Disappointment Poems - Poems about Disappointment

zero tolerance for stupidity yet here I am putting up with your shenanigans AP: Honorable Mention 2025...

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we thought we were ready till the unexpected fell upon us such high expectations for fun and adventure plans for get-aways excursions and discoveries the days and weeks go by another summer slips away AP: Honorable Mention 2025...

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You're not doing a stellar job distracting me with idle chatter. Life is not something to be ignored and swept under a mat. I've been living in limbo no matter how you sugarcoat it. Life is short and every beat matters. Every day is another notch in the cog of time fleeting. Life is a race to the finish line, an obstacle course of...

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nothing hurts like silence from a lover's heart while the stars are singing with delight AP: 1st place 2025...

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... NO seems to be the word that pops to mind AP: Honorable Mention 2025...

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there’s something dreary about a terrasse drenched in rain can’t help but take it personally like a missed invitation to an afternoon drink with friends or a cancelled party a dull hush lacks warmth too early or too late no one at the rendez-vous no welcoming sunshine stood up by the host a final rinse the rain lets up the earth on pause before the sun breaks through and sets...

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i lowered my guard and let you in a child-man disappointing me at every turn i'm fuming under my hat half afraid of an explosion one step forward two steps back how easy it is to close my eyes and pretend everything's alright a balancing act when in fact we are at opposite ends of the spectrum have i become someone who settles or are my...

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Curtain Call (is an audience-led call for a performer or performers to return to the stage after a performance, typically in response to applause.) The curtains open. And there I am — on this stage. Out on display. Trying to obtain your love and Grace. Makeup to highlight my face. Girdle to shape my waist. Theater with seats filled. Mommy, Daddy, family, friends, you. Sitting front and center. Still trying to...

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I'm still alive cos living’s my bad habit And like a bird is used to feel the saving sky I’m used to live on autopilot so won’t rub it With multiplying the essential reasons why But disappointment gets too huge to handle Got to bargain myself a little beggar mind To think more highly of the immigration ramble As if...

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I smiled when I saw The figure in front I ran to get close But only hugged smoke...

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promises promises words and good intentions that end up falling flat ...

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Am I that one girl, the one with a seed, that one with potential to make it big? Am I that girl who's good but never great? That one who would've made it had the circumstances changed? Am I that one who worked too hard, only to hear her hard work wasn't enough, that others were simply better? Am I that...

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i don't believe you i want to but i can't you're smoke and mirrors you're on you're off you're on again you're here you're gone you're all attention when i explode your minimum is not enough you don't impress me you fail at every chance your minimum will never be enough put on the spot you make the effort but empty promises is what i get convincing at the...

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you said all the right words had me fall for you now you have me but don't have what it takes to keep me ~ AP: Honorable Mention 2025...

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i waited i didn't say a word ever so patiently i waited i had high expectations and thought you worthy with each new disappointment still i sat and waited i bit my tongue i held my breath and waited yes come what may still i await ...

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