Fade Away Poems | Examples

Fade Away Fairytale

What mistakes,
on broken rafts
in the river
shredding
of wooden boards,
couldn't
be
less than
a drowning
vessel...
I hate the
introspection.
I never
dare to see
as cards fold,
and a fantasy,
takes me
into raw-ness.
Of one such here
of love and
princesses,
hold her dear.
The night terrors
green goblins
and dusk is near.....
The warm bake,
of your skin
and as the sun's
so tender.

until I fade away

I don't live I just survive
on the edge of death and being alive

No sound do I make as its buried deep down inside
The happy face I have for the pain I hide

So alone in my own world is where I must stay

Until I am gone and the memories of me eventually
fade away.

Every day I fade away little by little, like a star lost in the vastness of the sky

Every day I fade away little by little, like a star lost in the vastness of the sky,
Silence becomes my refuge, letting calls vanish into the echoes of time,
I trace winding paths, avoiding encounters like a butterfly hiding from the wind,
And as my steps turn to shadows, I distance myself from familiar lights.
By the time they notice I've dispersed, I'll already be a dream unraveling at dawn,
A forgotten laughter, an ancient melody, a smile hidden in the corners of memories,
Their questions will float like fallen leaves: what was my laughter like? was the smile real?
Or was I just a reflection on the surface of a calm lake, a thought that vanished?
My soul dances on the edge of time, like a grain of sand in the hourglass of eternity,
I wonder if I've left deep marks or was just a breeze passing through their lives,
Who am I in the hearts of those who seek me now, an echo or a guiding beacon?
I retreat into my silent universe, a story written on the night sky, with undying stars.

Fade Away

Before I fade from existence,
Here is why I never resisted.

They Fade Away

They fade away
Cold poems
Yellowed pages
Unread

Old warriors
Cold souls
Unsheathed
Blades dulled

Forgotten
Words
Buried
In tomes

Don't Fade Away

Don't fade away like the stars do, each morning 
leaving behind the winds of your stay 
Don't leave this earth like a shooting comet, son  
dispersing my grief over oceans of tears 
Don't fade away by dawn's purple blush 
leaving agape this hole in my heart 
Don't leave just yet ....
Knock on my window, before you finally go 


Written in memory of Vito Fundaro 
who died suddenly in a work accident this week in Mtl.

shooting stars

a bright winter night 
    shooting stars faded away
         ~dressed in their splendor~

Fade Away

When was the last time i felt completely free,
who is this person staring back at me?
This is not happiness,
this is delusion,
I've dug a grave I'm sitting in,
you've made my life an illusion.
I feel alone,
but that's a lie,
I push people away,
I start to cry.
My will to live is slowly fading,
and everyone is always hating.
I think about you when I'm sad,
the thought of you,
it makes me mad,
you've taken my heart, gone with the day,
I'll watch until I fade away.

They Just Fade Away

The beach has slowly eroded
Waves breaking further away
Creeping closer

The sand’s remaining grains
Tease my fragile fingers
Taunting the distance

Time’s tide rolls slowly
Chasing a sand crab
Looking for me

Swirling around my feet
It whispers “come”
“They wait for you”

I drift helplessly
Joyously
Into its abyss


John G. Lawless
©3/17/2023

Fade Away

Memories and impressions we think faded away
Suddenly strikes back as film-reel like sweeping flood
I sit dejected, tired at some aloof corner of the city
It feels as if all passers-by staring at me with ***** anxiety
Our persona is mirror image of how we think and act
Wrinkles on face carved by reflection of greed and passion
No external power can shape you towards pure perfection
Except your own moulding and self-analytical introspection
Emotions build an unseen tunnel between heart and brain
Only heaven knows how it flows out as poetry or lyrics
A new born appears in the world with loud weeping thunder
But alas, life leaves the worldly resort without a whisper

Will My Talent Fade Away

Thoughts refill my mind again, 
To were I'm starting to feel doubts, 
Doubts if I'm going to make it, 
Or am I going to be left without, 
I know I have so much talent, 
But I just let it all get replaced, 
If only I put it to good use, 
And stop letting it go to waste, 
All these poems that I write, 
They just faded away each day, 
Cause I'm afraid to show the world, 
Afraid they won't like what I say, 
How do I gain the confidence and, 
Stop living in my childhood fear, 
Thinking no one will ever like me, 
How do I get myself in gear, 
Someone tell me what I can do,
I don't want to lose my current fight,
Which road leads me to that place,
So I can show the world my talents light!

Jesus the Crown of Glory He Shall Not Fade Away-

One Friday on that day
They crucified Him
They crucified Him
They crucified Him
My Lord, my Savior died for me, for me
Though His flesh cried
Though His flesh died
No, No, No, He didn’t just fade away
Cause a when the chief shepherd
He shall, shall appear, ye shall you shall receive, receive
A crown of glory, glory, glory (glory, glory, glory)
Hallelujah
The crown of glory shall not fade, fadeth away
Jesus is gone yet He’s here, you thought you killed Him
The crowns of glory shall not fade, fadeth away
Jesus the crown of glory
Shall not fade away

1 Peter 5:4
6/6/22
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr. 2022©

A Ghost In Life Can Only Fade Away

It’s so hopeless. 
I try so hard to be strong, because I know the people around me need somebody to be.
But how much stronger can I be when I carry the weight of the world on my shoulders. 
Peace is like a foreign concept to me. 
I’ve had fleeting moments of happiness, but without fail, are always followed by a storm of pain and suffering. 
When does it end? 
When do I get to cry on someone's shoulder? 
When will someone notice my pain without having to tell them? 
Hopelessness doesn’t even describe what I am feeling. 
I wake up in excruciating pain every morning and yet it goes unrecognized. 
You can’t see my pain.
Most of the time I can’t decide if it’s real or fake.
But it’s there.
What I wouldn’t give for someone to acknowledge my presence. 
Acknowledge a statement I made or a simple good morning back. 
Yet, without fail, my words flow through the earth like a wandering ghost, never 
to be seen or heard from again.
So, tell me, if I am to be a ghost while alive...


What would happen if I were to truly fade away?

Fade Away

Losing you, how do I go on
Living throughout one day
Left in a cage, forgotten about
While someone new you placed by your side
Without a thought when you casted me far away
How do you go on, living throughout your day
Not a thought of me ever comes to your mind
How can you forget put me away
When you replaced me with someone else
Left alone, frightened for the unknown to come
You took my strength the only thing I had
Leaving me week and frail
Do you want to see me fade away
Our memories never took place
Since you have someone new
Replacing me, forgotten me
My existence never took place

Sunset Over Yellow Tenements

The hours fade away
Like old men at evening
Wearied of the day
As their lives drift by,
Like the slow /swift sailing 
Of clouds in a margarine sky
And fall in flakes as the pendulums sway
To those man-imagined measures of decay.

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