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Ariel Knowels Jun 2014
It's funny how love is so complicated
Only because of how simple it is

Love complicates our situations
But because of this love, you're delighted to change

Things are exciting again

I can't sleep at night
I'm not in love
I swear
It's just flirting right?

It's just mindless questions


And cute texts

...

And pictures of hearts

*****
I won't say it
Ariel Knowels Jun 2014
I'm a challenge?
How so?
Because I won't fall for the first compliment?
Or is it because I won't get on my knees and ****?

Am I a *****
Because I saw a 30 year old man's *****
By the age of 14?
But I didn't send anything back,
I promise

Am I a ****
Because my virginity meant nothing to me?
I gave it away like it was nothing.

Are you an angel because you still have yours?
Does your virginity make you better than me?
Or is it your elitism that makes others not want you

At least men lust for me
I can make them fall in love at any moment
All it takes is a whisper of encouragement
And a giggle at a joke

I don't dress like I should
Because I don't like the attention I receive
"She's fake." "She's a *****."
Maybe
But does that mean your man won't sleep with me
If he had the chance?

Tell me I'm nothing,
You say I'm just looking for attention,
But
I don't have to look far honey
A poem for Aloamor
Ariel Knowels Jun 2014
I pushed you away, because you were starting to love me
I heard it in your voice one night
When you called me gorgeous
and you said my name
Sarah
And it ran off your tongue like you were meant to say it
So I pushed you away
I ignored your messages
And I dismissed your IMs
But you kept at it
You kept calling me gorgeous
You kept saying my name
Just like that
And I hate you for loving me
But I can't stay away
So
STOP

Let's be friends
please?
I won't send you pictures
Or say your name
I'll play your games
and I'll talk to you
As long as you don't love me

I need you to message me
Just like he did
I need you to say my name
Just like he did

Even though you're better
and sweeter
and more thoughtful
and you remember what I say
and talk about what I like
and say Beyonce is you favorite

I don't want to love you
Please
I don't want to
Ariel Knowels Jun 2014
One part sadness
Two parts mother
One part wisdom
Two parts experience
One part forgiveness
Two parts love

The recipe for the working woman.
The woman who gets kicked down,
but lives to stand up

A woman
who loves the battle
who laughs in the face failure
because she knows
that the only failure she could know
is the one brings on by herself

So she stands
and pulls those up around her,
and together,
we charge to the finish line,
just hoping
that the prize is worth it

The woman who keeps her head up;
she knows,
she knows what is waiting for her at the end.

That is why Diane fights.
For the working woman
The woman who won't back down
Ariel Knowels May 2014
Goodbye
But the significance of your departure has not eluded me
Throughout my 4 years I have listened to your poetry
It has guided me to be a stronger woman

With that I also say goodbye to High School

Goodbye
Overly-sensitive girls who can't take a joke

Goodbye
Attention seeking people who manipulate others

Goodbye
Boys who can't stop talking about their *****

Goodbye
Rude teenagers who are too self-absorbed

Goodbye
My collection of friends I have come to love

Goodbye
Witty, immature remarks

Goodbye
Hopes of being asked in front of the whole school

Goodbye
Confused adolescence

Goodbye
High school

You will be missed
But we must part
I will not miss your students
I will miss your intellectuals

Goodbye Maya Angelou
How I have loved you from afar
For those who think this poem is about them, it is
Ariel Knowels May 2014
Wipe off your make-up
Wash your hair
Scrub your skin
Take off your clothes
Shave your head
Remove your eyebrows
Cut your eyelashes
Pluck your fingernails
Shed your skin

And

stare

Stare into the mirror '
With your eyes wide open
And look


*Isn't it beautiful?
Ariel Knowels May 2014
No it's fine.
I'll just grin and bear,
I'll act like everything is fine.
Why would i waste my time
telling you anyways?
Would you care?
Would anyone?
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