Best Life Pain Poems
No matter how distressing
Everything comes with a blessing
A bitter divorce
seems wrenching, of course
Yet through its crucible of fire
you can emerge inspired
Both legs blown off in the war
What's left to live for --
See what you have that remains
your whole upper body
and all of your brain
The death of a child so painful to bear
For the longest time you just sit and stare
No easy 'answers' to comfort you
but perhaps there's this ~
You're still here for a reason, that's not to be missed
A strand of pearls not tied with knots;
we’re held together — just a thread.
At times like sticky spider silk
and other times a shred of string
that aches and breaks and throws our pearls across the floor.
The clatter scatter marble-mess
of all the dirt and hurts we pretty-wrapped.
Without the knots between the pearls, we
come undone. On hands and knees
we hunt and gather what’s to be restrung —
each dressed-up sphere once a naked tear
accumulated once again,
this time to tie ourselves and beads in line
to knot together “could-have should-have” shrugs
and form a diff’rent rope of pearls …or a noose
and in this space of rest — the screws between the pearls,
we plot a dream more fluff than faith before the cobweb breaks.
No doubt, we’re dilettantes in love bites art of making-up.
Knots may keep us stranded
but nots will keep us apart.
Heaven only knows where I've been
Only they know what's tearing me down
But Heaven's watching me, watching me
God on his throne with his eternal crown
He only knows what can break me
and He's there with His hand when I do
Each crack in my bones repaired slowly
Without a scar, i'm now brand-new
Heaven only knows what I've seen
Heaven throws trials at me like rain
Knowing that I've been through heck
But hoping I can do it all again
God only knows when the trials end
He knows when my time is through
And though i can't wait until that day
There's more learning I have to do
Heaven only knows what will make me
Learn to enjoy all of the pain
So I smile at the heavens in the rainstorm
Fake a smile, and dance in the rain
I try to avoid the pending pain
It's impossible, like trying to stop rain
Issues surround me everywhere
Creating a harsh reality of fear
It's not about not having faith inside
It's just a trap with no-where to hide
A place where answers can't be found
A place with lack of nature around
Some changes never experienced before
At the same time standing on a falling floor
Health falters, striking poorly any given day
Plodding forward, multi-tasking is the only way
My courage is in what I can try to cure
My love will grow from anything left pure
Heidi Sands
6/3/23
POTD: 6/5/23
Sail ~ Sail away
Blue Sky and Ocean
On a Bright and Sunny day
Sail ~ Out to sea
Big ship's coming
Time to leave
Goodbye ~have to go
To see ahead ~
What future holds
Please ~ don't be sad
Soon come a Whats-app~
"Pack your bags"
We're gonna be together ~ Despite stormy weather
Sometimes seas rough ~ that's when tough gets tough
Everything will work out fine ~ give it some healing time
There'll be a new tomorrow ~ joy comes after sorrow
Round and round ~ the world spins 'round
In a galaxy of stars ~ there's hope~ no doubt
"Hasta la vista baby" I'm on my way
Waves are ~rockin 'n' rollin ~ Big Ship sails....
Sail ~ Sail away
Blue Sky and Ocean
On a Bright and Sunny day......
Don’t judge me because I am not like you
We are all human, but different too
We have our experiences and ways we cope
To survive life’s curves and slippery slope
Sometimes, we try our best and still fall
Other times, it is easy to stand tall
Some days feel heavy, others feel light
Some we feel rested or lose sleep at night
There is joy to be felt and there is pain
All part of life, just as weather brings the rain
Some things are easy or hard to get through
But, don’t judge me because I am not like you
Heidi Sands
3/9/18
We all have many fragile parts
and life throws many sharp honed darts.
Do you find comfort when pain hits its mark,
inside the blackest of your dark?
Is there someone who would hold you
should you abruptly fall apart?
Is there someone in your life who is
truly invested in your heart?
Pain and joy are same hand deal
both have rope to claim us all.
Some pain we cannot conceal.
We need arms as a healing shawl.
Even the strongest in faith
may break from all life takes.
We will all bear pains that scathe.
Healings are what love can make.
Is there someone you could hold
should they fall apart?
Is there someone who believes
you are invested in their heart?
Journey through Life ©
happiness, the fire
forges our steel to withstand
pain and thorny times
laughter melts metal
cold bath sets the steel mettle
fine blade to cut life
blade wrapped in fine silk
until the next battle comes
pain and blood drip down
A child's view:
"Why did you leave us dear mom and dad?"
"Did we do something to make you mad?"
Tears on our faces, as we see you drive away.
"Please come back, we'll be good everyday!"
Our foster mother hates us, we don't know why.
Maybe she hits us, because all we do is cry.
My sister tries to protect me, but she gets beat instead.
It's hard not to hate her, she raps her knuckles on our heads.
But I'm just 3, my sister barely six.
We don't know what happened...how do we fix?
"Where are our brothers? We miss them so!"
"How can you love us and just let us all go?"
An adult's view:
Scars of abandonment haunt our souls.
Self confidence battered and full of holes.
Hate and resentment learned so young.
Our spirits crushed, our sorrows unsung.
Trusting of others is extremely hard.
Self protecting.......eternally on guard.
Escaping the past, we run away.
Coping mechanisms always in play.
Failed relationships in abundance.
Struggling against all compliance.
Memories buried in recesses of the mind.
Lessened only by the passage of time.
My self esteem never peaked
Mental abuse always leaked
From your foul and mean mouth
All my dignity just flew south
And never came back again
Your so proud that you could win
The power of my sad heart
Broken from the very start
I was born -- it never ended
Young and naive you pretnended
To care for and love me true
Dishonest lies came from you
As I grew and figured out
What your lies were all about
It was too late for me to find
Self esteem of any kind
All my self worth you just ruined
My anger is largely brewing
As I think back to the days
I never recognized the ways
My siblings received the love
I needed and missed so much
Was I such a useless burden
You threw me aside and hurtin'
Fragile, unsure and so young
My chance on life never begun
An innocent baby can not grow
Without the love a parent shows
Why did my sisters and brothers
Get the love while I was smothered
By neglect and loneliness
So much joy my life has missed
A little girl trapped in the fate
Of so much despair and hate
The tears of a lifetime
I have saved in my heart
Each chamber a well
Calmly doing its part.
Some tears are so happy
First kiss, wedding, births
Those tears feel lighter
Gravity less than earth’s.
They are clear and they sparkle
A biographical snow globe
I swim in their light
In a crystal wardrobe.
The sad tears, they scare me
Putrid, thick, rank and dark
They make my heart heavy
Churning, feeling no spark.
I dare not revisit
These roots, abject anguish
For they swallow my soul
And in pain simply languish.
Some tears are empty
Having leaked out at times
When I felt all alone
Life devoid of all rhymes.
These tears were in secret
Things so desolate and hollow
Yet reflect strength to resist
Ending life with a swallow.
So my heart, then, is full
Not of blood, veins and such
But a lifetime lived hard,
Memories that tears touch.
September 9, 2019
Into the darkness she envelopes the night
Seeking something special that eludes her eyes
Just as she thought it was lost and out of sight
Her hand catches on fire, there is no disguise
She starts to burn, her body covered in flames
She starts to remember bullies and their names
They will suffer under her powers tonight
Her pain will become their pain, she’ll make it right
Russell Sivey
They say sticks and stones may break my bones but I
came face to face with a wall today.
I keep on searching but I'm lost
I keep on climbing but I'm falling
I'm walking but your pulling me back
Haven't you had enough of the scars that I already have
I'm shouting with no voice
I'm crying but the well within is dried up
Gravity keeps on pulling me back
Katrina keeps on coming back
Its dark where can I find the light
I'm chained, trapped, binned-ed by this chains
I can't breath your suffocating me
I can't sleep your controlling my life
I'm shouting and kicking but your laughing
Im torn apart and bleeding
You see the the beauty on the outside but I'm dying
within.
It is a sin
for Gregory to be a miser
even to himself
accumulating infinite fortune
with a half-bedroom to show for it
It is a sin
for miss Zane to gain special gratitude
from her male mates.
Coming late every night
with a different driver,
parading her flashy dividends
as she becomes a model for fashion updates
It is a sin
for Sarah, not taking care of herself
with her body becoming rounder
but still feeds more than an entire Orphanage.
Initially, a very attractive young lady
but now looks like an Old sorcerer.
It is a sin
for Baker to be a clergy
and at the same time a gambler
lavishing in style and losing without remorse
Hell will let loose
if his sponsor is the Church's finance.
Regardless of his anointing,
he's still not beyond the people's wrath.
It is a sin
for Dawson to drive through many open legs
as he jumps from skirt to skirt
and acquainting himself with all forms of underwear,
playing the bad guy who never gets caught.
It is a sin
to stay idle and observe them wrongly
drawing conclusions from every action
without minding their motives or reasons
analyzing closely even while sitting from afar
giving no consideration to the human Nature
which exists in imperfection and faint stains.
It is a sin
castigating the weaknesses of others
while overlooking mine
thereby condemning the crimes I do not commit
which does not make me better either.
As much as they do not know where I faulter
Judging them makes me worst than a sinner.
Avenues of life
Even Cul de Sacs return
Seek, follow their path!
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