<![CDATA[Melanie Mitzner - STATES OF MIND]]>Sun, 17 May 2026 02:10:23 -0400Weebly<![CDATA[In These Trying Times]]>Thu, 15 Jan 2026 12:25:04 GMThttps://www.melaniemitzner.com/states-of-mind/in-these-trying-timesTo hold, hold fast, 
to know the embrace,
a slow and steady arc
of love, the warmth
of tenderness.


]]><![CDATA[Forever More]]>Sat, 24 Feb 2024 15:08:16 GMThttps://www.melaniemitzner.com/states-of-mind/forever-moreTaste the mineral rich of our longing.
Bare on stone worn smooth by waves
of tenderness and strength.
I ripple with desire
to slip beneath the depths.
]]><![CDATA[Where to Go From Here]]>Sun, 11 Feb 2024 15:50:39 GMThttps://www.melaniemitzner.com/states-of-mind/where-to-go-from-hereUnrestrained, lyrical, ethereal,
a rhythmic baritone
fills the empty space.
A soulful imprint
on a tone deaf world.
 
]]><![CDATA[Work-in-Progress]]>Tue, 31 Oct 2023 18:28:28 GMThttps://www.melaniemitzner.com/states-of-mind/work-in-progressTo reach without intent,
a smooth wave,
a tone incandescent,
a whisper only I can hear.
The words electrify.
]]><![CDATA[Until the End of time]]>Sun, 02 Apr 2023 14:27:11 GMThttps://www.melaniemitzner.com/states-of-mind/until-the-end-of-time6525443A smooth stone that doesn't beat.
A barrier at the beach.
No waves will break to wash away your footprint
or take the last of you from me
as we commune among the elements.
]]><![CDATA[Opposites Attract]]>Sun, 01 Jan 2023 11:08:57 GMThttps://www.melaniemitzner.com/states-of-mind/opposites-attract
A year when up is down
out is in, inside out,
left is right, east meets west
matter is meta, error corrects,
love defeats, art outflanks.

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]]><![CDATA[We are One]]>Sun, 01 Jan 2023 11:06:47 GMThttps://www.melaniemitzner.com/states-of-mind/we-are-onePeace, a global currency rarely spent
a medium of exchange,
a culture of acceptance,
diversity the crown jewel
never extravagant
because we are one.
 
 
Happy 2023!
]]><![CDATA[The American Experiment]]>Sat, 29 Oct 2022 14:38:23 GMThttps://www.melaniemitzner.com/states-of-mind/the-american-experimentIn the darkness of a moonlit night
in the shimmer of fractured starlight
in the vastness of the galaxies
where time never stands still,
hope will prevail.]]><![CDATA[No Escape]]>Thu, 08 Sep 2022 13:45:12 GMThttps://www.melaniemitzner.com/states-of-mind/no-escapeLastly you said, “I don’t belong,”
as if belonging really mattered,
as if the rancor and violence were not about belonging
to a cult, to a cause, to the misinformed,
or to a world without love.
 
]]><![CDATA[Momentary Lapse]]>Wed, 17 Aug 2022 13:39:57 GMThttps://www.melaniemitzner.com/states-of-mind/momentary-lapseA mind of its own, oh the body
in the rippling current
       in the gloam of twilight
in the inky black of anxious denial
    arrives cerebration
as the biological meets the intellect.

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