Pain Poems | Examples of Pain Poetry

Humpty Dumpty lived in make-believe land, like dreamy shadows get long; And he dwelt in a house near a wall, among merry, crimson, oriole throngs. He had a figure equally rotund and jolly, and was therefore loved...Read the rest...

I came in here to break a sweat But I broke my leg instead I went too heavy on my squats Now I'm stuck at home in bed I wish I hadn't broke my leg These things happen, what...Read the rest...

I hang on the small umbrella, but I fail; a whirlwind snatches it away, it's more violent than a hungry eagle swooping down to catch its prey... all is in shambles, it scares the beagle that finds shelter in a...Read the rest...

I hang on the small umbrella, but I fail; a whirlwind snatches it away, it's more violent than a hungry eagle swooping down to catch its prey... all is in shambles, it scares the beagle that finds shelter in a...Read the rest...

Circular and square. And a little glimmer Of peace - Or agony. Cool beneath the waters. A small touch Of green - Or sunny coral. Clanking in mine ears - But beauty in these eyes - Through cornea and through …Retina. A painfully...Read the rest...

A strand of pearls not tied with knots; we’re held together — just a thread. At times like sticky spider silk and other times a weakened string that aches and breaks and throws our pearls across the...Read the rest...

As a young boy my dreams and voice were shattered, I was beaten with words like raging stones thrown in anger, Threatened with violence until my life no longer mattered, Spoken word became less as it placed my...Read the rest...

You paint me as the bad guy Colored in flaws from head to toe A priestess of dark magic Inciting men to wrecking havoc Though I'm not sure how this could be so For if I've authored...Read the rest...

Ten. Ten years, I've been scared, fearing the phone's ring. Twenty. Twenty years, I was, learning how goodbye really felt. Thirty. Thirty years, I reached, forty-four days ago. Forty. Forty, my brother was, for fifty-seven days. That's all he got... and that feels like all for me. I'm terrified,...Read the rest...

Pain, an agony Drill, ache and break my nausea My patience shamble....Read the rest...

Stitches A wound, deep and wide. Gaping, Ragged, Bleeding... Cover with the cloth of False Smiles. Cover with the cobweb gauze of Empty Sympathy. Clamp it shut with fingers of Chemical Laughter. Hold it together with shaky hands of Liquid pain relief. ...Read the rest...

When will peace finally come to reign in righteous hearts, will skies be without smoke? Hear a mother's lingering cry, rocking her dear child to sleep; all she asks for is words of mercy! Many invoke a last wish for peace, lives...Read the rest...

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ be always gentle every heart hides wounds that never bleed...Read the rest...

A heart asks, why he is in pain, why he is bloody He doesn’t understand it, this life is cruel to him His situation is incomprehensible; bad nothing He feels like a despised beaten man; suffering He is grieving,...Read the rest...

Hunted. By the humanity of her movement. Still. Then slow…Calculated. Tracing each step of damage, left in her wake. ...Read the rest...