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Guilt Poems - Poems about Guilt

Mirror
Lying on the grass carpet, I met myself, A kid from the past oblivion. Sought my assistance, Questioned the path I travelled. We both talked an hour, Despite our dissimilarities, The faces were the same. It left me in awe initially, Calmed knowing it's me. The road I travelled, Not less a disappointment, Now I look back, it screams at me, They say I'm...

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Categories: guilt, anxiety, extended metaphor, grief,
Form: Free verse
Forgive me
Forgive me or penalise if you wish to. Remain not, a stoic and lemme take in every breath of guilt. The guilt, so monstrous, always conniving to destroy my peace If only, that's the act of vengeance you seek....

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Categories: guilt, absence, break up, feelings,
Form: Free verse



Ghost of Guilt
haunt me as i haunted your life, who was it that failed, did you fail as a father, or did i fail as a son. the tears i shed on that morning in January, do they compare to the tears you drank. leaving nothing behind only your blood. is it to late for me to apologise? consuming your death to fill the gaps...

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Categories: guilt, death, depression, father son,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Gate Sprung, Shut
I turned to look back, feeling anxious as I stood "by the squeaky old gate that tomorrow will find." Was there someone there watching me? The gate creaked shut, echoing the taint of guilt That I hoped no one heard. Earlier I came through this gate to meet you in the woods. It was rusty, stuck shut, and needed a heavy...

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Categories: guilt, cry, grief, sound,
Form: Free verse
Another's of One's Own
Reflected grief spat back at me to bear Another load, the double of my own To take and carry, this unholy pair Then tripled, multiplied, beneath I groan. A beast of burden hauling my bloated Carriage, cut into with refracted shards. Whipped for my pain, heavier I’m loaded Pile after pile, the crown a house of cards. I tread...

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Categories: guilt, anxiety, depression, extended metaphor,
Form: Sonnet



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The worst curse of being human is thinking too much. Doubt is born, then resentment, then your own hatred. Regretfully, I’ve created what I never wanted: a pain of the soul....

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Categories: guilt, confusion, fear, loneliness, lost,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Movie of Shame
I was new at the Jewish senior home In the center garden I saw old man read a tome I asked his name, to start a conversation, "Marvin Klutznik", he replied, to my consternation. I had paid so much to be in the place The man I was speaking was a global disgrace I felt like departing, but since not...

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Categories: guilt, addiction, bullying, corruption, evil,
Form: Lyric
broken sisterhood
sometimes i think of you when i can't sleep and i stare at the closet, i remember when we were kids and used to hide in your closet and build a fort and hide from the world, either it was our parents or our future, nothing existed beyond it.i stare at my gray walls that...

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Categories: guilt, abuse, america, anger, angst,
Form: Free verse
A Full Stomach Feels Like Guilt
I have measured my worth in halves— half a plate, half a bite, half a person. Chewing on numbers, swallowing silence, practicing hunger like a shadow, but it never fades. Fullness is a cruel, suffocating weight. A mistake lodged in my stomach, a constant reminder that I don’t belong. I press my hands against my skin, as if I could suffocate it, shrink it until...

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Categories: guilt, anger, bullying, cry, how
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The face of youth
that look of innocence and expectation that a future with promises awaits their anticipation of clear blue skies and hope that tomorrow will be brighter that look of unadulterated naivete on the eve of realizing what shape we've left the world for future generations problems of injustice and inequality worse than ever that look that drills right through your soul and asks what you,...

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Categories: guilt, future, hope, innocence, world,
Form: Free verse
the words not said
and so words not said like rusty nails through my palms glare crimson, ablaze ...

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Categories: guilt, silence,
Form: Haiku
Present, here
Regret is to feel sad, repentant, disappointed over something that has already happened, especially a loss or missed opportunity. See Regret is just another way for the darkness to cloud your future days. How can you be present while living in regret in these current hours, with moments already spent. Inevitably taking seconds in your...

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Categories: guilt, blessing, faith, god,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member bad dog
bad dog's guilty eyes doomed awaiting master's wrath ~ treasured memories AP: Honorable Mention 2025 Posted on March 18, 2025...

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Categories: guilt, dog, memory, time,
Form: Haiku
Forgetting Me, Remembering You
Guilt over resolution, Guilt over change— Guilt over accepting, That no matter how hard I tried, I’d always be the one to blame. Maybe you were meant to. Maybe I was the one who was bruised— All I know, Is your choices hurt me, More than they hurt you. Now that I’m gone. Now that I’ve left— You’ve chosen to forget me, A choice I had hoped you’d...

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Categories: guilt, anger, friend,
Form: Free verse
-I Will Always Be With You- 1
“I fell in love with one whom I believe to be my only soulmate; she showed me the world-- she was my world. And my world was taken from me. Love stories have never appealed to me, yet I have never been repulsed by them-- I accepted love to be a part of life, unsure of...

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Categories: guilt, abuse, adventure, angst, anxiety,
Form: Narrative

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