Best Exhaustion Poems

The hands on the clock move slowly forward
My tired ears listening for the sound of breathing
Listening, waiting for the sob that means I am alive
That ends the silence the sound of hope retrieving

Dawn breaks, my grey face looks up from the pillow
"Morning cariad" I whisper...

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Out of water for three days; desert life,
Delirious with heat.
Exhaustion overwhelming!


16 Feb 2015...

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I sit here in anguish, too broken to think
As my sweet girl sobs on from the pain
Of the chemicals, fear, exhaustion and loss
That the cloud of lymphoma does rain.

And I who with joy traded career to be mom
Have failed at life's greatest calling
To keep my...

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The old wolves, they slumber unto evening.
                               Harmless and fragile, poses no threat to no...

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Words written in minds soft sands
Delightful joy they have brought
Tide of exhaustion now flows
Words have disappeared


OR


Thoughts of you within my mind
Delightfuly etched in sand
Tide of exhaustion now flows
Hides them from your sight...

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I am tired of questioning
Constantly shooting at my reflection wondering why
I am tired of being
To each day fade a little more inside
I am tired of hoping
And always see the last ray of hope
Faintly disappearing my sight
I am tired of painting a bed of roses down...

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It sneaks up when you're unprepared
And pulls the rug from under,
Full knowing you would not have dared
To fight to save your thunder.

For, unlike fog, with cat-like feet,
Exhaustion isn't fleeting.
When age and too much action meet,
It could be self-defeating.

A younger soul than I might last
Until that...

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Few weeks without him an I got this monster in my chest.  He's no longer hungry for love, but he's a ravenous beast to heartache.  This monster suffers through darkness with me.  He huddles down, lays his head on my lap with...

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what you won't hear
what you will never hear from me:
pieces of words that fit together
unheard
like a mantis prayer
but still i bother
like a bite that's stronger than it's size
a little thing that breaks the sky
like a box jellyfish
a crack in a sheet of stratus clouds
a golf...

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SLEEP EXHAUSTION


The day will break when I lay down
When you awake in a different town
You travel far to visit me
Not plane or car, but in a dream


I never know what news you’ll bring
Sometimes it’s just torturous things
Sometimes it’s just you and me
Sometimes trust has me...

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Sinking deeper and deeper
No help coming
My only rope is frayed and made of words
Nothing solid to grip
All alone in the muck and mire
Frantically splashing my arms and legs
to find my way out
But there is none
All my pleading, wailing and prayers
seem to go unanswered...
I am done....

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Wishing on a star,
I wanted a car;
But a horse walked by;
Winked its’ big brown eye;
And I had a ride.

The night is late
My horse just ate;
This poem’s sure,
Full of manure.

Still I write
In the night;
Though I’ve not

One thing
To say;

NON.
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My Secret Life Relieved. 

My body in shock and in trauma
As every part of my helpless being
Lies paralysed in total agony
As if stung by a thousand bees
As complete and utter exhaustion
Takes its grip
And completely consumes and overpowers me
For I am nothing but a shipwreck lost...

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Recreating the same 
Eventful episode
Going through my head, 
Reopening the main source to my 
Exhaustion only
To feel a shiver going to down my 
Spine...

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It's all in your head. 
It's all in your mind.
One day, you'll be dead.
One day, you'll be hard to find.
We say, "we wish we could fly."
We say, "Give us some time."
They'll work you till you die,
They'll work you till you commit a crime.
Freedom is only...

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