Poems About Death | Poems on the Loss of loved Ones

The Woman lost to Marius

Foundation.

An elegy and meditative reflection on the disturbing emotions created by loss. 

Some suffer with in silence.

Rather than romanticizing the line — time will heal, it reflects the raw and unflinching pain.

Emphasizing the speaker’s agony while criticizing the simplistic assurances often offered.

A piece created to embody and stand as a witness to those whose inner

Entrails

Apple pie and fudge galore. 
On Halloween I opened the door. 
Just someone in a ghost costume. 
And a witch with a broom.

Cars outside are covered in rust. 
I always leave out the best pie crust. 
For him to eat. 
He needs a treat. 

He needs a treat better than sugar and flour. 
So I

a protagonist

Shut the door to the purple and bruised
in the dark like an old dog and a bone
refuses the water too and a stew.
cooked to be so deliciously....
but her old bones are given
and stubborn of weakness,
I just need you to drink
and to eat something...

There's another of black of visions
I can hear the ravens and the pigeons,
after

Fading memories

Memories are like the delicate smoke in air,
Some are fresh and vivid, while some are fading slowly,

The intoxicating fragrance that is still alive,
While writing these twelve minutes have died,

Just yesterday white bloom was glowing under the twilight,
But now only one petal has been left behind,

Inhaling the smoke as they once were my sweetest memories,
But now

THE HARDEST WAVE GOODBYE

THE HARDEST GOODBYE
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
hospital room filled with a sterile hush,
beeping machines murmuring
with their relentless lullabies.

there you lay, my anchor, my compass,
wrapped in sheets that felt too white,
too clean for the storms we had weathered.

your eyes, deep wells of wisdom,
speak volumes, yet silence reigns,
for you cannot speak. 

I hold your hands, a map of your life
every callus

An atheist on his deathbed

An atheist living soul was floating above on  deathbed,
because if he touched it, he would leave this world.

He let the pain out and screamed through his dying soul.

A guy who was once drenched in every bit of gold
comes to him and says:
“I want to make a compromise with your soul and body—
I will save

OUR PUZZLE

Friends of ours have died this year…
and though we’ve had friends who’ve died before…
as each year we grow a little older…it seems to happen more.

We’re sad when the life of someone we love comes to an end
sad they will no longer be with us…sad we’ve lost a friend…

Because we know while we put the pieces

Beneath Up

A broken Branch beneath, laid in lies then repeats.
Skipped on lakes of tears deepened by defeat.

A broken Branch beneath, connection and silence,
between resigned or violence,
between being conscious... or dying.

Footprint stalking all this way, following.

Enough water to drown, 
enough water to cover-up,
enough water if all alone in the middle with you in it.

Stare until no bubbles,

agony

a shriek,
	a high-pitched scream echoed against the walls,
lightning flashed,
	thunder rumbled deep and hard into my chest.
 pain,
	tightness,
		ache,
			sorrow.
it cannot be real, this is not happening, I cannot believe it.
to never again see,
talk,
hug,
love on,
		joke,
dance.
our son was –
our only boy was – 
our eldest child was – 
our headache was – 
our heart was – 
our angel is

puzzle

over a thousand pieces 
to complete my puzzle
a picture of me, my heart
piecing it together my whole life
fitting in a new piece
filling in the frame
never quite complete
       pieces break off 
       pieces fall away 
leaving holes where others should be
   

I heard a song

I thought of you today when I heard a song – 
A pop star using “ima” like you used to do.
The memories flooding my mind were strong,

Despite it all I put on a smile and sang along.
Reminders of correcting your English for you.
I thought of you today when I heard a song.

A rap star’s lyrics

Those Who Mourn

There is an ache deep in my core.
I don't think I can go on anymore.
It stops my lungs, my breath it severs 
I try in vain to hold it together

with weary arms wrapped around my middle,
I rock myself, like when I was little

The Great physician can heal 
His power, these miracles are real
Broken hearts or

Ten Years Of Tears-TSF

Ten years
Of joy
You gave,
Before
Death’s bell
Was struck
So fast.

Ten years
Since then,
Your love
Still blooms,
Yet I
Remain
Downcast.

Daddy,
I miss
Your laugh,
Your love,
And all
The care
You showed.

If tears
Could wake
The dead,
My God
Would grant
Prayers
I sowed.

I tried to cut my toenails, but I couldn't bend

I tried to cut my toenails, but I couldn't bend.
It gets harder and harder the nearer the end.
And there's just no hope for a remedy.
Your body's becomes the enemy ~
and death a yearned for friend.

black sunset

Sunrise or Sunset Haiku with a Color Poetry Contest
Tania Kitchin

smoke scorches her skies
flames engulfed her soul and life
the maui wildfire

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