Avoidance Poems - Poems about Avoidance

In my life, all pain has been like appendicitis. I decided to avoid Dad when newborn and crib laid; I'd heard his authoritative voice as aimed towards my toddler Brother, noted the noise ended with smack sounds and crying. By the time I was seven, Dad and Bro had a healthy bond. I still practiced...

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We collect unresolved arguments, like spare buttons in a jar— each one waiting for its moment that never arrives. Yesterday's dishes grow cultures in the sink while we pretend ...

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Opportunity presented itself I closed my eyes Learning seemed hard I closed my eyes I pushed open a door to my new start I closed my eyes Nothing worked out I closed my eyes Facing my reality I closed my eyes Losing the worth for which I strived Every waking moment my heart cried However hard I tried I couldn't close my...

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It starts with avoiding phone calls pricks up into chills when no more can be avoided oozes into dreams of teeth falling out by the dozens stalks past awash in fear nothing can be saved from the gaze of Other And why should you be saved you who have not earned the right to be sad when others have known grief deeper...

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I see him relentlessly busy running in every which direction scattered to the winds anything to evade the constant chatter of his mind AP: 2nd place 2022, Honorable Mention 2025 Posted on November 26, 2022...

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No one needs complications in their life Merely living is a puzzling ordeal, Presenting more than enough strife Or at...

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I close my eyes as her knife pushes through me For if I could see what she was doing, I could never forgive her....

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I can’t stop thinking about you How loving you were to me The warmth that came across your face To penetrate my eyes with your beautiful eyes The smile and laughter that stole my heart Our bodies together- our love I can’t stop thinking about you Taking all my time with you before it all goes away The love I have...

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My heart bleeds Standing over myself My heart bleeds Red pools below Like a finger painting gone wrong Blood everywhere Pictures lay out Smiling couple sprawled out on the floor Silent from below I’m not moving I’m alone now in this void It’s not suicide from a broken heart...

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Your avoidance attachment In such denial of it Placing blame on everything else Blaming me making feel like I’m not ever going to be enough Slapping my love right in front of my face Like the abuse- you’re taking it out on me I had nothing to do with it I gave all my love and more I was selfless in...

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Do crows carry the black hearts of souls Is this were the light fades away from the heart that once burned so bright Loss Love transforms what burned so bright to blackness Fragility of the mind so torments the heart In spirit we float seeking out those to love Only to come across the sea of crows There...

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I can’t stop crying now!!! Confused Laying here in tears with no one near My wailing in silent as my body trembles I can’t stop crying now!!! I’m so confused by those last messages My heart breaks so hard Shattering to the floor Will you pick up my pieces- To throw them or mend them I’m not sure anymore I love beyond...

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Never have I love, the love like you Painfully assaulted in a rhythm Like clockwork Comes in 3’s and 4’s It came, slicing what love we had To dismembered hearts we fall If I had a shield to go back in time I would go to protect you from the abuse I wish there was a pill to dissolve away...

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You can’t give your best behind Walls Fearful of taking that leap into one to commit to a life in hand Dreams are made possible by openness not from behind walls or unhealed trauma’s My heart breaks I know you’re in denial of your style Avoidance- Is not Secure and I’m so sorry you never learned...

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Loving memories of up and down Returning to silent every three months If I’m lucky it’ll be four Only to feel the heartache some more Turning the page to heal I go My love is here and gone Detached and cold With no remorse Avoidance of love Fear to commit My mind is so clouded by the tears that fall I...

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