Best Distraught Poems

My screams are heard in the middle of the battleground—I’m fought 
Now I’m in grief and I’m striving to set my mind elsewhere
But I’m frantic and lost—deeply distraught 

As I’m shipped away to a far, unknown terrain 
I, arduously, breathe in—there’s no one there to...

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Caught and Distraught

He got over his oval office obsession,
Left us confused after making confession;
In lie was caught,
And became distraught;
Do not want President position possession.

Pocahontas...

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Try to rid thoughts that consume our minds like that 
Of desert plains.

Confined, by loss and pain we give way as our world
Begins to twirl upside down.

Trapt within the hell that we have made. 
We fall with no ground beneath to catch our wasted falls.

Stare...

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what kind of moment is this?
 it seems like a moment 
 of anguish.
 i have babble endlessly in 
 captive mourn
 the mourn in  it perpetuity
like a widower in despondent
the despondent of my  sand grandma
the grandma of my  beloved
the beloved one...

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ME
Loving, giving, caring,
Always trying.
ME
Contradicting, dissatisfied, lying, forgetful.
I
Easily satisfied, slow to anger, quick to love.
I
Afraid, fearful, often lazy.

Inability to apply myself
TRUE
Ability to acknowledge
TRUE

Confident?
Never.
Right, almost always.
Right, not to you.
Right, never.
Left, long ago
Left, too late
Who said go?
I didn't hear them.
So you tell me,
Where does this road lead?
Guidance? Truth?
Too...

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A long pause 
after my signature peel
of the spasm.

It was a broken flight 
of an anguished 
end in itself.

Retrograding toward 
an apolitical fault 
for an apology. 

Illegal, soaring, preparing 
to take a dive
in the pit of fire.

For a gospel truth you
take cloak off the dagger.
You...

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* I just found out my friend I knew 30* years died a horrific death. I am distraught,, So if I don't write or answer for now, this is why....

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I'm so lonely and depressed,
So many feeling I keep repressed.
Like being jealous, angry, or sad,
Why can't I just feel glad?
There are days I feel almost dead,
And crazy things go through my head.
Some days I feel so completely lost,
And by my friends I've been crossed.
This is...

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Tears spring out of these distraught eyes
like a broken fire hydrant

I'm so deeply wounded inside
that I can hear an internal siren 

It is a warning of my overflowing pain 
there is no rescue mission
in place just the tears that 
help it fade....

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Always be more to learn
Quickly adapt 
Crushing timelines

Hard to keep up
No matter how much I ask
Still being back 
Where I started

Confused of important or urgent
Cannot make a difference
When everything pushes me
In all directions

Pressue cooker
Waiting to explode
Need to breathe and cry

Not a damn I care
It is...

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i miss you 
so much more than
words could ever tell
a throbbing ache
throughout my body
resonating shuddering
how i need you near

what cruel fate
tore us apart
leaving me abandoned
to face a darkened future

only the thought of your touch
brings comfort to my heart
endless tears refusing to subside



AP: Honorable Mention 2021

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please  my heart begs you stifle each false thought
          i see wounding words forming in your eyes

spoken false words will shape us more distraught
           than...

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Sometimes, i wonder what i'm doing here
Far away from my friends old and dear
Hesitant and reluctant to let go of my past
Which i can feel behind me fading fast. 

As i sit here, fully lost in thoughts
I can feel my heart turn into knots
When i...

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wilting in the setting sun
dissolving deflating
undernourished underfed
neglected rejected

unknown
a mystery
if any degree of pampering
can bring me back to life


Posted on October 13, 2024...

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Sweet is the smile that cools the heart
it leaves pressure floating further behind. 
Exude your confidence and fight the heat,
Keep hate from taking over your mind. 
 
Or you will be damaged beyond repair,
Ruined by all the flashback moments it fills.
The feelings you share can...

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