Grief Poems | Examples of Grief Poetry

Hopeless…I’m a mess of distress Even if it means having hopefulness, Loved and lived life hopelessly…helplessly dying…crying…lying to myself… Positively sure there’s no way out and I only have myself to blame…same old empty feeling once more…change is...Read the rest...

I must have been in a coma Not to see time passing by So can you explain to me The mysterious reason why How did it happen? What’s my excuse? Did I suddenly go blind? Was I really so obtuse? I wasn’t prepared...Read the rest...

You left this earth I stayed behind Life changed forever Sorrow consumed heart and mind Time eased my sorrow Though did not heal Granted me strength So my soul could again feel So many years it took To look at a photo...Read the rest...

Yesterday you lost someone you love But sometimes that love becomes a positive That loss can bring back some of your old friends And it can start a new long-lasting friendship It just might come in your life when...Read the rest...

I recognize when you rile me up I know it was getting the best of me I see those energies constantly over me I used to be broken into pieces These games you played were intimidating I let...Read the rest...

Tears fight their way back into their ducts for now moist palms clammy at my sides ...Read the rest...

Example Among Many Standing before a distraught spouse It was about half past noon Hearing heated words of strife “I’m leaving you and very soon” “Those sacred vows; I...Read the rest...

I mourn. For the houses, as their lights die out. One, by one. I stop. I start to see… Through the other side of glass, as the city sleeps at night. ...Read the rest...

My final resting place. I may be in the room next door I may be down the hall, Don’t you try looking for me As you won’t find me here at all. I’m in my final resting place A place where...Read the rest...

Death's cosmic cryptic child Edgar Allen Poe Whose spirit danced and was drenched in woe Words were his secular style shields Sugar skull sentences steam today in forever fields Virginia Clemm his beloved beauty wife A flowering...Read the rest...

Boyz 2 Men were right It’s so hard to say goodbye That’s the song the DJ plays Inside the back of my mind As I walk up to your granite stone And read your name carved out in grey I begin...Read the rest...

I kept your clothes, untouched in the closet I thought about wearing them Then the thought goes away It’s hard to do that I kept your chair, with things you left on it I thought about moving it Then the...Read the rest...

Stored in available space, Events, innocence couldn't face "Your attitude is awful! I've had enough of you today." .....Daddy God, please Make all the sad words, go away Access denied You never grieved You never cried The Earth is fresh Grave is dug Never mess With your...Read the rest...

I have followed hard times past It was a lonely walk but I last When you see on my shoulder was the hand of God. Through it all when I let go of His hand Yet still he stood...Read the rest...

Expectations and like the many changing faces. We are constantly trying to fit the best one to put on. I constantly try to adjust one side and keep one's truth hidden deep inside. Embedded in...Read the rest...