Best Unsaid Poems


Premium Member Words Left Unsaid

Words left unsaid as teardrops fell
 The price of love, their hearts would tell
 And so they parted, love took flight
 And left their hearts to lonely nights
 Each unable to break loves spell

  Distant sound of the old church bell
 Rang through seasons they knew so well
 Winter to spring, summer shone bright
 Words left unsaid

 Each had a broken heart to sell
 As fire within they tried to quell
 Memories fade in Luna's light
 Stars wished upon twinkle in sight
 Love's distant star, flickers farewell
 Words left unsaid
                 --
9/22/17
 Contest Name: Form U- U pick 'em
 Sponsor; Broken Wings
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Listen To the Unsaid

"Because I Love You."
 

     Because I love you
      together, we could
       sleep on our bed head to head,
          listen to the unsaid 
            light the flame without a name.
                                                    
Because I love you
together, we could 
   pretend its real
     listen to the unsaid 
        blow the snow & steal the wind.
                   
Because I love you
together, we could
   dream and scream 
      listen to the unsaid
         when resting in our nest.
                  
Because I love you
together, we could 
    watch the tide 
       listen to the unsaid
         while sitting side by side.
                  
Because I love you
together, we could
     be from the very few
           listen to the unsaid
                  as we only knew.
                        
Because I love you
together, we could
    hold hands just stand,
         listen to the unsaid
             then dance to the band.
                     
                                          I Will Always Love You
                                                     Together. 
                                                              . 2/6/2013
                                                             By. Therese Bacha

Premium Member Unsaid Thoughts

Lord, lay me down gently in the cold cold ground.
Put me where I once trod freely, a spirit unbound,
akin to the bird and the water fowl.

Let the spring breeze announce another soul heaven bound,
while the gift my mother gave, lies molding in the cold cold ground.

Let my kin cry a while and a while
then wipe their tears with a smile.

Let them contemplate love and family and what it is they have never found.
Let them look, oh Lord, look--before they too find a place in the cold, cold ground.

What lies behind is what once was ahead, a figment of the human mind.

Let me ride the road to glory, let me peel the larder's rind.
Let me sit beside my loved ones, eternally sublime.
Let me not regret my being, nor that I had to leave.
Let me go, let me go friend, I know what I believe.

And I believe, oh, I do believe, He I talk to is real.
For in his own way, he makes me feel what I feel.

All that I do and say, and love, 
All that I am and am part of:
For my love of Him, will they also find- -
peace, joy, happiness, and forgiveness. 

It is so because He told me it is so, bound
by His promise, I carry  with me into the cold, cold ground.

And when she lies beside me, only then will, I be complete.

Two spirits merged, amo amas amat--yes I love, 
I have loved and I shall love.  
I am loved, I shall be loved, I will have been loved.

The great mystery: I am one, she is one and we are one,
something which will not change though the ground be cold,
though the winds blow, the tide rises and the sun falls from the heavens.

As surely as, I have lived and I have died.
As surely as, I have laughed, worried and cried,
putting all other good and wonderful things aside,
I will lay in the cold, cold ground with my bride.

While for now, in this earthly form we linger, awaiting the final surrender
to the great “I am”, the Prince of Heaven glorified.
Amen, Amen and Amen

April 2012 Charles Henderson/Thanks for the help Debra Guzzi--
the layout looks great.


Premium Member left unsaid

Knew it in moment this Wednesday
though she left last Monday
life turned, never to be the same
now my heart knows how it feels
to cherish now, what was then.      

Her days carried me on a breeze
like a book that was never meant to be read
only felt in rippled waves
oh, to turn through those pages again.

Our young song' thrilling plan   
traces left a forever mark on a boy
where only envy's left to the man.

Lesson one, don't be a jerk like me 
fill the pages with everything your heart
has to give..
never regret the things you wished you'd done
and all those wonderful words of love 
you left unsaid.

Words Left Unsaid

The tears in your eyes say you are leaving
The deserts around us sigh as we part
Words left unsaid won't stop me from grieving
And searching for answers for this poor heart 

I will remember the light of your smile
And the tenderness of holding you tight
The soft words spoken in such a short while
As we laughed and loved beneath the moonlight

Does the moon still shine and the coyotes cry
In the magical place we knew so well
Are there still embers that say we should try
Or should we just let our memories tell

I can always recall how the stars shined -
Should I remember or leave them behind ?

2/26/2017

Premium Member My Thoughts Unsaid

I left so many thoughts unsaid
as she lay silent on her bed,
that unexpected day she died;
a diagnosis that had lied.

She had some time to look ahead;
I left so many thoughts unsaid.
They did not see her end was near;
that she would go, we did not fear.

Tho, sick she was, and end would come,
we sensed much later she'd succumb.
I left so many thoughts unsaid,
and now my tears of grief are shed.

Must not hold back on thoughts to share
with those we love, must always bare
our hearts before death's fickle dread.
I left so many thoughts unsaid.


Sandra M. Haight

~3rd Place~
Contest: Form U - U Pick The Form
Sponsor: Broken Wings
Judged: 09/23/2017

A tribute to my dear sister-in-law's
recent death.


Premium Member The things left unsaid

You didn't say goodbye when you walked out the door.

You didn't say you didn't love me anymore.

You didn't tell me what was going through your head.

I guess you thought it was better to leave some things unsaid.

You didn't say there was someone else on your mind.

You didn't say that I was just a waste of time.

You didn't tell me before you decided to go,
that there were some things you didn't want me to know.

So, I won't tell you that all I do is cry.

I won't tell you I miss you more as each day passes by.

I won't tell you that I wish I were the one instead, 
to hold you close and whisper softly all those things left unsaid.
© TL Stevens  Create an image from this poem.

If I Don'T Tell You Now

If I fail to tell you now
as I always do;
Death might be walking my lane and I still keep these words unsaid.
You're the beauty of my life
And your presence brings light.
I owe everything to your merciful heart,
I wish to tell you how I feel bout you
But some words are better unsaid;
Waiting for the day I say (I do)
All the promises,all the things you did for me;
If I don't say thank you
I'll be reliving my childhood selfishness.
I love the beauty I find in your warm beautiful brown eyes,
It makes my heart complete and I want to admit;
Every time you look at me
I feel unheavy yet uneasy.
To me,you're the Eastern Star
With a big glow,bringing life to the lifeless morning;
With only birds that appreciates the gift of life and mankind that curse yet another day of school,work...
And endless hustle.
You're my forever friend
I've loved you that I hate to admit it
But I'm happy I'm writing this piece just to express words unsaid
And show how I appreciate your presence.

Premium Member The Reliquary of The Unsaid - DHR

Written: May 22, 2026, for a contest sponsored by Daniel Henry Rodgers 
3rd place contest winner

                           *******************************

They found it in a cellar no one remembered building—
a small box of tarnished brass, hinges soft as old breath,  
a warm lid that felt like it had been pondering for a long time.

Scholars termed it a mnemonic engine, 
while clerics labeled it a sin-counter.
Children claimed it housed a star that forgot how to shine.
 
The lady who inherited it—
The one with the quivering hand and the always-paused voice—knew better.

She had seen the way the box listened.

When she approached, the air thickened, 
as if the room were holding its breath to avoid spoiling a pledge.
 
The box never opened for her or anyone else. 
It often shifts its weight on the table at night like a dreamer rolling over.

She kept it despite demurs that it buzzed, projected shades in locations, 
no lantern may explain, and knew things no object should recall.

When she tried to leave it behind, 
the silence in her chest grew heavier, as if the box were 
only keeping her unspoken life from collapsing. 

She swore she heard it whisper, never words, some nights. 
A quiet, rhythmic counting sound.

Counting her unspoken regrets, options, and lost selves. 
Maybe the sum of times she walked back from a truth.

The reliquary kept its secret. 
It waited, watched, and held what she couldn't say. 

After she died, they found the box beside her, 
still closed, warm, and listening. 
No one dared touch it, but someone claimed they heard it exhale—
a long, relaxed breath, as if it had stopped counting???
© Sotto Poet  Create an image from this poem.

Premium Member MUSEUM OF UNSAID THINGS

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Inside silent museum halls 
behind glass they rest.
Fogged by our own breath, they reside--
the things we never said.  

The curator preserves the almost-was,  
each artifact dusted with the breath  
of words we swallowed whole.  

Exhibit A: The unsigned love letter,  
its ink dissolved to ghostly stains~  
the envelope still warm, the words still fresh.  

Exhibit B: A child’s unfinished question,  
lodged like a fossil in his throat.  
Beside it, the father’s reply~  
a shadow stretched too late across the floor.  

Exhibit C A woman’s rage, polished  
to a fine, decorative sheen.  
The plaque reads Patience,  
though the cracks suggest otherwise.  

Exhibit D: The Mirror  
Visitors pause, then quickly walk past.  
It reflects nothing but the weight  
of all the words swallowed whole.  

Last, the centerpiece—a hollow bell,  
cast from every I’m fine that ever rang  
true enough to draw blood.  

We pay our fees, we nod, we leave,  
carrying relics we’ll never display.  
The museum grows, and no one retrieves  
what they came there to say.

Things Unsaid

Regret
Bittersweet tears
Gently fall unremarked
An outpouring of emotion
Unheard

Something Unsaid

Roses are red.
My heart went blue.
All that should have been said
should have all be true.

Unsaid

Dont know what to write ,yet sat down too.
sometimes its hard to pen the thoughts,

they are so deep in heart and mind
 which wanna stay there and feel safe unsaid.

heart and mind are so different being in one
always contradictory.

then how can i expect you to understand me.
I feel betrayed and worse for what you did.

 just few words changed my entire world.
glad that you showed yourself though
after my ruin.

the lessons are heavy on heart n mind.
words have to power to make or shake.

I am so lost and confused to know
whether this  is poetry or not.

just a scribbling of unexplained emotions.
would be so nice,just someone reads
my mind and heart,just to see what
I am into.

 dont take me for granted ,dare not
and not be judgmental.

coin has two sides and I have a heart to feel.
 all the pain goes away with a smile,
              holidaying in the
golden memories of the past ,
holding back the flow of tears too.

Better Left Unsaid

As you drive on off
I think we know I'll miss you.
Better left unsaid.

Premium Member Twas Left Unsaid

Night after lonely night, as I lay all alone in our bed
my eyes fill with tears as I recall the words I left unsaid

I know I often told you how much you meant to me
but I never thought I'd ever say, "Please, let me be." 

You were not my first love, and I know I wasn't yours
By chance we met, since we lived on opposite shores

What hand did fate deal to us on the night we were wed
Our hearts were full of love, there was nothing left unsaid

We lived in a euphoric world of happiness and bliss
I fell more deeply in love with you with each tender kiss

Our moonlight walks, holding hands are distant memories
I wish we'd  tried to talk it out, when I have sad reveries

Those moments from the past are pains I sorely dread
I often wonder if you ever think of things you left unsaid

Time has passed, but my heart still misses what we had
When I first left you, I was as lost and restless as a nomad

You called a few times, but we never said the right words
only chatted about trivial things, stammering like silly birds

It's too late to mend our love. We can't use needle and thread
What would we say to each other that hasn't already been said?

:................................:
9/21/2017
U Pick the Form
#4 "unsaid"
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© Lin Lane  Create an image from this poem.

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