
Winter

Winter

A Poem by Mellany


Winter wrap your arms around me and smother me in a blanket of nothingness. It is time for me to sleep, to recoil into the woodgrain like the curv..
Fish

Fish

A Poem by Mellany


I wish I were a fish with a mouth that could drink in the sea. I wish I were a body of silk so that I could curve with the embers of the incoming tid..