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I keep looking out these glass windows
Wondering what It feels like outside this world
Watching the silent breeze pass through the flowing leaves
The glimmering brightness that is the sun, warming the pavement
But how warm is it?
Seeing the cars rush by, what hurry they’re in
What sound do they make?
I long to throw open those doors and push myself outside
To met the world and greet it as if It was a long lost friend.
When will that day come?
Please tell me, when?

Alice,

Take my heart
I thought I’d never give you part
But I’ll split it with you
I never knew what I was getting into
I dug in, and I should have known it was too good to be true
It began like an old cartoon
Like Peppermint Patty and that Marcie goon
As soon as we started we stopped
Like a flower plucked too soon, flopped
As my vision became hazy
Like those paint by number it was crazy
I looked at you as you wiggled away
The sunlight was taken from my day
You tore apart my heart
Wish that we would sooner part
My stomach clenched
From reality I was wrenched
Made me double over
You were not my lucky clover
As my world melted before me
Like those candles we hung from our tree
My dear Alice,
You sent me to wonderland
And I never want to go again.

I'm Afraid to go to Bed

As I lay in bed my mind is meddled full of thoughts,
Things like;
How much I am clinging close
To you, because I love you.
So much, I want to see you,
24 hours of the day not 16.
Will you be in my
Dreams?

How will it be when I fall asleep?
Will I dream crazy dreams of flying
Though Velvet skies dotted with
Glimmering rhinestones? Or, Will
I sleep, and dream of
Nothing?
How much I am thinking.
About if I will dream or
Not. As to be making up
poetry in my head. Maybe
I should write this
Down.

How will I feel when I
Awake and realize I don’t
Remember my dreams.
Or maybe I
Do.
How much I have missed
You. When I finally do awake
From my Eight hour Nap.
Thinking, Did you miss me
Too?
And lastly, what was
I thinking when I was
Finally
able
to
fall
Asleep?

The Undertow

This state that i am in
I think I've finally figured it out
The answer so unclear before
The haze fading out

Neck deep in depression
Reality I've been trying to escape
Hiding in the corners of darkened rooms
I'm falling deeper and sinking faster, fighting fate

This time as the water swallows me whole
I can't bring myself up
can't bring myself hope
I can't surface through the raging waves
I've begun to choke

The light drifting further and Further away
I know the next time
The reeds will pull me all the way
The dark engulfing me, until things aren't even gray

The dark of the ocean calls
As I make my way to rock bottom
I'll try to not give in, to swim
Agisnt the sweet nothings whispering in my ear
The secret wishes I've longed to hear

As I look down to whats clawing at my feet
A frightend look replaces one of tranquil and Peace
As memories, race and run up my legs
I begin to struggle
But now it's too late

Their strength is unbelievable
At my wish against they pull
My hope soon replaces
With fear, I'm not in control

Maybe I'll give up
Let myself be pulled down
Much to tired from the brutal pound
Sink until I drown

And I'll stay here and adapt
To the dark, down undertow
and lie in wait
for the covers to be pulled down low

Silent Secrets

"Tonights a chance I'm not taking
I'm always too scared to make a move
I'll sit here and keep on waiting
Until you decide to choose
I feel like I'm lost forever
In a world where everything involves you
I'll keep my place beside you
until you make me move.
It's hard to describe the impossible feelings
when you slip your arms around me
when you sing to me those thousands of words
when you grab my face and kiss me
make all my fears disappear
But i know this isn't only about me
it's not enough just for me to like you
you've got a say in this too
That's why I'm scared to tell you
The things I wish you could see
the visions of you and me,
laying in your arms and staring into your eyes
the kisses split between smiling teeth.
The romantic Ideals that my mind Perceives.
I get so scared that there's nothing I can do
I get so nervous whenever i try to tell you
because I'm afraid you'll think I'm too needy
to scared that you'll make the choice to leave me
that I'll never get the chance to show you all I can be.

If it was only just, you and me."

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Can I paint you a picture in your mind?
A simple summer night of you and I.
Laying in the park under the sky,
I can't stop staring into your eyes.
Even with the stars above shouting my name,
There is nothing that can tear me away.
Squeaking swing chains, no children in sight
A hint of whiskey fills the night.
The warmth of your body is all I need,
To know there is no place I'd rather be.
So lean in close so you will see,
That all you want, is to be here with me.

The Journey

As we begin our voyage through the night,
Not afraid of sinking ships or fire fright ,
A thousand paper stars gleam ahead,
Guiding us toward the unknown adventure we will tread.
I boarded this ship knowing you were there,
So take my hand and make it clear,
Lead me through my dreams, my dear,
For only you and I are here.
The stars they flicker through the sky,
Reminding us that we’re alive
Not so lost in each other’s eyes,
To know that we could be our own demise.
So we will pray for the best,
Prepare for the worst,
Known the terms of this earth.
So take my hand and we’ll cross this sea,
Cause It’ll be forever, you and me.

Girls

Lips as red as strawberries
Hair as smooth as silk
Skin as soft as velvet
I’m getting ahead of myself
 Hands Racing up velvety thighs
Peaches against strawberry lips
Forbidden lust hidden behind silent looks
It’s something to always miss


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Sheets

Sometimes he is gone.
I’ll wake up and realize that I barely said goodbye at all. And it rocks me to the core to realize how alone I really am. So I’ll bury myself within my sheets to isolate my feelings.
But then it reaches me.
That distinct smell, that could only be your smell. It’s floating around me, everywhere. It’s just like you. The smell that embraces me and holds me close when you do.
It smells heavenly.
It’s musky like your slightly lazy exterior. But it’s that tangy sweet smell on the inside, just like you.
You’re my savior.
And this bed, with it’s sheets and blankets and pillows that smell just like you,
Is my sanctuary.
It’s where I go so I can get entangled in your embrace.

Dream City

Dream City

The lust is darkness burning across the grazing hills. The heat is dry ice burning a whole into flesh.
I can feel your eyes glancing at me. Not looking your way as not to give you that satisfaction.
For we have built this dream city where only we can run, who dares interrupt?
This is the place that only They told me about.
Once someone outside of us asked about this dream world.
“I don’t know of what you speak of.” I replied as my cat swept by my leg.

Cats are said to come when one is gone, I thought as I jumped back to reality.

End

Hiding behind the walls,
A face that shows no glee,
Look close and you will see,
A hidden little smile
In each glance, a mystery.
A heart with an invisible beat,
So many secrets I need to keep
Hoarding in the vessels that swim through me.
The intensity of this confusion
is nothing more than never seen
a mumble and jumble of words
and they all belong to me.
A race to the finish
A race to the end.
A race to diminish
These conforming Trends.
On a mission to Complete,
On a mission to succeed,
A mission to serve, to help, to please.
In this body of hidden things never seen.
It wont be long till it doesn't mean a thing.

{Written Years Ago}

What Do You Know About?

What Do You Know About?

You think you’re better than me
I’m thoughtless, I need a remedy
With your knowledge over the subjects that you seek
You hide behind your philosophers at their peak
Aristotle and Socrates
Your math equations and inequalities
Pi and quadratic equations
Your biology mutilations
Kingdoms and ribosomes
Your chemistry atoms
With your laws and molecule compounds
Your psychology know how’s
The five horsemen of the apocalypse
Computer science with microchips
Learning <html> code and cleaning dics
Your physical education, normalizing 85 bpm
Knowledge of your body mass overtaken by fat
And you sitting over there, art brat
Knowing your Kara Walkers apart from your Picasso
But is that all you know?
The subject I specializing in, is me.
I know why I do what I do, it’s something you cannot see
I’ve evaluated my thoughts, my actions
I’ve realized my passions
Knowing myself is what I do best
That is the ultimate test
If that is something that you need to chew,
Than that’s more than I can say for you.

Poetry

My name is Ariel Martin-Reed.
I'm 20 years old and attending college at PCC for now. Recently I have taken a poetry class and it has done what I wanted it to and sparked that creative flow that I thought I was missing within my writings. Realizing that the class was coming to an end I wanted somewhere I could share my writings with other people and I didn't want to use Facebook so I am creating a poetry blog. If you enjoy my poetry please follow my blog and I encourage you to do the same if you are a writer or artist of any kind. :] I might switch to making a Tumblr, but, I doubt it.
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