Best Pain Poems
Below are the all-time best Pain poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of pain poems written by PoetrySoup members
Her Masterpiece Is Her StoryHer paintbrush is a razor,
Her canvas, her wrists,
"I deserve the pain."
She shrugs and insists.
One day the brush will push down,
And it will cut so deep,
That...
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Categories:
pain, abuse, addiction, anger, body,
Form:
Rhyme
Letting Go"Letting Go!"
Behind that garden rail;
Where worms, squirm and roam,
They dig into every worst part of my day.
I feel them crawling, making my hide their home.
They...
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Categories:
pain, depression, emotions, hate, immigration,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
Amberina Ballerina
A born lioness
my untamed heart.. ha!
wild this pulsing token ruled by unruly wants
at times given, traded or stolen - sometimes
thrown down on a dare...
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Categories:
pain, destiny, emotions, inspiration, introspection,
Form:
Free verse
I DANCE
Voice: Jason Williams
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I danced!
Whirling air around me, particles of sundust
in tornadoes and hurricanes following me in awe
I danced.
Each night I wake and feel...
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Categories:
abuse, dance, music, pain,
Form:
Prose Poetry
The Angel InsideCoral life forms in copious swarms
feast in the Cambrian chyme,
dividing their cells and forming their shells
to end on the seafloor as lime.
Tectonic churning and magma...
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Categories:
pain, allegory, angel, art, beautiful,
Form:
Rhyme
Shadow of DeathMy shadow flirts with the sun
As I caress the darkness
We are one and separate
As my shadow smiles
Anxiety suffocates me
The shadow will soon fade
I shall die
One...
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Categories:
angst, destiny, introspection, pain,
Form:
Free verse
DaddyDaddy
Daddy, why did you go away?
Don't you know I wanted you to stay!
Daddy, when you left mom,
Don't you know you left me too?
Now all I...
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Categories:
pain, blue, dad, depression, father
Form:
Free verse
AM IAM I ?
Am I Just Standing Here, or Am I Just Dead?
Am I So Full Of Fear, I Lost Myself Instead?
Am I A Nobody,...
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Categories:
pain, confusion, emo, emotions, fear,
Form:
Verse
Eccentric EyesOpen eyed, long tearless, foul silvered orbs
have you no pity? The aqua tide rides dry.
Blind staring scorches, accusing twin barbs
who burrow inward, a destiny to...
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Categories:
pain,
Form:
Sonnet
bloody wristsI'm sitting on the floor
I'm crying so much more
trying to erase this pain
trying to forget your face
sitting here with the blade in my hand
running so...
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Categories:
pain, abuse, boyfriend, bullying, depression,
Form:
I do not know?
An Empty Tissue BoxWhen pain hits hard, you might feel like your soul
is bleeding out, but there’s no blood to see.
Your body is the part that takes the...
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Categories:
body, grief, pain,
Form:
Sonnet
Why I Walk
I walk and walk, without talking to anyone,
I walk here and there, to avoid their stares,
their scowls, their “poor lady” pity -
Do they know...
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Categories:
abuse, fear, humanity, pain,
Form:
Free verse
Nightmares and Razor BladesI stare at my ceiling,
I start to wonder, why am I not healing?
Then it dawns on me,
The nightmare clip starts to roll.
I shake and shiver...
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Categories:
pain, addiction, anger, conflict, dark,
Form:
Free verse
Hope, A Little RemainedHope, A Little Remained
She walked the creaking floors of the rat-infested room,
trying to remember what tragedy had sent her to this shabby place.
Her heart felt...
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Categories:
pain, anxiety, dark, emotions, fate,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Silent echoes of her tongueIt's always those who reside in our hearts,
whose words, like lightning,
electrocute our soul,
and in each pain there is a lesson.
Her life was like a room...
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Categories:
death, loss, pain,
Form:
Free verse
I The Mirror - With A Major Contribution By Joseph May - Dramatic Free Verse
an impression of the world
stands before me
Left is right, and right is wrong,
and the mirror reflects a melancholy song.
i the mirror
not
the babbling brook,
or
the...
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Categories:
pain, conflict, dark, depression, grief,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
You Hit When I was LowYou hit when I was low
The pain you caused, you know
Threw dust on glitter glow
Made weeds of sorrow grow
Cued pent-up tears to flow
You hit when...
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Categories:
pain,
Form:
Rhyme
Dark StormInto the darkness
No fear to be found
Echoing silence
Noiseless sound
A new beginning
That feels like the end
Blown away
But there is no wind
A storm is brewing
Yet the sky...
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Categories:
pain, break up, change, moving
Form:
Lyric
Love Was Sent, Treasure That Healed Two Crushed Hearts - A collaboration with Robert Lindley
Life shattered, soul crushed, another one has perished
once gone from this world was all she ever cherished
No amazing and joyful tales to tell the...
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Categories:
beauty, fate, hope, pain,
Form:
Rhyme
Will to SurviveTribulations of testing times,
when a result of human crimes,
bring only melancholic rhymes.
You just desire to be understood,
when overwhelmed tears begin to flood.
Where there is not...
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Categories:
abuse, pain, strength,
Form:
Rhyme
Splash of BlackJesus Savior...Pilot Me from walkinginsunlight.com
Across the blackest waters
ripples of pain,
swell into an anguish splashing
against the blackest shore,
and in the rustling of brittle...
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Categories:
boat, faith, metaphor, pain,
Form:
Free verse
Theft Of My Will To Survive
Blindly
I beseech you
for my eyes won’t adjust
to this shaded maze of despair
neither the lantern’s flame
nor a compass rose can help me now
in disrepair...
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Categories:
pain, dark, depression, grief, loss,
Form:
Free verse
Cruel WordsWords can be cruel,
when they are fueled by hate.
They become a vicious tool.
I sadly found out too late.
I did not want to believe.
What he had...
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Categories:
anger, pain, trust, words,
Form:
Rhyme
Mirror, Lie to MeI stare at my mirror
So shocked by what I see
There is a strange woman
Staring right back at me
I must’ve been abducted
This must be a crazy...
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Categories:
me, pain, satire, time,
Form:
Quatrain
I Need Your Help DaddyI’m tired
I’m Physically and Emotionally tired
I don’t want to be the strong one anymore
I can’t this time
I don’t know what to do Daddy
I need your...
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Categories:
pain, absence, angst, cry, dad,
Form:
Elegy