Gritted Poems - Poems about Gritted

...Gritted teeth so words can't escape, thoughts and feelings I've learned to hate. wandering eyes avoiding the mirror, hiding myself till I can see clearer. wanting love but afraid to trust, want......Read the rest...

...Don’t insult me by leaving flowers when I’m cold, Wrapped in earth unlived and old, Something I can’t smell or hold, Might as well be crates of gold, Just leave the flowers in the shop! Don’t......Read the rest...

... Life is not as sweet as a bowl of golden glace cherries, nor is there a golden illuminated future for a fruitless mind. Trembling hands and gritted teeth disguise my disorderly brain, feeling......Read the rest...

...I nudged my way through the throng of women and positioned myself at the starting line—an archway of variegated pink balloons. It was mid-October, and a stiff autumn breeze swirled around my body nu......Read the rest...

...Pain is a cruel and vicious thing That grips us tightly in its sting It gnaws at us both day and night And makes us tremble with its might It starts with a twinge or a throb And quickly turns ......Read the rest...

...Wow. Just. Wow. It’s three and I’m thirty Clear, Then brown. Is five shots in five dirty? The party has long been over, My first breath happens on the 28th. A date while saying “red ro......Read the rest...

...Maybe we should erect a love story to Croydon Celebrate its Pound shops and diminishing shopping spaces Love a shank bone instead of a unmeritorious knife and await the snow hoping its gritted ......Read the rest...

...A cold wind shreds into moans through the gritted branches of apple trees then quietens to a yawn rippled across the waters of a lake. Further up the valley, half the trees have been uprooted......Read the rest...

...Slava Ukrani The day dawns in thunder, As always. The night creeps forward New fires over all the landscape Like fallen stars burning their last, As always. We comfort the wounded See to ......Read the rest...

...You will see me stopping here To watch this bar fill up with laughter Between the darkest evening of the year And the dusty light that has drawn us near. You must think my accent is strange M......Read the rest...

...An attic full holding me earthbound thunderous applause without virtue of sound looming overhead no room left for expansion Wall to wall misery held without ransom Offering no absolution a gl......Read the rest...

...He ate a caterpillar sandwich Just to prove he could do it He just gritted his teeth and Chewed his way right through it He washed it down with turpentine Which he preferred to any wine Ate a......Read the rest...

...We play these little games with each other. We sift through the sands. Try to find something so precious. A winning hand. We smile and acknowledge through gritted teeth. The flaws of ourselves we ......Read the rest...

...The universe won't be upset by your singing. It doesn't matter if a piece is played on a string. The ache in our throats hasn't disappeared. You've lived well if you've never s......Read the rest...

...It is not because you say I am, I am simply because I’m me. Before my mother's womb, before your thoughts or perceptions, It's been written that the Universe knew me. She gives me everything I......Read the rest...