Lonely Poems | Examples of Lonely Poetry

I danced with you through a snowstorm. You danced with me through the rain. Now I dance alone every winter, and cry every time that it rains. I see your residual image; I blink, and then you fade away. ...

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It's strange, how you can be surrounded by people and still feel completely alone, like there's a wall inside of you no one can get through...

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The brothers may have said it best You've lost that lovin feelin But I've managed to convince myself My own righteousness is why I stay Every effort I make Every swing I take Misses the mark And comes up empty It still haunts me now and then Some nights far more than others Opportunities foresaken Yesterday's regrets last to today I know I'm far from...

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Beyond these plastic shades There is a glow. I can let it in, Or I can bid it go. Some days it is welcome. I shout, Come on in. Others, the brightness Gets under my skin. My fellows think it sad. They whisper I'm mad, That I've come undone. When it is they Who don't know The peace of the dark, The death of the glow....

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In somber silence, the Old Boys sit. Only ambient noise they permit. Not sitting face-to-face, it's such a lonely place. I, frankly, don't want to be in it....

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Let it go Get over it Life moves on The words echo From all corners of the world No one ever understands Just need to open up To ask for help But even when they listen From behind judgemental eyes No one ever understands Every time a door closes They say another opens But lately they just slam shut No one ever understands I'm dying of thirst In an...

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The alley shivers under broken light, puddles cradle forgotten stars, midnight forgets to weep....

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Within a book of sacred dreams she found a knight's true heart. Amidst the dark, a light that gleams; romance his words impart. They've led her down to an ocean beach where somberly she'll wait, for love which looms beyond her reach; withdrawn by the hands of fate. As captain of a faithful crew he'll...

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Present me with different patterns, A person without anxiety within. What I mean is, make me feel you, Within the same body, Unable to extract duality, Be my twin baby. From the inner sense of the events, Look through a telescope from a distant land. Let simplicity be in your latitude, Let there...

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Insurance took my therapy away Can't cross a busy street without help Have severe post-traumatic stress All I can do right now is write Struggle to sleep at night I feel so lonely No one to trust Low income People Starve ...

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An outcast this night, I mournfully sigh with gloom: but, I make war, fight! to rebel against the doom, and emptiness of my room. ...

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arrive in an empty hollow building (alone no purpose) arrive in a hollow empty building (alone no purpose) arrive in a purposeless hollow building (alone empty) empty in a lonely building without purpose empty mpty pty ty y ...

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i keep a teacup with a cracked rim— it doesn’t hold warmth for long but i drink from it anyway. the hallway light flickers like it’s unsure if it wants to stay on. some nights, i understand. there’s a coat in the closet that no one wears, but i leave it hanging. the walls don’t echo when i speak softly. so i don’t. not anymore. i fold myself into the quiet corners...

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When the world hates you It's such a lonely place Crawling out of bed each day Forgotten in each and every way Grasping at straws to build nest Every minute is a torturing test Blow away by unkindness Held together buy a fine web Of sorrow and unhappiness Each word thrown your way Cut like a knife through softened clay Leaving a scar and empty space Not...

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The rats ate the walls, ate the clothes You could hear them baring teeth and boring holes And there was a sign outside the window But not a sign from God, it read “Win tickets for your family” When had I last seen? I woke up one morning with rats outside my cell The guard out there yelled out for me to...

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