The waste from the cattails showed up
heavily against her green velvet dress.
Her mama was gonna be mad,
for she'd taken on extra sewing all last month
just so she could afford to buy it for her.
She had already decided that she wouldn't
even try to brush the fuzz off. Why? ---
When she had done it on purpose. After all
of the time she'd spent begging for it,
and all of the "no's", it had
suddenly lost its value.
Unpretty, as most things are when they're new.
All stiff and oderless... lonely.
Until life gets ahold of it and gives it wrinkles
and it starts to smell---like
alcohol and cigarettes. ... and kittens.
Yes! Yes! She would leave the piliferous vomit
right where it had landed.
So, she walked home,
quite aware of the thrashing which awaited her. Yet, she couldn't help but smile.
For she knew that what the green
velvet dress had lost in value,
she had more than compensated it
with character.
Categories:
unpretty, growth,
Form: Free verse
I'M DONE WITH YOUR SECRETS.
FED UP WITH YOUR LIES.
NOT ACCEPTING YOUR ABSENCE.
YOUR RESISTANCE TO TRY.
SICK OF YOUR HABITS.
TIRED OF GAMES.
GO ! EXIT! LEAVE!
ONLY YOU ARE TO BLAME.
I LABOURED TO LOVE YOU.
THE BEST THAT I COULD.
YOU EXHAUSTED MY EFFORTS.
THEY SAID THAT YOU WOULD.
YOU MADE ME FEEL WORTHLESS,SO INSECURE.
I'M DONE ITS OVER.
CAN'T TAKE IT NO MORE.
GOOD LUCK FINDING SOMEONE HALF GOOD AS ME
A PERSON WHO LOVED YOU UNCONDITIONALLY.
WHO'LL ENDURE YOUR INDIFFERENCE YOUR TRYSTS
AND YOUR LIES?
YOU'VE LOST YOUR BEST GIFT.
ONE DAY YOU'LL REALIZE.
AND WHEN YOU ARE GONE.
I'LL FINALLY BE FREE.
YOU'LL JUST DISENEGRATE
A BAD MEMORY.
ENJOY YOUR NEW FREEDOM
OUT THERE ALL ALONE.
A VAPID EXISTENCE.
NO ONE TO CALL HOME.
I'LL FIND A NEW LOVER WHO'LL MAKE THINGS ALRIGHT.
NOT TELL ME I'M STUPID, UNPRETTY, UPTIGHT.
THEY'LL BE MY PARTNER .OUR LOVE WILL BE TRUE.
BECAUSE I KNOW MORE THAN EVER,
IT SURES HELL AIN'T YOU.
Categories:
unpretty, anger, betrayal, emotions, inspiration,
Form: Ballad
there are so many trips that we take everyday
they are not always pretty, but forever is etched in our foundation
each night in bed, we smile and the hairs on my chin make your bosoms tingle
though i do not say it a lot, i am happy to be here
life for me is easier, and i comprehend things better
it is like you came with a paintbrush and painted improved provisions all over my former liftstyle
now things seem so picturesque and clear, and alas i am a better human being
the world in which i now see is the world where i now make my permanent home
it helps to have your heart and your love to build my strength and give me inspiration to keep springing forward
there are so many trips that we take everyday
every trip with you is paradise revisited....even the more unpretty ones....but again i learn and grow from it all....
Categories:
unpretty, appreciation, beautiful, blessing, for
Form: Free verse
Don't tell me about self worth
As if I should take worth and apply it to myself
As if I should know how to do that
How could I know
I was not genetically predisposed to it
We're you?
Cause you tell me
A woman should know her worth
As if it is a part of her
A gift from the womb
Nah
There's no organ within me
No living seed
No innate ability
For self worth
I have to look at the world
And take their word for it
I'm declared un-everything
Unpretty, unlovable, unworthy
My skin doesn't become a buttery version of Brown against too much sun
Only darker, drier, scarier to the majority
And my body rolls, curves are only coined pleasantries
And the flaw within me is the worst flaw ing the world
Well it must be
From my mother to my man?
All have proven Incapable to love me
Should I hunt for worth labeled self among the trees?
You would suggest this
out of my reach
This wilderness in which I live has lost me
I am lost in its brush
No one has come to look for me
I am without surprise
Is it from the lack of love that worth derived?
If true, I am well on my way
Although I can't fathom how someone like me
Someone lost, loveless
Could be worth anything
Categories:
unpretty, black african american, emotions,
Form: Free verse
Unpretty women by only fluke
can give their children a pretty look.
Volodymyr Knyr
2014
Categories:
unpretty, baby, beauty, children, happiness,
Form: Couplet
(2004)
That man,
Makes me love him
Want him
Miss him
That man can show me how to treat him
Out of his imperfection
Unbelievable reaction
That man
Whose love I need to breathe
Whose presence I need to feel
Is unpretty
That man
The one I live with
The one I share my lips
The one I call my love
Is unpretty
My flawless unpretty lover
Categories:
unpretty, husband, me,
Form: Free verse
I FEEL SO UNPRETTY ,
WHY IS BECOUSE I DONT KEEP THE ONES I WANT
I FEEL SO UNPRETTY ,
I MISS YOU TELLING ME I AM SO PRETTY
I FEEL SO UNPRETTY ,
YOU SEEM LIKE YOU ARE AFRIAD TO BE AROUND ME
I FEEL SO UNPRETTY ,
CAUSE I AM HERE ALL ALONE
I FEEL SO UNPRETTY ,
NOONE LIKES TO BE AROUND ME
I FEEL SO UNPRETTY ,
THAT EVERYONE IS RUNNING
I FEEL SO UNPRETTY ,
THAT YOU KEEP LEAVEING WITH NO GOOD REASON
I FEEL SO UNPRETTY ,
THAT YOU KEEP GIVIN UP ON ME
I FEEL SO UNPRETTY ,
THAT I FEEL LIKE I AM THE REASON YOU ARE SO MANY MILES AWAY
I FEEL SO UNPRETTY ,
YOU MIGHT SAY I AM PRETTY BUT BY THE END OF THE DAY I AM SO ALONE AND FEEL
UN PRETTY
I FEEL SO UNPRETTY,
THAT IF I COULD LOOK IN SIDE YOU AND SEE WHAT YOU SEE
I FEEL SO UNPRETTY ,
I USE TO BE ALITTLE BIT TO SKINNY IN TEAL YOU LIFET ME
I FEEL SO UNPRETTY ,
ALL BECOUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY I AM ALL ALONE AND WITH OUT YOU
I FEEL SO UNPRETTY ,
ALL BECOUSE YOU LEFT ME TO DIE
Categories:
unpretty, lifeme, day, me,
Form: I do not know?
we change with time
the looks of our reflection
the mirror of our face that looks back at us
the smirk of an unhappy person
the depression of not feeling beautiful
look back in the mirror and tell yourself that you can't change your features
no makeup
just your god given face
let it shine through the ups and downs
NEVER ABUSE YOURSELF
LOVE YOU, FOR all of your imperfect flaws!
Categories:
unpretty, change, mirror,
Form: I do not know?
Self inflictions,
trying to deal with the pain....
but it is not working any more,
something stronger,
but will that work or is my
only option death?
Deep cuts,
leaving marks,
now feeling ugly and unpretty,
maybe that is why no one loves me...
Self Hate,
I don't want to continue living my life this way,
but I have no one to reach out to,
no one who understands my pain.
Categories:
unpretty, confusion, death, sad,
Form: I do not know?
This is my only outlet,my words my thoughts my poetry
my life is slipping out of my hands,late at night when i cant sleep
i think of bad things,and sad things.i cry and think why am i alone
in this world? am i that depressing and sad,maybe to unpretty?perhaps.
at night i dream up a man who is my equal,tall, hansome, funny, and sweet.
but who can you really trust? men can lie and say sweet nothings and have
there way,should i let them have me? would i regret?or should i do what is right.
and what i want to be true.
i will wait forever to be with a man who says "I LOVE YOU" and really mean it
someone who can be my bestfriend,my mother, my father, my sister, my brother,
my everything. after all my thoughts are through i remain in the same whole
same place,... my life
Categories:
unpretty, sad, night, night,
Form: I do not know?