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Poems About Death | Poems on the Loss of loved Ones

My Mother Died
my mother died, i was to die with her. that was the pact, you see, my dad & i made together. while my mother died, i never left her side; over & over calling her name , hoping to send a spark to the flame. but still my mother died. now i'm naught but a shell; because the day my mother died i cursed my soul...

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Categories: death, emotions, mom, parents,
Form: Rhyme
The longing of an eternal: Inspired from The Sandman by Neil Gaimon
As the dream king is sat at his throne... What am I to do whilst I am away? What then would befall my kingdom? There is still so much to do but yet, I am administered so little time. I am here now but what should take priority? This throne alike every footstep of mine bears...

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Categories: allegory, death, desire, destiny,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member The Electrician Without A License
There’s an Energy tag on my big toe “Zapped to death:” it says I’m a “John Doe” A lightening bolt Sent my soul a jolt Into the next dimension Permanently disabled and Unable to be grounded, you see Living life on the edge can be fatal I don’t even know who I am I...

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Categories: death, engagement,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Dweller of our heart
"The essence in us is the same as the essence of the sun” Dweller of our heart A sun went out, a silent, sudden night, and left a shadow where once there was light, For in our chests, a solar flame still burns, A borrowed heat that twists and gently turns. The essence in us is the same as the essence...

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Categories: death, death of a
Form: Elegy
Premium Member Withering Heights
O breast, broke and bruised, hide your hollows Tho tears will fall, the night will call, Calling, calling from the shadows Beam beckons, bent orb, O twisted smile Ego chipped, firmly gripped, gripped denial, Falling, falling far amongst the shadows Woe, withered, worn, wind whispers Tragically, torn, torn and twisted, Wallowing, wallowing in the shadows White light, a new day born, still, I'm...

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Categories: death,
Form: Rhyme



The Last Five Senses '1
By~Krish I opened my eyes and the air was a still lake that would no longer ripple for me. My breath was a whisper, a moth beating tired wings against the glass of existence. They stood beside me, their tears pooling like rain in the fragile valleys beneath their eyes, and I knew, by the tremor in their silence, that I was already leaning across the border...

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Categories: death, destiny, emotions, feelings,
Form: Rhyme
Watch Me Fall
I took another pill today To take the blinding pain away I drifted into loneliness The only friend I'll never miss I walked the line so I could see A spec dust to set me free Sadistic how I'm suferring This night between us, buffering I took a tab at half past two Can't you see I'm using you? I'm drifting into waves of bliss They...

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Categories: addiction, death, depression, dream,
Form: Rhyme
I would let him die
I would see him die, rather than saving him. I don't know what his life could be after he dies, or if he would be saved. If someone dies, that person is remembered, would be praised for his good deeds, or criticized for words he never meant in that way. But I will have the thought that he...

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Categories: angst, conflict, confusion, death,
Form: Free verse
Milady’s Love
Milady, you were always loved For twenty-five years, the people honoured you They believed you were one of them Not either royalty or nobility Just the same as they were But you had someone loving you who you did not know No one knows anything about it Just that it arrived on the day you were buried Milady, it must have...

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Categories: dark, death, lost love,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Ashes
Sitting in life’s departure lounge ...

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Categories: death,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Guns
bang the gun it was fired by accident it doesn’t matter the poor rabbit is dead people need to be careful if you are going to own a gun the first thing to learn is safe usage ...

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Categories: animal, death, life, loss,
Form: Nonet
Death is Beautiful
Death is beautiful if comes after All the pains,all the downfalls , It's beautiful when holds laughter Of death embracery,conquest on false. It's very beautiful if it melts The heart made of stone, When body embraces peace, lets Go to soul, life never remain in bone. When human n't remain dangerous, When he becomes most calm thing, The selfishness, when only ridiculous, The...

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Categories: beautiful, cry, death,
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member Roses are Red, Violets are Blue
When roses are red and violets are blue, each is a lovely, sentimental hue. But the color of blood is also red, and now my love, as you're gone and dead, the color of velvet is tinged dark-blue, and I still cry through my tears for you....

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Categories: blue, dark, death, roses
Form: Rhyme
Where the wildflowers grow
When i die, Lay me by Where the wildflowers grow Then as I lay, You can pray For my presence to ‘round you flow And as winter calls, And the ice falls And makes my grassy mound rise with snow Let spring bloom, Flowers on my tomb Grow in the sun’s heat and the wind’s gentle blow As summer rises, Bringing heat to new sizes And away my spirit...

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Categories: death, nature, peace, remember,
Form: Elegy
HANDS OF TIME
As I close the last window and draw the blinds shut; The mountains once viewed and cool crisp air no longer a must. As I dim the lights and close my eyes to rest ...

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Categories: cancer, death, emotions, eulogy,
Form: Rhyme

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