Pain Poems | Examples of Pain Poetry

Some will savor their sorrow They claim the pain defines them No love they beg or borrow Disdain takes aim and binds them Some will survive their sorrow They claim the rain reminds them Of love they beg to borrow No pain they claim defines them...

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I open my mouth My anger spills out I say things I don’t mean And mean things I won’t say Damage Oh such damage Strangers or friends Words I can’t defend Family is broken From words that I’ve spoken When will it end? Damage Too much damage So conflicted I’ve inflicted So much hurt So much pain Words like weapons Sharper than knives Killing dreams Shredding lives Damage Unjustified Unspeakable Damage Bludgeoning words Shattered spirits Wounded hearts Crippled lives Killing words Chilling words Handful of syllables Damage ...

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I found her as a whispered line in an editorial stuck on the silk folds of a silver jubilee like regret. She had bled once in a different continent A red thread pulled taut at thirteen Doctors sealed the loom forever. I was thirteen too, still learning the topography of my brown skin. My hands trembled like birdcage doors unsure whether to open or...

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precious … days consumed … before they even take a breath or wink to waking … oh the wealth of life so squandered for white-hot agony behind the eye - hours stretched to inestimable eternity in nauseated darkness unavoidably focused on all that’s not being accomplished - all thats left withering in the sun and all those who resent this beast that robs you both of precious...

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And so I wrote another poem, love Are there any regrets running through your mind, Or was it just me all along? You kept telling me it’s because of your idleness, Yet I long for something more And so I wrote another poem, love Is there any pain in your heart, Or was it just me all along? You kept speaking of promises, Yet...

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The river flows But not outside of me My body As much as I tell it It will not respond to my emotions As much as I cry inside It will not cry outside As much as I smile inside It will not smile outside...

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mirror on the wall reflects my pain it is a witness of my harsh reality the pain i romanticized about someone is a fake reflected image of my thoughts the pain i never wished to tear my flesh is the real persona i try to hide...

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I was always on my own even when i was deserted by you for months, your silence haunted me and a battle continued to rage in my heart as i set out to seek the answers- "are you there? are you alive?" that futile simmer turned gray which was meant to be full of love i held meetings in my mind my heart was...

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this affair was never fated to turn into love something that started under the moon and stars something that was ill fated from beginning now who should i blame? you or me? i carried us up the summit but you and i were both sick the clouds were turning gray and everything began to disappear in the haze the castles we built, the...

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for who i am right now, i'm but the result of someone's monstrous generosity first they would show you the bright colors and later sink their teeth into your skin was it a cactus hidden among the flowers? or was it a snake in the lake? this poet couldn't differentiate as they both share their thorn and fangs with you and for so...

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two years ago, on Christmas eve, i made an appeal and stood in your court i asked you to revoke my status- from a stranger to a lover, or friends who love each other but you declared me guilty and sent your troops, with cannons aimed at my gate if you had asked me, "will you survive?" my answer would've been a...

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sitting by the grave of our love affair lavender fields are now left barren echoes of your voice lingers in the hall and words i penned start to haunt 3 years gone by in blink of an eye winter nights and fog touching the ground blurred my periphery, left no space for closure can someone tell me for how long should i...

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I would numb the pain if I had the chance, I would sew back all the hurt I would go back in time to just take away the pain, But I can't it's too late. I would live back the memories, I would laugh back at the jokes I would freeze the moment when I did not have to break down...

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Where do I stand When presented with a choice Transported by a full force That lands me in a false chance Yet, I stand. Breaking the shackles That held me in my ankles So tight like a buckle Wrapped in my knuckles Yet, I stand. What is given is a Token The heart that bleeds is broken The life that fades is taken Certain thoughts can't be...

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