Melissa Ingoldsby

Joined February 2021

1298 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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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
Catalogue magazine
Turbofan engines ran efficiently twelve thousand meters high up in the exosphere of the earth, running still, surrounded by bright sunshine and comically fluffy clouds.
By Melissa Ingoldsby3 years ago in Fiction
Dear Jane
Jane, if you ever cared about me, please send me a letter posthaste. I can’t do this anymore. The lies upon lies that my insane wife tells me is piling up and your silence is killing me. It’s killing me!!!
By Melissa Ingoldsby3 years ago in Poets
Absolutely denied happiness
yes you’re denied That terrible slice of heaven Yes thank goodness You didn’t get that big gulp of relief There’s nothing inside, nothing to do
By Melissa Ingoldsby3 years ago in Poets
Dear Jane
Dear Jane, Why did you leave me? I would’ve given you more than I’ve given anyone. Even as just my friend and confidant, I had given you more than I had given anyone, gladly and freely. I am in pain now and I know you haven’t truly read hardly anything of mine in a long time, I’m sure. I can’t even see your art anymore, except in my old posted letters you sent me.
By Melissa Ingoldsby3 years ago in Poets
Sand
yes the sunny sandy waves are curves Curves on my body Body parts that I have Can’t be washed away Like a beach Or a sandy shore
By Melissa Ingoldsby3 years ago in Poets
Crying. Top Story - April 2023.
Mother, Why is it so hard to see the end of the story and turn the page Knowing it’s done? You’re everything And I knew it all along in my heart.
By Melissa Ingoldsby3 years ago in Poets
Empty
empty A dry, flat space Full of nothing Full of time Time to waste Time to lose Do you want to point out your nothingness like a new shiny accomplishment?
By Melissa Ingoldsby3 years ago in Poets
Dear Jane
Dear Jane, What can I do? Stop writing to you? I can’t. I miss you too much. I hope to see you in a crowd of people. I hope someone will turn around and you will be the one I see.
By Melissa Ingoldsby3 years ago in Poets
Meaningful measures, meaningless gestures
our family is so small So fragile our hearts are so tall Our lives are so sweet and meaningful But, do our gestures catapult into the mist of meaninglessness,
By Melissa Ingoldsby3 years ago in Poets
Heavy
dark static with light blinding sun Heavy pounding rain A deep, clinging shadow on my face my heart palpitations climbing my body
By Melissa Ingoldsby3 years ago in Poets
Dear Jane
Dear Jane, You’d address me as your close confidant, friend, I’d know this was true, and I know you pray for me, as I have prayed for you. It hurts me to know you’ve left, truly. I’ve missed you so badly, every moment and every day. You left me alone and I am writing to you even though you will never read it or respond.
By Melissa Ingoldsby3 years ago in Poets