Melissa Ingoldsby

Joined February 2021

1297 stories

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My work:

The Job , The Space Between Us , Green,

The Unlikely Bounty, Straight Love, The Heart Factory, The Half Paper Moon, I am Bexley and Atonement by JMS Books

Silent Bites by Eukalypto

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Eyeliner
is this what Eyeliner green dreams of? I’d take the mirror Flip it upside down, lick the lipstick, Dip it in the stuff that made up your voice and drown in it,
By Melissa Ingoldsby3 years ago in Poets
Insecurity
remember when you finished my poem The way some people naturally finish each other’s sentences? I read them over & over
By Melissa Ingoldsby3 years ago in Poets
Passing ships
O, thank this endless, rotten sea The devil red moon That burns into my heart like the midnight sun, I can’t seem to sleep, my endless love,
By Melissa Ingoldsby3 years ago in Poets
Lemon Balm
My sweet, sweet Keda, In my aching chest, my heart wreaks devastating havoc on my body. The pressure divides me into bits of intoxicating, melancholy pieces, and I’m left behind in a star-struck state of stupor and lovelorn tumor-like agony.
By Melissa Ingoldsby3 years ago in Poets
Moon-Milk Eyes
moody sinking beats, My darling Moon-Milk-Eyes, Dearest love, Your diamond sparkly blue hue that radiates against your brown,
By Melissa Ingoldsby3 years ago in Poets
—a shot in the dark
I hope I get it I really hope I get it(!) Shot in the dark, lost
By Melissa Ingoldsby3 years ago in Poets
Shudder
Jane, I can shudder in sunlight, as if it is cold. I can melt away under the molten heat whilst everyone smiles and dances the day away.
By Melissa Ingoldsby3 years ago in Poets
Ipseity
Dear me, Ipseity, is it the way I sink into the pan like a deglazed wine, I’m so deglazed I’m demoralized I’m done with this pan, I lifted up
By Melissa Ingoldsby3 years ago in Poets
Snowfall
Dear horror story, my dear old friend, black charred dust You scooped out my guts. The tree limbs screamed out to me in the frosty, toe-bitten night.
By Melissa Ingoldsby3 years ago in Poets
Change
you left, I wilted I kept the pebble we dreamed was a seed, change rose.
By Melissa Ingoldsby3 years ago in Poets
Maybe someday
Dearest Jane, Where to begin? My heart is in shambles, Jane. Ever since you left, I am incredibly morose and tired, and I feel like my heart is hurting and trembling. It is trembling tremendously, pushing into my mouth, making me feel it’s solid beat, rekindling my deep feelings for you. A reminder that you may not return, but I cannot allow myself to believe it.
By Melissa Ingoldsby3 years ago in Poets
Losing
Dear winning, losing you, Losing me, losing every single thing I put my heart into, I feel like a loser My name is now closer to Losee.
By Melissa Ingoldsby3 years ago in Poets