Best Overwhelming Poems
death cannot endure eternity ~ if it could we’d never be born
(quote by poet)
Find rhapsody, great rhapsody, fomenting on high seas
Come lift up waves of despondency, I’m flailing so deep
Bamboozle revenant senses, restore my latent zeal
Overwhelm one million fold, melancholy drowning me
Find ecstasy, give ecstasy, paralyse me with bliss
I’m hooked on saline solution, and compelled to resist
Rejuvenate exuberance, nullify emptiness
I want to be possessed again, in a wild wanton kiss
Find buoyancy, come buoyancy, aerate this lowly soul
Raise me up to the firmament, let heaven take control
I’ll face down blackest ether, see beyond its parasol
Never again to sit stagnant, just to bow shall I stall
Find gravity, sheer gravity, falls short on temple steps
Pressurising in nature, stopped dead in a gods codex
Free now to bathe in mercy, overcome but not by depth
Expanding on forever, where beginnings intersect
By
David Kavanagh
Howmanysyllables checked x14
I want to run away
Run away from the problems I face
It's easier than to confront them headstrong
Don't compare me to another
Not even yourself
This is the world we live in
A society that creates status based on merit
A society of status determined by wealth
Laws created by greedy people
Governments who silently attack
Oppression across the globe
First world countries in ignorant bliss
My hands aren't clean in this world
The human race is in perilous times
It's reached a point of no return
But the problems I face
How do I change any of this?
How do I leave this world?
What is life like when the world is a commodity?
I do my best to forget about it
But that doesn't change anything
The fact is I'm insignificant in a world
Determined by status created by achievement
In a world of income classism
I have tried ending it myself
Driving down a highway seventy miles per hour
Purposeful turning to crash and roll
Yet here I am, unscathed and forced
To live in a world that shuns those actions
Even when my reasoning is just
Yet how just is it to live in my bubble
When millions across the globe cannot live the comfortable life I have
The choice to end my own life is a privilege I take for granted
Many don't have the chance to live
Yet here I am choosing to take mine.
Just When It Seems Like Life Is Overwhelming!
Just when it seems like I’ve faced
my darkest night…
And things in life,
aren’t turning out right…
This is about the time, when things
are falling apart!
And I began to feel a lot of stress in my heart!
I run to Jesus! I know that he wants to help me!
He’s always here! And promises to never leave me!
He sees me, and speaks words
of comfort, to follow!
He reminds me, that he’ll take care
of today and tomorrow!
He lets me know that he won’t let go of my hand!
Everything I’m going through…
He understands!
He turns back all of the problems that are overwhelming!
And I see what things my life, are becoming!
I have fellowship with Jesus! Like I never had before!
He’s given to me peace and hope! And much more!
I’m glad I have such a wonderful
friend like this!
His love and joy… I don’t want to miss!
Thank you Jesus! For turning my life around!
And for plating my life on a solid ground!
You’re all I want! And all that I’ve needed!
With you as my Lord! My life has been completed!
By Jim Pemberton
Lover, how you swagger in, so boldly brash
Overwhelming reason to seductive state
Taking my lips under sunset's final flash
Passion rich colors we recklessly create
I am warned of craters left once comets crash
Yet I blaze crimson with you, defying fate
If this night becomes but a memory shed
Into my gray age, let your thunder be red
3/24/23
Writing Challenge 'O' Words Contest
Sponsor: Constance La France
Panic as I open my eyes to a new world.
Leaving the path of seeing and hearing,
into this frightened bundle of humanity.
Tried reaching out to feel the air,
Cannot even hear the sounds of living.
Fear of the dark was closing in on me
Hated to be in small closed rooms
Sweat pored out of every pore
Throat was closing mainly thirst
but a great deal of it was fright
Then a soft nose nuzzled my arm,
My dog realising my fright is saying," I am here."
Darkness lifted a shade
I smiled, at last, some normality reigned.
Remembered.....where I was and why
Was in a broken down lift,
Pressed the emergency button
No Response.
That was what seemed like days ago
Pitch black and sound proof
No one heard and I couldnt see.
Drifted off to sleep awoke with a jolt,
As the lift door was prised open.
Had been trapped for 24 hours.
Blessed relief to have been rescued.
No more lifts for me for a long time .
Penned 15 September 2017
Contest : In the Dark. ....Russell Sivey
She cried her heart out in the shower this morning
Desperate, anguishing tears
Uncontrollable, convulsing sobs
Anxiety within was strangling her
Clenching and crippling
Incarcerating her into a frozen-like state
All the while
No one heard her cries
No one shared her suffering
No one knew how defeated she felt
How crumpled her courage was
How convoluted her coping skills had become
How much it was consuming her
Porcelain contours cradled her body as she wailed
Powerlessly...
Fearfully...
and...
Alone
July 25, 2021
It stifles me -
the heavy breathing down my neck.
I feel the force of your love
overwhelming in its intensity
and it stifles me.
You think you know me
but you love a memory, and you
mould and cajole until it materialises
into tangible reality,
but it stifles me.
You said I would fly
yet you clip my wings and contain me.
You speak my words and you restrain me.
You rock me this way and that,
and it unsettles me.
You stifle me with good intention.
You say you love me
but forgot to mention
that I would drown in this
adoration, struggling for air
as it stifles me.
This deluge has overcome me
and I am falling from my pedestal,
falling from grace, I must escape,
because it stifles me.
The days blends together. Not sure what
day it is exactly. Walls all around me. The
stale air feels like a cage. Darkness drifts
in and out Taunting me. Laughing. I see
this place as black and blue. colors of
disgrace. Im trapped in a never ending
maze. Death is on my heels. Run, run, my
conscience says. The voices stop. I feel no
more beating... there, a black hole In my
body. My life crumbles into ash as I float
through this life on to the next...
Overwhelming joy when she replied, " I love you too"
Very beautiful woman seen and memorized in
Early 2001, when I was qualified to be an Electrician
Really , She was so sociable, godfearing and
Wise woman who answered all my criteria but
Heaven called her , she was filling my heart,
Elected by my heart gone, I was down in the dumps for
Long period to decide to go on with my life and
Meet other woman who could comfort me
In that forlorn period , oh! yes , I was over the moon as
New adorable face was captured to erase the old one
Glory was of God who gives and takes when He wants.
March 24 /2023
Written for poetry contest sponsored by Constance la France
Theme chosen : OVERWHELMING
....Third place winning in
This poetry contest .....
When life doles out unexpected twists and turns
we become overwhelmed and feel as if our faith has
been spurned,
Relationships fall by the wayside, sometimes through
no fault of our own, people let us down and stresses
keep piling up and we feel as if we could drown,
There are times when bad things happen to good people,
even with care and caution, life throws us a wave of
repulsion unmasking our innocence and illusions,
Those of us who manage to survive the overwhelming
nature of life, find our own delusion in the deception of others
who we hold dear and in high esteem,
The people who have the ability to hurt us deeply,
make it a habit, hurting us continually until we muster
up the nerve to say enough!
The phenomenon, as it manifests itself over the course of a journey.
It turned me into an Orion in the form of rudimentary
When life’s trying to surpass me,
I suffice against suffrage and then I see
I strive for change, living in the Trans Lunar.
My body is here on Earth, but my mind is elsewhere.
Vigorous belief in the morning star
I ducked, crawled, and hid in things and behind.
I was laughed at, hated, and blind.
My heart is broken as a lost child,
but my intuition tells me not to give up.
It turned out to be ironic because
of where I was sitting. and I stand up.
I defy the prophecy of a wiry-breaking tongue.
in chaos for the poor child, Angels sang
I take my deterioration in appreciation.
From slavery, I built, in my own mind, a nation.
My eccentricity should not be dejected.
It's now a useless iron that can't be dedicated.
My time is now. I am in for an overwhelming delight.
The purpose of my life gave me strength for the fight.
Here I stand in front. I am the supernova.
It begins the story of my life. It’s not over
“Wondrously overwhelming is God’s goodness that leads recipient toward wondrous good works.” By the Poet
God’s overwhelming love prevails
Freeing heart from sin-chaining pain
Since blest compassion never fails
Offering life eternal gain.
Christ’s overwhelming saving light
Always glows midst radiant grace
Cheering faith toward service height
To surmount tests along life’s race.
The Spirit’s overwhelming peace
Keeps on refreshing weary soul
Midst serene care that does not cease
For zest that props reaching-out goal.
I’m overwhelmed as I draw nigh*
To my Saviour for triumph’s fly.
*James 4:8 Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you.
March 25, 2023
1st place, "Writing Challenge - 'O' Words" Poetry Writing Contest
Sponsored by Constance La France; judged on 3/26/2023.
I'm overwhelmed..
with each name you named yourself
YOU gave me all what thy hands owned:
iceberg sea, from thy eyes,
wrenching laugh from your lips,
thirstiness, sadness and
all the yesterday' songs.
YOU gave me all what thy hands owned;
I've given you, nothing, but
a shudders mouth,longed to cry.
C-ircumstances were
O-verwhelming
M-y life turned upside down
I-mperilled lives gripped with fear
N-o fancy tale this is ,its my
G-rievous story
B-rutal and horrifying memories
A-mbiguous future without any hope
C-asted out of our homes and land
K-ids and families separated
H-omeless and hungry
O-verthrown from our
M-otherland
E-mbattled , this is my refugee story
Written for : Coming back home poetry contest
Sponsor:John Hamilton
I knew him from my past
He was kind and beautiful,
A silent sigh breathed out
From the feelings, so overwhelming
Larger than life feelings – melting
Away the darkness, sending
Light through the heart and soul
I knew him like I knew hope
With vibrancy that hastened to show
Me the wonderful inside his soul,
The miracle that would lift my eyes
Toward the promise of forever,
The delightful in being together –
Shining devotion into the promises,
The possibilities endless, measured
By understanding that hesitated
To bring the soul into the brightness
A brand new kiss from the sun’s rays,
Embracing the joy that comes from
Knowing the miracle of love that keeps
growing
I knew him like I know joy,
With a feeling alive,
Both lovely and exultant,
Piercing the darkness,
Fulfilling the spirit with a contentment
Arising from the life
Who knows what it is to feel
The overwhelming love,
The way it captures the attention,
Survives every affliction,
Sets out to cure and heal, blessing
Away every doubt, every fear
With the music of faith
That lasts through the years
I knew him from so very long ago.
His kiss, his smile, his love
Forever blessing me with assurance
That we were a part of one another,
Two pieces meant for more…
Two fragments of forever, always
Being wedged together, composing
A promise, a song, a prayer…
A feeling that is always alive, always aware
This overwhelming sense of bliss…
It is forever written in the sentences
Poetry quieting the clouds, raining
Down through the spirit – sensitivity
Comfort, blessings so pure and noble
They show that forever is more beautiful
Than any memory of a past that just didn’t last
I knew him from the past, but together
Forever became the reason we would stay
Enchanted by each moment, each day….
With the overwhelming love that promised
To be with us throughout life…
Caressing our dreams, releasing our memories
To become pieces of the truth that emerged
From two hearts, two loves, two souls
Writing their moments down in history!
Writing Challenge - 'O' Words Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Constance La France
10. overwhelming
March 25, 2023