Madelaine Melcher
Story Advocate 

Do whole hearts get rewarded Do lost left shoes find a home Stomped into pavement little remorse bereavement Do we stand for what might...

Growing pains Squashed your name Insane untamed The record swiped First dates unkempt Undesired I wept Enter you Jealousy begets Timely...

Four legs One back Chairs surround Relax Do you see us hold us know us Breakfast lunch dinner parties Do we regard these? Days around you...

Sunset on a Saturday I want candy 🎶 Oil-stained driveway Today is our day Let's play Rainbow chokers & jellies Candy on the beach,...

By and bye Low tide High and dry Too bad Time combined Time unhad Again we spoke Promises Awoke What you meant Did you say Is the time we...

Obsessed? I care I’m fearless. Don’t You Dare Liar? Try savior persuasive I Will not Forbear Mother? I’m hurt Can you Just Be There? I...

Do you believe in entropy? A pointless momentum drives and steers or does it hide its tears Grandparents Jane Joe Jean Bill Faught in...

Tomorrow No time to borrow A smile A kiss Tomorrow I'm late I'm distant But I'm missed? How long does it take? How many "goodbyes" will...

Autumns Here Too long to wait Summer’s Late Too Short to stay Autumn’s fate Separate Community migration Isn’t an option Time to say...

Children’s laughter A distant splash Echo & wiggle Glass water quivers Bug bites Wood mites Water snakes sliver Sunbathe weather Olive...

This, Lately. Expectations meet repercussions Liquid Consequences A thoughtful spiral, panic Malicious and spiteful This isn’t me...

Bedroom doors rattle A slamming battle Cries for help Echo Timeless encounters A frightful embargo Toothless creatures Whine and waddle...

I want to effortlessly be a part of something, that when I feel like it’s not effortless anymore I melt into the walls and it becomes...

Bubbly barriers Drinking Muffled happiness greatly Isolation rushing A vast impersonation I’m tripping You catch me The ground my cheek...

Stutter Grey gooses flutter Your hand against my chest Whispers tickle secrets I say to you You say to me Ear to ear My hand on your knee...

Blood drawn escapes at dawn Spawns upon lilacs Door Dirt and soil swept amour Rocks plummet Furthermore Yellow, purple, blue Melons,...

Just Love Don't Waste It Present but distant Alive but irrelevant Precious but full of it The lies I told myself The schedule that pulled...

From Here From here Where do we go Where should we go From here This is all we know Running and spinning Fighting and winning Falling and...

Fine Again I don’t want to get lonely with you I’ll Waste your time And I’ll waste mine I don’t want to get close to you When all I want...

A 2016 A24 production written and directed by Mike Mills, 20th Century Women shows us how three women can teach a boy to be a man. Santa...