Dark Sad Poems - Poems about Dark Sad

Omni

I'm stalking the ground.
Treading the lines between,
  half human and distorted frequency.
Slowly, I recede. I'm choked off from everything.
  A distant recollection, an obligated memory.
I barely made out. Shadows of insecurity obscure my mind.
  Fruition in a haze of lies. I'll reanimate. I'll tell myself anything.
I'm losing my soul, and it's the

Tears of a Clown

He glances ‘round the crowded room,
Where laughter sparks and joy resumes.
He plays along, a practiced mime—
Lifts his lips, but not in time.

For somewhere deep, his mind has flown,
His soul long gone, he stands alone.
What’s left behind, a hollow frame—
A shadowed man without a name.

And oh,
You cannot feign what isn’t true.
So smiles, like paint, began to

Love so warm but heart too cold

The world was gray, a lonely ,dark space,
Where joy had fled, leaving no joyful trace.
They called me kind, a heart of purest gold,
But kindness, it seemed, had grown strangely cold.
They'd praise my soul, then turn and walk away,
Ignoring me, day after endless day.
I yearned for solace, a hand to hold so tight,
But found only shadows

Overexertion

Perpetual
Intellectual
Mother
Just another
Smother, then cover
“Too weak to recover”
“Be our good maid”
“Just to be betrayed”
“Don’t give her a voice!”
It’s not love if there’s no choice.
To deal with perpetual self-assertion
The old sisterhood of overexertion!

Sarah Baartman
Wu Zetian
Cleopatra
Anne Boleyn
Joan of Arc
Sophie Scholl
Sylvia Plath
Marilyn Monroe
Micaela Bastidas
Yang Guifei

Fate bestowed a bitter gift
A curse more grave than death’s drift
A life where they were

francesca

francesca

i met you too late francesca 
there with your purple dotted dress 
sitting alone in a lilac world 
tears streaming from brokenness 

somehow 
i knew your desires 

and all that you wanted  

that you needed 
to add color to your world 

and you did 

i stood alone 
remembered your smile 
and wondered why you

Desolate

Desolate...
The wind howls through hollow trees,
empty echoes in barren land,
where time forgets to leave its hand.

Desolate...
Footsteps fade on dust-strewn ground,
no voices call, no whispers sound,
only silence, vast and unbound.

Desolate...
The sky weeps with ashen tears,
stars extinguished, lost to night,
a world consumed, devoid of light.

Desolate...
Shadows stretch where none remain,
forgotten names on crumbled stone,
and you walk this path

winter fragments

it is cold: i am old

cruel ruminations
paralyzing winds
sharp icicles
lifeless season
forgotten dreams 
life…death / light…dark
*->*->*->*->*->*->*->
random cruelty
windy paralysis
icy roads
seasons without life
dreams forgotten 
death…life \ dark…light

it is old: i am cold

Harsh Cold Winter

It’s a harsh cold winter
You’re gone and I’m so bitter
I sat front-row seat
As I watched our love wither

Heart gouged by the splinters
You’ve silenced your ringer
And my feelings for you
Oh, they still linger…

It’s a harsh cold winter
Choked sobs and silent whimpers
Sparks of love burned out
Leaving ashes and cinder

Sleepless nights
Bottles of whiskey 
Skipped meals 
My love, do

The Fallen And Forgotten

The Fallen and Forgotten/
Used to be infamous/
Soldiers of the streets/
No matter how you going out with a bang/
You will be forgotten/
Your name to be added/
To the list of the fallen/
There's no going back/
Everyone gave you respect/
On the streets/
If not, a dose of reality will check you/
It's fine to be wanted/
And a big shot/
But, I will

Regret

Looking back, I see a trail of regrets,
A path littered with mistakes I can't forget.
If only I could turn back the hands of time,
Would my life today be more sublime?

Oh, the bad decisions I've made along the way,
Leaving me wondering what could have been today.
I should have known better, I can't help but sigh,
But dwelling

Cold

It's been a long time since a smile graced this face, the voices say, 'The pain will go away.'

Wearing a mask to cover the decay, the voices say, 'Embrace the pain.'

Been strong for so long to see what remains, the voices say, 'The pain always stays.'

The sun is setting, and it's growing cold outside, the

anything goes

anything goes
when
you're
going

no
where

no
w
h
e
r
e

(a?n?y?t?h?i?n?g?g?o?e?s?)

waiting for something

gray sky swallows
  a surly surface

gritty sky smothers
  a solitary sleepwalker

i sit
i sit & wait
       & wait 
               & wait 
            

My Love awaits a heart

My Love awaits a heart—
To hold
As Souls are meant in pairs— 
Mere death’s lone wink 
This way finds 
My Embrace—as it fares—


Still Hate does flow within—
These walls
I fight off as it sears—
The breath of Love abides—
It calls 
Though falling on deaf ears—


*I wrote this poem on January 4, 2024, as part of a ’30 days

War of the Soul

Pride jumped into a frightening battle,
Too selfish, this war was never settled,
Almost so dark, felt like stars would rattle.
Inside, pride’s heart and spirit were mettled.

Pride rejected kindness and charity,
She listened to the dark world of conceit,
While I avoided her sincerity,
Knowing her dark vengeance was bittersweet.

Refusing to heed soul’s humility,
Pride, she’d surely bleed the murkiest grief,
Battling

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