Agonizing Poems - Poems about Agonizing

Just how much courage does it take? ...

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Soul of skeptic writhes with agonizing torture (like a burning man) in Dante's Inferno Self immolation as sacrificial bleating lamb promises eternal martyrdom awaiting voluntary die hard protester, where countless vestal virgins provide blissfulness (think Playboy mansion on steroids) synonymous with delightful grand view garden of Eden transmuting mortal flesh (clothed in lovely bones) into burnt offering mummifying and searing once robust sacred heart courtesy hungry, and angry...

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Smiling unnecessarily just Cuz you're smiling. Worried intensely cuz Your mood is off. All I want is nothing more Just a smile on your face, No worries in your mind Keeping you happy All the time, Am I in love. Cuz it's the first time I'm feeling this for anyone And that's only for you. Now you tell me Do you feel the same for me Or it's just me Having...

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Solitude breeds malignant nemesis couched as woe seated heavily within mine angst riddled quavering psyche blinding clairvoyance debilitates enthusiastic frequency wavelengths propagate unfounded probable future destitution predicated upon intractable lifetime mired within groveling penuriousness "dirt poor" accursed fate pervaded plentiful not ready for prime time playing years repercussions long fostered anguish, when offspring begot (particularly the whip smart eldest) she jockeyed herself as winner with good n plenti horsesense chomped at...

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Because you have known, like you look at my agony growing in it. While she looks, at the spark she has caused in the eye of it. As I moan because of what she does and still goes on I am fully spent. And hearing the wind moan through the trees she as well. Bushes camouflage the disturbance of the leaves and still the...

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Peaked out and everything was covered White—some things totally invisible—visioning Helpless immobility burdens, once always conquered:- Background sunlight caste dull-white shadows Across whiten, once pale green grass groundings; Where excited dogs have left frozen scented footprints. Wow, who would have imagined that warm yesterday Was, as if fall had challenged winter to show her cold face? Well, weary winter just burst out in...

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All the pain, the fear When will the Monster appear? Where and how severe? The anxiety The racing thoughts inside me Never let me be My mind’s on fire The Monster is a liar Can’t jump much higher Will I hurt myself? Could I injure someone else? Clay pot off a shelf… Delusions are real They are my thoughts, how I feel Daemons never yield My mind has gone...

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(alternately titled: Typical daily mindset today – July 17th, 2020) The following words mostly unredacted, nevertheless finessed for curbed poetic/prosaic appeal lock, stock and barrel codify, and edify (hoopfully not mortify) any reader unbeknownst and/or familiar with unsteady state of yours truly, (an ordinary garden variety generic guy) who ofttimes expresses suicidal ideations merely freed pent up watery melancholic thoughts (pitted within his psyche) to experience vicariously personal...

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W-arn E-ach L-iving C-reature O-f M-istakenly E-ating P-oisonous L-eaf's A-gonizing N-atural T-aste Form: Vertical Monocrostic...

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Agonizing Christmas days in the infirmary There I was, vanquishing ailment-inflicted misery Beseeching the Lord for miraculous victory* While soberly pondering Emmanuel’s birth story …marvelously wondrous in human history. On his intensive care unit’s bed, ailing Dad groaned in pain, health grievously failing Afflicted since affected, I hated my own wailing While beholding my dear human fortress grueling …struggling, for the Saviour’s mercy,...

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Here I am, again The place where it all falls apart Where the light disappears For the struggle of my heart My soul yearns...for pleasure A nice, sound, ending To pain, suffering, inconvenience The incessant blending ...of circumstances, truth, reality, experience Ugh!!! There is no freakin' reality In this world, that can have my heart Haven't I proven it...enough Impatience wants to impart ...facts Nice, another something to add To the...

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Our life-giving planet in agony gasps for breath As Man's barbaric actions are choking it to death* © Demetrios Trifiatis 03 November 2018 *Let’s take a moment to reflect on a sad truth. Our planet and almost all animals and plants living on it are struggling with man-made pollution. Animal Populations Have Declined By 60 Percent...

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The leaves fall in the consciousness unable to find the spot where to begin. The wind blows in the midst of meditation without knowing when to cease. Because it seems easy as sitting on the comfortable chair pondering, because it feels being chased while running and thinking at the same time with the passing time, the rain falls in the concept of...

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Sharp Pains in my chest a fire started in my throat the sting of torment inmy eyes a weary feeling in my heart those last few words that horrid look the bitter sound of your voice is torture to my ears a hammer to my heart a bullet to the brain can someone please stop him from causing me this pain? I promise to never do this...

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Making Agonizing Choices By Elton Camp It’s a fact about which many are unaware But there are millions of examples out there Old people who aren’t able to hold a job But struggle not to let it their dignity rob Long ago gone is their modest nest egg And they’d rather die than have to beg Their Social Security checks are too small Much...

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