Best Break Down Poems
Such bitterness, heartbreak and pain
Never ever want to get hurt again
Built a brick wall around my heart
Will I ever rebuild it now we are apart
Betrayed by one you once adored
Trust once gone can’t be restored
Maybe in time the pain I will reveal
And my inner hurt I won’t conceal
The wall will gradually start breaking down
Maybe smile again, no longer wear a frown
In time I will move on, my heart will be free
Re-discover the person I once used to be
Jan Allison
31st August 2014
~awarded 9th place~
Categories:
break down, betrayal, break up, hurt,
Form:
Couplet
It creeped upon me slow and increased day by day
Something was draining all my spiritual food
I could not pray without being interupted the words kept slipping away
I could not sing praises making melody in my heart
I was not focused on him
My hope was built on nothing
My Peace had been disturbed
My whole body begin to shake and become weak
Everything good I was once taught was being drained straight out of my head
No zeal to serve him
My Joy had been stolen
My mind was infested with worldly things
My feet walked another way
My memories of the thorns on his HEAD were completly dead
Thinkings of his hands and feet being pierced bothered me no more
My fear of him was invisible
My concern for my SOUL vanished as if it were never there
How could I allow this terrible thing to happen to me in such a short time
Why did I not GUARD my SOUL? I had to have been out of my MIND!
STAY FOCUSED
Categories:
break down, inspirational, loss, me, me,
Form:
Lyric
Baffled, befuddled, bewildered and dazed,
My mind has gone for the day,
Changed to a colour that’s drained of a will,
Drained to a light shade of grey,
And I know what I want, I know what to do,
I know the small steps I must tread,
But these thousands of steps they tangle a mesh,
Confusing the things in my head,
So an hour goes by, then another catches up,
And a few more pass through my mind,
And my grey confused head sits on the couch,
Leaving me feeling resigned,
To renaming my world to an impervious shield,
Where ambition is held back with a glue,
Where the big things in life I thought I could do,
Are now grey, miserable, down and blue.
Categories:
break down, confusion, depression, mental illness,
Form:
Quatrain
Memories yet I smile, one day of peace in my head hasn't been that way for a while I'm the
same as you totally like you through and through but never mind if i'm missing a screw or two
I can trick you like I always do. To bridge the gap of reality and place sane and insane in a
constant state of forever hate just to walk along side and enjoy the ride as you look me in the
eye and ask me to smile with pride little did you know that less then twenty four hours ago this
average Joe was struggling just to let it all go. But yes sir I kindly breakdown with a smile just to
keep it together for a little while do you think that as time goes by one flash back or triggered
event wont cause me to flip out and vent.The cold sweats and mounting regrets is second
nature that I suppress like all the rest I walk amongst you with my silent issues that I refuse to
come unglued in the sight of you so I breakdown with a smile in hopes that you don't notice me
and try with a smirk on your face to save me. Do you recognize who I am yet think long and
hard, I was sworn to defend you and do my duty to honor you and this country but when I left
Iraq I brought something back. A shattered mind that I couldn't leave behind so I breakdown with
a smile a broken soul that use to be so strong and I'm asked to carry on with some heroic song
you ask me to march along. NO SIR I WILL NOT I do not comply you walk a mile in this soldiers
shoes and then ask me again to go back and play stooge to be used and mentally abused, I
break down with a smile because I know that god wont let this continue I believe I believe I
believe..
Categories:
break down, confusion, life, sad, me,
Form:
Bio
Did you want to come back home? Were you
buying me coffee but thinking of them? Did
your housekeys start to open their door and
lock ours? When I held your hand was I just
a placeholder, again?
Where did you meet and how often would
you kiss? How did you feel when I’d go to
hug you but miss? Did you mean to ignore
me, to make me question myself? Should
I remove our son’s trophies and toys from
his bedroom shelf?
Do I need to buy packing boxes and contact
a lawyer? Are they why we never finished
watching the show that we started? How do they
take their coffee, or do they prefer tea? Is it
wrong I’ve looked at our savings, what I
could afford if in court we bartered.
What I’d like to know is what I did wrong
and when you first felt it… a slow recognition
or a match suddenly lit. If it might have been
different had I realised sooner… would the
fallout be less, the aftermath affect fewer.
But I don’t want to know who they are, even their
name – if they love you, feel guilty or don’t
give a damn. I’m not interested if you prefer
their smell or their laughter and their eyes. I
have one question left: can you tell me, who I am?
Categories:
break down, angst,
Form:
Rhyme
As they cry in the moonlight evening
heart and soul becomes ailing ,
wailing , it does , as it rains red ,
in bed they lie . For a treacherous head
is all they had in the stormy wind
and I was but a precious vermint .
And the heart was but a windy storm ;
breaking , thousand pieces they form .
The flames of wrath
The eyes of despair
The power of destruction
hidden just as fair .
The valley of death
all into flame .
No place to hide ,
the end of the reign .
The crimson red garden
The azure lakes of hell
The land of the holy ,
shredded by the gale .
The cracks in the heaven ,
the heaven of the land .
Away they march ,
the demonic horde .
And all that awaits
My lonely kingdom
The castle of breakdown
Pendragon
Categories:
break down, bereavement, death, deep, emotions,
Form:
Ballad
baby to nights the night
under the lamp lights
let rock non stop
twist and turn
let our boby burn
release the passion
in our he'd
BABY LET BREAK
DOWN THE BED
Categories:
break down, boat, body,
Form:
Light Verse
All need a single "are you fine?"
To break into million pieces
To cry my heart out
To scream
To delete everything
To ran away
To surrender to the monster in me
To turn into monster
To mute myself again
To hate myself again
To doubt my existence
To EXPLODE!
All my life I tried to be a good person
But I am a villain.. not in some random persons life..but in my family
I really wished for a second that some car hit me and I die instantly...
Because I am that much of a coward that I cant even kill myself
I feel powerless...
It's getting hard to breathe
Hard to see clearly because my eyes are filled tears...
I see my reflection in the phone..l look pathetic...
I feel pathetic...maybe I am pathetic
"Maybe" this word with my brain...
I really do not want to go back...the way I was before...
That person was died inside.... But currently this person is also dying...
Piece by piece I am break now...
It's my breakdown
Categories:
break down, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form:
Free verse
peace is in the mind
loneliness is the heart
love is part of the soul
empathy is in these arms
strength is made from these legs
kisses are created from lips
sight is gained by hearing
hearing is lost to the sound
A body is a foundation for the species
Categories:
break down, introspection, life, people, philosophy
Form:
Free verse
I heard some things that I don't want to be true.
I heard your friends say something of another girl.
Then I heard from a friend that after I left the dance,
You were dancing with another girl.
Please don't let this be true,
And if it is please tell me,
I can handle it, and if not I’ll try
Please don't let it be true,
I’m stuck in a melt down,
And I don't know what to do.
I've been hurt so many times
I just don't know who to believe
I want to trust you and believe what you tell me
And I want to know that it's true
I can't help but feeling like something bad is going to happen between us
The pain is slowly coming back
Nothing to do but wait and see
I say this now before the end
You’re the happiness I never found!
Categories:
break down, love, passion,
Form:
Nonet
its been good and bad
many time i been sad
things go wrong
its hard to carry on
feel insane
now i feel a change
glad you came around
i was
AT A BREAK DOWN
Categories:
break down, betrayal,
Form:
Light Verse
there's no turning
if you soul burning
you feel left out
no doudt
this i won'mention
to get attention
just say no know more
am poor
BREAK DOWN THE DOOR
Categories:
break down, adventure, black african american,
Form:
Light Verse
to carry on
must be strong
your not alone
so stand tall
be that wall
in city and towns
and all around
DON'T BREAK DOWN
Categories:
break down, adventure, appreciation, black african
Form:
Light Verse
If ultrasound machines of the world all break down
We had better make friends with nocturnal bats.brown.
They use ultrasound to locate and navigate
There is one hanging by my west garden gate
Vampire bats could help us diagnose disease
Be polite and make sure you use thank you and please
Nurses and doctors will have to be trained to be kind.
And learn how to communicate with a bat’s interesting mind.
Categories:
break down, animal,
Form:
Rhyme
More fool me
For hoping you would change,
You promised me the world
Yet everything’s the same.
I’ve told you that I’m broken
And I can barely cope,
You said you’d make more effort
Filling me with hope.
Actions speak louder
Than your words can ever say,
I’ve already waited forever
So I won’t wait another day.
I’m not sorry that we’re over
I’m sorry that you lied,
I’m sorry that I listened
I’m sorry you never tried.
I’m sorry that our child
Will come from a broken home,
I’m sorry for the thoughts he’ll have
And for him feeling all alone.
But it’s you that should be sorry
Sorrier than most ,
Treating me like a stranger
Making me feel like I’m a ghost.
Treating me like an outcast
Who’s not worthy of your time,
And when your world comes crumbling down
I’ll already be rebuilding mine.
You could have changed this outcome
I know we could have been so good,
But you just left me hanging around
Just like I knew you always would….
Categories:
break down, break up, divorce, family,
Form:
Rhyme