Grief Lyric Poems

A tombstone is my thought,
I made my tomb out of thoughts
I knitted my shroud from hundreds of ideas
And out of sadness I finished my coffin.

I...

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An ache colored Mary’s heart,
Erasing the joy, the soft, the hope.
She felt destroyed by that dark
Moment before three days had gone,
By, when she’d find…
He’d been...

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I’ve shed these awful million tears
I and you can smile a thousand times to get over it, just us 2
I’ve said too much over the...

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Took a breath
Of your death
Upon my tongue…
Burnt a lung…
In the process
Of my hopeless state
I’m making progress
As of late, as of late

So young and awkwardly long
I...

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Unwrap my butterfly wings
Let’s see what hope brings
The bloody lies you feed me
Can’t free me, free me eternally

Shamelessly falling apart
Take heart or I’ll tear apart
I’m...

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Shizumanu Taiyo
Japanese Flight 123 

[Verse 1]
They say you are a sun that never set 
I thought the time would never come 
Remembering the unremembered, forever...

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In the wind, I hear her laugh,
A nervous giggle – so sweet and wild.
On the night, skies soft and bright,
Quivering with stars, lit by a...

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I love Christmas
a special time
watching people smile
seeing children laugh
a blessing this year
in lieu of the grief
and illness around
we need to remember
it's a time to 
love...

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by Max Burchett

Isn’t it what we all want to be?
Someone who all can see
Is stronger and braver,
Man of steel or greater.
Could that be you, or...

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Like a flower, about to bloom, 
Though instead, growing in gloom,
The 'healthy' soil 'helping' us grow,
Filled with toxins, sprouting so slow.

Look at them, loving their...

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V. 1: I have been grimacing lately
I have been loving you extremely
I’m looking forward to going to Oregon
We welcome the sun, we welcome the sun

Pre-chorus:...

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by Maxwell "Max" Sebastian Burchett

One Memorial Day made me consider
The many tombs to unknown soldiers,
In memoriam to the lost 
From wars then and now,
Unnamed ghosts.

Is...

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I notice nostalgias fly
I’m soaring oh so high
I shy away, I won’t lie
This here, I cannot deny

I’m brazen today,
But I’m under a wicked spell
I’m brazen...

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Now that only forgotten promises remain,
sounds of solitude are gifts I wish to obtain.
Sentiments are temporary in a world full of change,
affections are wasted in...

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Regret is temporary
Fret is forever scary
Built to be joyous
I’m so boisterous
I’m safe in your arms tonight
Nestled in lullabies without a fright and with so much...

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