Hurt Pain Poems

Date written: 26th July, 2025
Contest: Three Options in I Poetry
Sponsor: Constance La France
The man who has no imagination has no wings.
— Muhammad Ali
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Imagination lends me...

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?? "Bestie Became Enemy" 

Bestie became enemy, sharp like a knife,
I never thought you'd cut me out of your life.
I gave you my secrets, my...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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was it really that big of a deal
if we were both just kids
our minds snapped shut like lids
brainwashed by whats bad and good
too scared to...

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She wakes up in the morning with a bright smile,
Not knowing what sleep is - just a word spoken around.
So many voices echo in her...

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I am the mirror of truth
I am the reflection of accountability
That will show the shards of what is, not what's not

I will reflect their own...

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I didn’t want to light the flame,
But damn, you handed me the match.
We played a bitter little game—
Now neither one can scratch the scratch.

I offered...

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I say it this way because I'm just trying to be happy
I don't wear a sad face because my life is crappy
Haven't you heard it...

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I heard a story today, it felt just like mine,
In this scary, monster city, it made my heart pine.
Someone hurt themselves, tore their own skin,...

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Each scar has a name, etched into my skin—
White lines barely visible on my pale arms.
There’s one for every heartbreak I ever got,
One for each...

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I hear voices in my head,
I touch pain 
On every television
Except the typical symbols
Of hegemony
Except in a white building 
Miles and miles away,
I touch pain!

For...

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     Treated like you don’t deserve
        tepid greetings that unnerve
    ...

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My mind is a raging storm
Of never ending thoughts
And constant 'what if's
That chase away dreams
And plague the mind.

Not a day goes by
That you are never...

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