Disappointed Poems - Poems about Disappointed

I always kept my dreams buried deep within, Making sure hope was meticulously protected by skin But you chiseled your way in and showed me what could have been So now all i'm left with, is having to take it on the chin I was okay, you know? With my incandescent glow. Before you convinced me that no, That is not...

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He was a born teacher From birth destined to be You'd know by his phene. In capitalist-run schools He's taught for many years Earning pennies for labour. Three years a beneficiary On stipend of N-power teach The Program axed by corruption. Then long a community teacher He's rendering public service For little pay out of community levy. He's adept; he got more papers Hoping for full...

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In this life of mine/ I always end up alone/ No matter what I do/ The outcome is the same/ Each day I strive to belong/ To fill the hole within me/ The feeling of something/ Other than alone/ Fast friends come and go/ Building a quick connection/ That was snatched away/ A whisper in my ear/ That this May be the day/ That I won't wake up...

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I asked you for a date and you accepted. The car I used was my Dad’s – a Cadillac – with lots of begging. I paid your meal, you cleaned the plate. I bought the drinks you downed them all. The moonlight walk I had hoped to take I had to cancel: you couldn’t walk much less talk. I dropped you off expecting at the least a token for my generosity...

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wilting in the setting sun dissolving deflating undernourished underfed neglected rejected unknown a mystery if any degree of pampering can bring me back to life Posted on October 13, 2024...

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i got a gift for you I hope you just love it I wrap it up in the finest paper the only way to truly show my love I admit I cant wait to give you the object this polished piece I want you to own and if I give it to you this significance...

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If I end myself Some, instead of missing me Turn disappointed...

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They bleed their disappointment in me, I see it in their eyes I will not bathe in arrogance, mistakes were made and they were my fault But I have to say "Oh well" to move on. You can't win the hearts of all...

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Funny how they're all disappointed When you willingly written a novel so predictable But still upset when you yourself are unpredictable, We all treat the ones we love like they're so fictional....

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A VISIT TO THE MORTUARY Makinde Adebayo Adeniyi Sleeping on the slab Surrounded by kith and kin In a conference of blab No thought of sin All opinions in the bin Naked like a newborn Helpless like a lost chick No thought about the morrow Dreams and aspirations long forgotten Intoxicated by silence None to see her fears The future wrapped in loneliness Like...

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Happiness is left to be defined by your ownself As you know yourself better than anyone else As you're special and unique Moreover one man's meat may be another man's poison But don't ask for too much So that you won't always be disappointed As the world is to be shared by all It needs effort and patience to...

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Tastes the same this hole-less "Happy Belly" package of ten But how can it be called "Swiss"?! Never buying this un-holy cheese again!...

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the more you talk the more i think of what you're avoiding to discuss posted on June 6, 2023...

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Falsehood and lies do no one any benefit Every lie is a mask ...

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Haley Mills played Pollyanna We kids thought she was American We claimed her as one of our own. When she got older she began using her British accent. And we could neither understand her or love her half as much, so disappointed were we. Anyway, I was. I do not even speak British English....

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