Melissa Rose Miller

He opens the cupboard A set of coffee cups —The first picks of course With their voluptuous curvature And the type of handles That a...

Only hours away I was taking you To the happiest place on earth — a birthday gift I wanted to share with you… Foolish to think you...

“Once you learn to read, you will be forever f r e e . ” Remember reading for the sensual and emotional Pleasure And remember writing for...

I stare into the night No moon; the pickup’s headlights stare At their invisible friends or lovers, Everybody trying to get to a...

Then, I said good-bye, and I drove home. I read the book again that night because I knew that if I didn’t, I would probably start crying...

A cup of coffee, Too hot to drink. He was reading Gandhi, And she was in her ink. What are you writing? He wished to ask. But voiceless...

“Zoom cameras must be on” foreign faces behind distant screens with some opaque boxes of names that you’ll never put a face to. “You must...

How hath you claim to love me — And yet you pierce me with your hatred. Stabbing underneath the skin, Jolting my being, perpetrating my...

Oh, how you play me with those deceiving eyes, An innocent look redressing your cunning lies. What lover? You’re yet a stranger, in the...

The vacancy of midnight Shone of flickering street lights Precipitating the hot, summer air The spiritless strips of Long Beach The...

I lie awake, I lie alone. Living for myself, in terms that I, Departing from this world, only but the bone. Temporary waves of people,...

Softly tucked away at my thigh, As he peaceful slept by and by. Gracefully shut, the cocooned eye, Awakening the fluttering lashes — a...

In pain you find meaning. You find out the true value in what you take for granted, and you find the true value in those who don't take...

Breaking through not just drugs but transcendence. Inspired to name the band after Huxley's The Doors Of Perception. A natural introvert...

How does one control the mind? The mind has a mind of its own. It wanders through headstones. Gazing at the minds, Of those who’s been...

Eric Rivers with the ambition, Leading the “Super Duper Skate Team” Expedition. Dustin Knight with the dough, From his college funds and...

Shadows of coolness, Highlights of warmness. Physically blinded, Metaphorically enlightened. Poor in capital, Rich in livelihood. Loss of...

The family owned boutiques, With punch in stamp cards, For every swipe of a purchase, Are all disappearing. The unlimited food court, Not...

Beaming an extraordinary light, One more powerful than man, And all the Earth’s elements. Iridescent yellows, oranges, and reds, Glow...

He ran his fingers down her golden hair, Nervously trembling the touch, As it glided along her skin. He continued to play with her locks,...

The familiar feeling of anxiety swarms your being, As you yet again travel to a temporary refuge. A place that you long to call home, But...

If you are ever feeling weak or small, Remember how empowering it is: To be the controller of your future, To be the decision maker of...

Acknowledging the essence of life as being so temporary, And that with the blink of an eye a soul can cease to exist, In this earthly...

Nervous and anxious beyond measure, Anticipating the worst in pursuit for the best. Longing for a new beginning —a rebirth, And...

You wreck the halls with your malicious spite, A Christmas sorrow to end this gloomy night. Nitting and picking at all my imperfections,...

You're the greatest addition to my life, Not a depleting subtraction to it. You've multiplied my joys, And divided my sorrows. I love...

Living day to day mindlessly Is just as depressing as not living at all. I cannot fathom how dreadful it is, To be obsessively consumed...

The sexuality of humanity is like a piece of tape. Your existence occurs when your detached away from your creator, As a piece of tape is...

I was an enclosed bud, Concealed away from the rest of the yard, Hidden due to the midst, Of my endless neglect from gardeners. But even...

An irrevocably beautiful sight, Radiating such beauty, That it seems almost in-human, That one should be capable Of such a heavenly...

From waking up to a piercing headache, As if there's a war in my head. Cannons, grenades, and rifles, All causing an endless destruction,...

Your intrigued by my cover Glance at it, Grasp it, Even read the title of it. Then you explore past my exterior, Reading into my pages,...

There's so much beauty in being incompetent. Expanding outside of one's comfort zone, Into a new, essentially humbling realm. Striving...

Before you pursue reading this poem, some of the content may be disturbing and alarming, however it is for the intentional purposes of...

Hurtful words wound the heart, But silence essentially shatters it. Wounds may be mended with the patience of time, But shattered pieces...

Funny how we pretend Like one another doesn't exist. Funny how you're the only person I've ever truly missed. Funny how we continue our...

Reoccurring memories. What do they mean to me? It's like waking up in the morning From the very same dream. I miss you, But I know I...

And he asked me “which would you rather: to love or to be loved” Well...I thought...to be loved is merely effortless through the essence...

Materialistic objects Are a form of representation Of our individuality. Our power as a consumer Is what manifests how materialism In...

An aroma so alluring, Cologne companies wish they could perfect Your scent and become a top line best seller. Your masculine appeal is...

I find it strange how in retrospective You can have an altered point of view Of an unalterable point of time. That the irreversible past,...

The gap isn't just of age, but connection. The hourglass of your interest in me Is at its final grains. And I struggle to count those...

I wonder why I’m here? And it scares me. Everything. Having to find a purpose. Having to overcome obstacles. Having to grow up. Having to...

It's strange how I've lost feeling Permanently numbed my soul Incapable of experiencing emotion Because I'm detached from you I occupied...

My you appear too heavenly for the eye To fully grasp your enlightening disposition. I irresistibly gravitated to your pure, angelic soul...

"I'm just really not that interesting" That phrase, it kills me, it really does. Why degrade your existence Why be a pointless waste of...

Our ancestors were the planters. And we are the destroyers. How can humanity mistreat Mother Nature so ignorantly? To neglect the source...

I want intimacy. Not intimacy in the essence of purely sexual context, But intimacy in the mind and the interconnections Through the art...

Sadness is a friend of mine. Perhaps that's why others' happiness is more important to me. I like to observe happiness such as couples...

I would sacrifice my nails being devoured Until it hits the cuticles in order to destroy Every remaining piece of glass in my mirror. I...