Dad hit his head
climbing up the dresser,
just like me and my sister did
when we were little:
an excruciating parallel.

#Poem #Poetry #AmWriting #Dementia #DoHashtagsEvenWorkOnHere #OrAmIJustOld

"Three lifetimes later, you wake to an ache in your left hip."

Mellifera Muses' first commissioned short story — "Quest Started: A Man and His Cat" — is now live!

A Fallout-inspired short story / side quest for my pal Keith:

#AmWriting #WIP #WritingCommunity #ShortStory

"Living so far away, and knowing Mama couldn’t care less about receiving a bouquet, I decided the best birthday gift I can give her is this story, this not-so-random love letter on a Sunday, just because."

Flowers for Mama is up now. #AmWriting #MelliferaMuses

melliferamuses.com/flowers-for-...

"I was the steward of a living, breathing home. Not its corpse. Not its grave."

— The Last Acolyte

#AmWriting #ShortStories #MelliferaMuses

melliferamuses.com/the-last-aco...

The @melliferamuses.com newsletter is coming along! 🐝

My first newsletter will publish later this month.

Will share the subscribe form soon!

What else can I do,
under the weight of all this grief?
Just become a creature of the earth again,
I guess.

—

#Poetry #AmWriting #ShortVerses #MelliferaMuses

Some days, the heartache hurts worse than others.

Like a bum knee on a rainy day.

Sometimes, your climate just irritates your old wounds, and you can't really put a finger on why.

#Writing #AmWriting #MelliferaMuses

Bend your life
into whatever shape you like,
and know that sorrow
will thread through every part.

Even when your suffering
makes no sense, it is unavoidable.

#Poetry #AmWriting #MelliferaMuses

Shut UP, Gary, you’re gonna make me cry 😭

🥹 so blessed to have folks like @gavrushka.bsky.social in my corner! 💛

@gavrushka.bsky.social Gary! I’m so glad you’re here, it’s Mel from way back in the Twitter days 😊 I’ve been looking for you and all my old pals since I joined! Hope you’re doing well

what if your ideas are as in love with you as you are with them?

what if your creativity spends its days dreaming about you too?

what if art is a co-creation between you (the vessel) & the eternal source of all things?

what if this act of making is the universe experiencing itself through you?

"Irish butter is special."
"Just like you."

- Overheard in a Dublin Cafe, couplet, 2023

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#poetry #poem #micropoems #melliferamuses

In the wake of the election, I've started a new project:

A guide on activism for people who are branded "too emotional" and "too sensitive" — particularly folks like me who are diagnosed as BPD or cPTSD.

Because, if we're going to maximize our impact, we need to learn to work WITH our brains.

Hey Bluesky 👋 I'm Mellissa, aka Mel. I mostly write and create stuff. Some of it lives at melliferamuses.com.

I'm originally from South Carolina but have lived in Ireland for the last 8 years. The election has been rough.

This site looks promising, though.

Y'all be good. ✌️