Sad I Do Not Know Poems

By Chad Carlson

The title says it all. I've been cursed with family deaths... Let me explain. 1 grandmother and 2 uncles is 3 deaths in...

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This is what it is like? 
Is this my reward? 
What I deserve. 

Devoted and hard working 
Back is breaking 
Cage me 
Wrestle 
Tug and...

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True happiness is attainable for everyone
It's just a matter of mind over matter
It's quite simple when you think about it
A positive approach to life makes...

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Dear Child 

Life's look now not good
Life's look like God doesn't care about you or that God doesn't love you.
That he has forget about you.
But...

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i remember your bedroom at your moms house,

Thin walls and black blankets.

A energy drink and my perfume resting on your side desk,

The journal you’d draw...

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                   Awakened

     ...

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If the world burned  
I wouldn't be too sad 
Afraid of the abyss 
But definitely just fine 
I have nothing  to cling on...

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Strung along, I am a fool
Always working for others
Once branded a handy tool
Foot on my neck
Boot lodged for good
I barter and sweat
A soul without identity
I...

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What does S stand for
Not the best of meanings
Let's learn a bit more
And with synonyms, I'm teeming

Sinister, Satan, Snake
Someone who's fake?

Stressed, Stirred, Spite
Somone not feeling...

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You seem so sad
Sometimes

I wish there was 
Something
I could do

How unfortunate 
For I am so bad at talking
For I cannot console
For I am pointless
For I...

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He sits hunched in his room, regular twilights,
tries to erase the precarious voices telling him to leave,
“Leave, my boy. This world is cruel.”
So, he assents...

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Mother I just wanna say 
Can you promise you won't be mad 
Mother I just wanna say 
I might be gay 
Mother will you love...

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Mirror Mirror  on the wall
I can see it all
The past trauma I leave with you will make you fall
Her past is really if only...

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A sleepover 
Hooray
My sister and I
We pack light
a small bag each

It's been 3 days
I am out of fresh clothes
I miss my toys
Can I go back...

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Sad Life 
At three years old my parents divorced
Father got full custody
Mother, visitation rights
My sister and I were too young 
yet still we understood 

Into...

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