Welcome to my blog! My name is Melinda Gray, and I am currently studying Professional Writing at Champlain College in Burlington, Vermont. Shades of Melinda Gray showcases some of my creative non-fiction prose and poetry.

Empty


If you hit me,
I’d probably make
The same sound
As one of those
Big oil drums
When they are empty.

Like a sky
Without clouds.
Or a glass
Without water.
A bottle
Without whiskey.
Empty.

I feel
Empty.
I am an udder
Without milk.
A gun
With no bullets.

I am
Empty.
Like the inside of
A guitar.
Or a
Cello.
I am
Empty.

Empty
As a
Theater
After the show.
Empty.