Best Burnout Poems

The fire brigade are on standby
With their hoses in their hand
For today it is my birthday
My birthday cake is on a stand
There are so many candles
It is a health and safety risk
So be ready with the hoses guys
And make sure you get here quick!


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Where were you when time stood still?
When the world was no longer there?
Nothing was left, only ill will.
Little left to matter, no one to care.

Is this where it will come to an end?
If we have reached the point of no return.
People are only enemies, no...

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There was an electrician from Nashes
Who worked in darts and dashes.
One day especially rushed
Against 240 volts he brushed.
Now Nashes is home to his ashes....

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Burn out

keep the pedals turning
Within the cogs inside your mind
Staying late to get it done
With solutions that you find

Skipping lunch time after time
The weights drops from your thighs
Taking lows throughout the day
Forgoing all the highs

Deadlines falling on your lap
Increasingly unmet
As pressure stored inside your head
Follows...

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This BREVITY poem I wrote was for Casarah Nance's
contest. Closed already! So printing my poem anyway

I love my job,
I really do. 
Even though my hours are long
and the benefits are sometimes few.
I make the coffee for the crew,
and a zillion other things
for them I do.

Jobs...

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I am deeply depressed
Confusion, hardwork, maximising brain power.
What to do, express it, sure ...
My light has burnt out or dimmed
I can't forego the stress of no results for significant pressure.
Some things help but not as much as it perhaps should.
Cut the melon, fresh, start again...

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Home sweet home on Christmas day.
Children and grandchildren
come, but not to stay

Home smells of pumpkin spice,
gingerbread cookies,
ham and turkey in the oven
Yeast rolls rising,
flickering cinnamon candles,
oakwood burning in the fireplace
The taste of eggnog and wine,
all that brings Christmas
and everything nice

Piles of gifts under the fir...

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Burnout
Drained Energy
Dark insomnia nights
Lonely longing for Catharsis 
Timeout...

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Tests and tests where do I start?
trying my hardest to be the best
Staying up, crying late well my mamma said "that's life it's tough"
Behind this pretty smile lay a depression that goes on for miles
Trying my hardest to keep my energy drink at my side
the...

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Burnout
is what can come of inspiration,
if you're not careful.
     Gish Jen

Degeneration
is what can follow manic fast-growth regeneration,
if you're not well-seasoned.

War and terror
can come from tribal competitions,
peace and freedom fighting and squabbling
for healthy food and water and fuel,
if you're not co-empathic enough,
double-bound...

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I'm fighting it desperately with everything I have.
       If you've ever had it you'll know what I'm saying when I say,
               I'm so burn out...

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you planned your race
to run at pace
and win at any cost

but ran too fast
and finished last
so the prize you sought was lost

had you taken time
to the finish line
you might still have your health

and realize
life's greatest prize
is the prize of life itself....

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Drippy
              by
       samnesia.com

“He’s kept himself together”
“That boy’s kept himself in line”, they said.
But I can’t keep hurting myself
and say that I am happy.
There’s a leakage in...

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Sparks dwindled too soon,
Leaving behind dark ashes,
And silence that burns....

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My brow sweaty, my voice a whisper,
tossing and turning like pages of a book.
My mind fleeting, thoughts racing,
not listening to my overwhelming plea -
'To sleep, let me sleep.'

I can now see daylight brewing,
darkness withdrawing, 
the freshened colours of dawn.
And yet my plea is still the...

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