Hurting Pain Poems | Examples

These Hurting Pain poems are examples of Pain poems about Hurting. These are the best examples of Pain Hurting poems written by international poets.


Premium MemberWHY

You don't know how I feel; you don't know what I've seen.  
All I know is I have a dream,  
A dream I lost you and can't bring you back.  
To your heart is where my love is at.  
So I ask myself every night and day,  
Does she love me? I don't know what to say.  
All I know is I'm hurting inside,  
Trying to win this thing called pride.  
Fighting off every aspect to make myself look shameful.  
Please come take away this hurt; take it away, it's too painful.  
So pray for me and keep my thoughts near.  
This is the end, so lend me an ear!


Premium MemberCase No 3-2-2026

dear ladies
and good gentlemen
having heard testimony  
from the Everlys 

consider   
love – the accused, sitting miserably before you
with his alter ego, hate
heart-broken, hurting 
having, in a fleet moment 
experienced agony and ecstasy 
I ask you
to acquit

this is a case of temporary insanity

Premium MemberHurting

A tender ache
hermits my soul—
so far from what I thought
the world would be
when I was
a wide-eyed girl of three.

Now, forty-four,
reality seeps in.
The dream I conjured
was far kinder
than the life
I’m now gowned in.

My body—
a sponge of pain—
soaked in old trauma,
dripping regret,
sinking in secret.

Sit beside me
and tell me it’s true—
that dreams born
will still unfold,
that love is real,
that kindness lingers.

So tell me—
somewhere beneath the grip,
does a softer haven hold?
Does the child I once was
still have a place
to rest her head—
to lay down all she’s carried,
and be held
by the world
in its cradled hands?

Premium MemberBlood On Your Hands

Killing women and children
Is absolutely unacceptable
Executing sick and old men
Is obviously low and despicable.

You can make countless speeches
You can invent endless excuses
Slaughtering so many is genocidal
Hurting so many can never be justifiable.

The world is now less peaceful and civilized
A cease fire is long overdue and warranted
This is barbaric; too many leaders are demented.

When will decency and humility be exercised?
Lies won’t fly, because they have no visible wings
This is horrific; too many have blood on their hands.

Copyright © July 2024, Hebert Logerie, All rights reserved
Hébert Logerie is the author of several books of poetry.

Premium MemberLove and Pain

---------------Love
          passionate, tender
     kissing, holding, embracing,
loneliness, heartbreak, despair, grief,
    crying, Hurting, aching,
          agony, separation
                    pain
© Jay Narain  Create an image from this poem.


Premium MemberFear of That Unknown Flight

She wakes hurting in the early morning light Refuses precautionary painkillers, ‘til it’s too late With age comes the fear of that unknown flight Into eternal rest, or whatever, no need to berate, At her age, reason is merely an interfering ingrate. No amount of pleading alters her way of thinking She’d rather bear intense pain than to capitulate That her children might know that she is sinking, No longer competent to make judgments of late Unable to deal with pain, or how to seal its fate.
Written October 26, 2022

Premium MemberUnderneath Glamor and Glitz

Self-expression is dependent upon personality We can only really be who we are deep inside, Some folks by their nature defy conventionality. There are folks who can set inner nature aside And, with strong determination, choose to be Whatever they want to be with enormous pride. I am thinking, specifically, of people in comedy Who are hurting deep inside, but never show it; Perhaps, never realizing it, do not seek a remedy. We can all think of sad, sad cases this shoe fits, It always behooves us to look below the surface What’s going on beneath all the glamor and glitz? I suspect this may lead to some who will deface Others merely wear jeans instead of fancy lace.
Written July 29, 2022

Premium MemberHurting Heart

Sometimes emotions hurt the heart deeply
It's heavy, tired, waiting for release from tears
It needs comfort, warmth, insulation, so fragile
Like a cracked piece of glass, ready to crumble
It feels close, but distant, unable to reach
Protected with self defense to hurt no more
Where is the love it is crying for with an echo?
Where is the trust it yearns for to survive?
It hurts from what ears can hear out there
It hurts from what your eyes see at times
It hurts from memories your mind may have
It waits for healing and beats to its own drum
The hurting heart beats until it finds music
Whether anyone sings or dances, it must play to live

Heidi Sands 

11/27/21

Premium MemberUnderstanding Pain

It was said
And it was not kind
It slides off of my back and into the alley
I do not carry it one inch further

It was said in anger
And in haste
This is not who this person is
I know now that she is hurting

I stay to listen
To learn
To console her
She begins to cry

Premium MemberIts Not Suicide From a Broken Heart

My heart bleeds
Standing over myself
My heart bleeds
Red pools below 
Like a finger painting gone wrong
Blood everywhere 

Pictures lay out 
Smiling couple sprawled out on the floor
Silent from below
I’m not moving 
I’m alone now in this void 

It’s not suicide from a broken heart

Premium MemberAvoidance Is Not Secure

You can’t give your best behind Walls
Fearful of taking that leap into one to commit to a life in hand 
Dreams are made possible by openness not from behind walls or unhealed trauma’s
My heart breaks 
I know you’re in denial of your style
Avoidance-
Is not Secure and I’m so sorry you never learned

Premium MemberBetter Off Dead

Better off dead
I don’t want to feel the pain anymore 
Better off dead

I don’t want to feel anymore 
Lay me down, let me rot to the ground 
Let me sleep unaware of anything 
Shoot me up with the drugs to make me sleep a hundred years
Not knowing anyone 
No pain can come to me anymore 
I can’t continue
I can’t continue 
Lay me down and bury me

Better off dead

Premium MemberLooking Through the Window

Looking through the window 
Translucent as can be
The mind fixated on one thing
In a trance state 
I can not move
Nor can I shut the movie playing in my mind 
I want to crawl into the arms of warmth that love flourished out of 
A foggy blur eyes go
As the mind narrows down the blank stare 
Like the love we have so crystal clear as this window
Only to be fallen to the bird I see with its neck snapped and the blood running down the window

Premium MemberPale Shelter

Dangling from fragile threads 
soaked in suppressed emotions
I weigh my limited options
as flashes from the past flicker 
behind a barrier of uncertainty. 
In swirling mist I see your hazy 
expressionless face. I call out,
my voice cracking under the 
strain of persistent instability.
Scornfully stonewalling me
you turn and walk away, while 
suspended in the throes of time, 
I hesitate, then stop in my tracks
dejected…rejected…hurting...

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A Pale Shelter Poetry Contest
Sponsored by John Hamilton
          Placed 2nd
© 7th November 2019

Published in:
PS: It’s Still Poetry Volume II ~ (1 Jan. 2022)
ISBN-13:? 979-8793344418

Premium MemberA Lesson Learned

Hurting lower back kept me stay constantly aware
Helped take notice of tender muscles that were very painfully sore
I made an appointment to see a chiropractic doctor lady
A few cracks and presses released the pain by being a helpful remedy 
Doing some back exercises helps to maintain it nice and stretchy,
Sitting with a good posture is a key to keep it fit and healthy
A worthy lesson I learned to follow while sitting down to type my poetry

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