Best Giving Up Poems
When you look at your reflection in a mirror, what do you see?
I see a failure, and that failure is me.
I feel like I’m stuck yet I pace up and down.
My face is etched with a worrying frown.
The problem is I tend to fester and then over-think.
At times It’s so bad I feel like I need a drink.
My stomach’s in knots and my mind in a different place.
There’s just so much that I simply can’t face.
But this analysis paralysis will not be the end of me.
First steps needed – deep breaths and a cup of tea.
Music helps me to relax and to calm.
I know that I have support so I’m safe from any harm.
I’m loved by others which makes me warm inside.
I will keep on going – one day I’ll hold my head up with pride.
Categories:
giving up, anxiety, care, depression, encouraging,
Form:
Rhyme
Be honest
this isn't going anywhere
you've tried
I've tried
we've given it everything we've got.
If we had the answer
at our fingertips
I'm sure you would agree
things would be so different.
but no
we just keep going
round and round
our frustration turns
to bitterness.
Stop now
Let's call it a day
I think that would be best
if we both admitted
that we'll never find the start
on this roll of sticky tape.
Categories:
giving up, anger,
Form:
Free verse
(Verse 1)
There’s an aching in my back
An my knees are buckling in
My body’s hurt n bruised
friends r’ say ‘n take a step back ‘n relax
(Bridge)
got so much on my mind
faster and faster I here myself say
I cant give up when I’m half way through
pure determination drives me hard and true
(Hook)
Never giving up
I can see it now the sun is shine ‘n on me
Never giving up
I’m almost there the inspiration I need
(Verse 2
The devil can try to slow me down
Putting all those boundaries road blocks round
But without a flinch in my face
I’ll jump up move and around
(Bridge)
My destiny is calling to me
Got lots to accomplish no time to tire
There’s a sunrise coming up in my face
My dreams are right there I’m following through
(Hook x 2)
Never giving up
been a long time but the sun is shine ‘n on me
Never giving up
I never looked back now I see inspiration in front of me
Categories:
giving up, hope, inspirational, life, song-visionary,
Form:
Lyric
You said -
Give and I'll be given back
And I gave
And I became empty
And deserted
I promised
Not to feel for your world
Never again
The other day
I attended the funeral of the wife
Of an old friend
I saw my friend sitting by the coffin
Standing behind
I heard him whispring
Honey
Tomorrow
In the morning
You open this box
And come back to me
It didn't take a moment
For my eyes to become
Warm and wet
I broke my promise
Yesterday
I bought a turkey
For tomorrow is Christmas Eve
And I was cheated
For the bird was a pound less
Than the weight I had paid for
I again promised
To make myself more bitter
Today on my way back
From work
I saw a young woman in rags
Blind and skeletal
Struggling to cross the road
With a begging bowl in her hand
I ran between two speeding cars
Helped her to the sidewalk
Across the rushing traffic
I looked at her face
And felt a jolt inside my rib cage
Took out a grand from the wallet and
Squeezed it in her fist
Blessed her in the lord's name
And returned home
I broke my promise again
Why are you
So stubbornly persistent
I heard myself murmuring
Categories:
giving up, adventure, africa, age, allegory,
Form:
There's no way I'm giving up on you
We've been together-seems like forever
it's been sublime spending my life with you
In our existence- there is a distance
There's no way I'm giving up on you
'Cause I still love you!
I can't forget- the way you left
there was no life living without you
Such strange delusions- with no solutions
but, there's no way I'm giving up on you
'Cause I still love you!
Bridge
My hearts aching as I think of you
but, there's no way I'm giving up on you
My hearts aching as I think of you
but, there's no way I'm giving up on you
'Cause I still love you!
Time keeps flowing- the years keep showing,
all the damage that this life can do
In love's deep ocean-there lies devotion
My hearts aching as I think of you
'Cause I still love you!
Bridge
My hearts aching as I think of you
but, there's no way I'm giving up on you
My hearts aching as I think of you
but, there's no way I'm giving up on you
'Cause I still love you!
Repeat bridge and fade
December 13,2018
John Derek Hamilton
Categories:
giving up, caregiving, devotion, grief, i
Form:
Lyric
The rainbow comes after the storm they say
But my storms are ever lasting
And my rainbows short-lived.
I don't want to know how much I mean to the world,
When the world means nothing to me.
This constant stagnation of life is tiring
And I have waited long enough
To finally give in to the depths
Of the shadows that call me in.
To surrender to the temptation
Of being set free from this chaos that torments me
Is all I yearn for.
Categories:
giving up, depression, emo, emotions, feelings,
Form:
Free verse
cant do this anymore
knees to weak to stand
waiting for that bit of adrenalin so i can get back on my feet
my stress level is in the danger zone
depression is controlling my life
where in my drawer i keep a knife
always knowing i have that easy way out keeps me alive another day
the fighting with my ex
the frustration of wondering whats next
that empty feeling of being alone everyday
all the confusion
wanting to get back with her
shes telling me that she changed but knowing its all an allusion
everyday is the same
everyday i feel depressed
everyday i mentally and physically feel pain
why does the thought of death run like a river through my head each day
why cant i just be happy
why cant my life just be normal like it use to be
why does this have to happen to me
maybe i should just let go and set my soul free
maybe the afterlife will be better then my current one
all this stress on me weighs a ton
ive dug myself a hole that doesnt seem like i will ever get out of
wishing i could go back and change so many things so i wouldnt be in this situation
Categories:
giving up, lifeme, me, stress,
Form:
We hired the neighbor kid
to put it all on eBay. He started
with the train-set you bought me on a whim,
Santa Fe, like the locomotive that pulled me
through Navajo country 40 years ago.
Now, this HO gathers dust, the cobwebs
aren’t to scale. Next we’ll sell
that beer stein from the Schwarzwald,
the potlatch bowl (Athabascan)
from our Alaska days.
No room in a smaller house
for my mother’s blue willow (so many
Thanksgivings) or my dad’s
apothecary jars. The Mexican tree of life
from Oaxaca. It’s time to downsize.
What kind of life, I wonder,
without cathedral pines outside the door,
and deer sipping from the water trough.
My saddle from high school, formed
to the back of a black mare sold
when I went away to college.
Back when I was gathering the clutter
of a lifetime, never imagining
someday I’d have to leave it.
Categories:
giving up, life, nostalgia, time,
Form:
Free verse
Beyond my mind
I am looking to seek
A glimpse of my future
Just a quick peek
Just so I know
It will all be ok
So I can get on
And continue my day
I cannot see anything
Just a blank space
Oh, and you, your smile
On your beautiful face
But what lies behind
Your innocent eyes
Did you tell me the truth?
Or am I being blind?
My mind remains empty
There is nothing to see
My heart has been shattered
Into pieces, once again
Why me?
Your many mistakes
The ones that I know
The secret loves
Were a terrible blow
The time has come
To give up this fight
So carry on darling
With your lovers and your lies
You have hurt me
For the very last time
So pack your bags
I'm fed up with your adultery
It’s time to say goodbye
Categories:
giving up, betrayal, boyfriend, break up,
Form:
Free verse
Author Dana Redricks
November 21, 2016
When you feel like giving up
When you feel like you have
Had enough.
When You’re feeling depressed, and you feel
Like you have nowhere to go.
Feeling lonely and no one understands
Let’s take a walk while God holds your
Hand. I know what it's like to be alone
The feeling of emptiness, the feeling of
Being all on your own.
But I am here to lift you up and to hold
Your hand and lift you up.
Never think you’re not good enough.
Someone loves you, and that is good
Enough and that someone is me.
Categories:
giving up, deep, depression, god, hope,
Form:
Free verse
I'VE BEEN HELD BACK
TIED TO THE REINS OF SELF PITTY
LOOKING BACK AT MY LIFE NOW
I KNOW IT WAS NEVER PRETTY
IT CROSSES MY MIND
FROM TIME TO TIME
NEVER THOUGHT IT COULD BE REWOUND
THIS PATH OF MINE
MEMORIES FILLED WITH PAIN
CAUSED BY SELFISH NEGLECTS
AND NOW IT RAINS
JUST OUT OF DISRESPECT
I CURSE AT THE SKY
ASKING …WHY GIVE ME THIS BURDEN
NOT KNOWING THAT DEEP INSIDE
IT ONLY KEEPS ON HURTIN……..
I WAKE UP….
AND I WANT TO QUIT
WASH MY FACE
AND SEE THAT AM STILL JUST FULL OF IT
THINKING THAT THIS MIRROR IS LYING
LOOK AT THE TEARS FALLING
WONDER WHY I NEVER KEPT TRYING
AND NOW I FEEL LIKE DEATH’S STALLING
CALLING… THE WRONG NAME…..
MY TURN NEVER COMES…
AND IT ONLY STARTS TO RAIN
SUFFERING BUT HAS JUST BEGUN
AND I RUN… TRY TO ESCAPE THIS FAITH
LIVE OR DIE… WHAT SHOULD I CHOOSE
DECIDE BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE
AND WHAT IF I REFUSE
DO I THROW MYSELF OFF THE CLIFF
BURN MYSELF ALIVE
BUT THAT’S A QUESTION OF WHAT IF…
AND WHAT IF I SURVIVE
AND THE END NEVER ARRIVES
WILL I ONLY SUFFER MORE TORTURE
ENDURE A LIFETIME OF PAIN
TO HELL WITH THE FUTURE!
HERE IS WHERE I WANT TO REMAIN….
DIE HERE AND NOW…
THIS TIME AND PLACE
NO LONGER DO I WANT TO GROW…
EITHER WAY NO ONE WILL REMEMBER MY FACE!!!!
Categories:
giving up, faith, life, sadtime,
Form:
Rhyme
On giving up heroin
and all night long I danced with the crooked hand of death
and the crooked hand of death danced with me back,
one, two, three times a day, I took the meds and sweated blood
then after a million years in a tunnel (not the tunnel of love)
I learnt to dance a new jig… with new feet and a good body
and a clear mind
now I am a new citizen with a new coat and a new soul (my own)
and a feeling good job
and the rain comes with the sun and the brilliance of the countryside
makes me tingle
but this time not in the vein in my arm but in the free spirit
inside of me
and inside of them
and inside of cornfields
and deep, warm rivers and creeks
and I’m free now ,my pockets full of crisp notes
(and poetry) with a howdee doo dee apple pie
good morning to you, under a sweet rehab
peach melba sky!
Categories:
giving up, addiction, care,
Form:
Free verse
There is a pain in my heart,
feels like someone's been
throwing darts.
Yet another waking moment
feeling sad seems like every
things going bad.
Wanting to pull away,
all I want is my getaway.
I just can't clear my mind,
it feels like I'm always
two steps behind.
I'm finding everything to
much and hard to comprehend
could this be the end?.
I'm just losing faith in the human
touch, as people just couldn't care
enough. They watch while knowing
just watch and stare.
Categories:
giving up, how i feel, lost,
Form:
Someone Felt Like Giving Up!
I know someone who wanted to give up.
Things in life began to “trip him up.”
After much thought and contemplation.
He really offered no real explanation.
He felt like his life was at a “dead end road.”
He said he couldn’t continue
with a heavy load.
No matter how many different things he tried.
He was not happy… Nor satisfied!
He began to share a piece of his mind…
He was ready to leave everything behind.
The choices that he had sometime ago…
Began to “wear” at his heart and soul!
I tried to encourage him the best I could.
But I’m not sure he really understood.
As I watched him go his separate way…
I said; “there’s something I wanted to say.”
“There’s a God who reigns in haven above!”
“He wants to fill you with his hope and love!”
“He knows and cares about everything you’ll do!”
“He’s loving and kind!” “And wants to help YOU!”
As I spoke, I could see he thought for a minute.
A commitment to God… He decided to give it!
He decided to give it all to a God who won’t fail him!
He wanted to serve a God,
who wants to bless him!
He’s happy now that this choice was taken!
With Jesus… He’s never alone nor forsaken!
By Jim Pemberton
Categories:
giving up, christian, confusion, dedication, depression,
Form:
Rhyme
04/24/16
I wish I could have more good dreams about you,
I think everything is a sign if my dream reveals something new,
Or maybe I'm just continuously reliving the traumatic events I've gone through,
Strangely I've only cried about it to a few,
But now I'm starting to feel that my honesty is way past due.
You see I haven't been completely honest about a few things,
It's amazing what useful thoughts impatience brings,
I'm a Queen fighting for someone she believes to be her King,
And if you've been in love you know exactly what I mean,
I'm a frog waiting to be kissed and seen,
I relive these thoughts in a lot of my dreams,
I've said it once but I'll say it again because you're what I feen,
Like my poetry my feelings for you run deep,
And I'm just so petrified that this will all end in defeat,
I'm here to inform you that my heart cannot be beat.
**Thanx so much to my friends and family who never judged me for being in love as well as their support for it's not an easy battle**
Categories:
giving up, best friend, deep, hope,
Form:
Rhyme