Rhyme Pain Poems

Do you have
enough scars
to help others
heal

Or wounds
that stay open
the past 
uncongealed

Did you suffer
in silence
each moment
of pain

Did all hope
leave you orphaned
alone
and profane

Is your counsel
of value
when the...

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Forgot to wait for it
Fcking got me again 
Let my guard way too far down
Didn't even see this one begin
These chemicals got us on lock
With...

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mirror, mirror on the wall
are you just another contest
talk to me, is my call
help me in my life's quest

where is my destiny
“it is within
but also...

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Pile Up
self-perceived failure, blame
guilt, disappointment, shame

Pressure
unexpressed, unfulfilled needs
expectations nobody heeds

Perilous Pitch
consider this - you are much bigger
someone small can be the trigger

Pyrotechnics
An explosion, shrapnel sent
wounds...

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EMOTIONAL SHRAPNEL

Once that argument fuse has been lit
One waits for that inevitable explosion
The blast summoning the first emotion
But so painful after the shrapnel has hit

One...

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O my brother, I can see your pain.
Unlike the ignorant, I hear your screams,
yet you refuse to explain, why you're
lost in forgotten fast flowing streams,
wandering...

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three quintains

Husband made an announcement yesterday at five.
"I'm NOT going to Disney next week on Spring Break.
Back problems do not mix with that long twelve-hour...

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Pressure in a crowded mind 
A test where rest is hard to find
The guilt that comes with procrastination ,
Leads me to kill my imagination .

“Be...

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     Made from Adam’s rib
     Eve became glib
        when asked...

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They told me that I would fall,
Not knowing I had alot in store.
I felt the pain,
But I new someday I would gain.
Nobody to trust nobody...

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Dragging my pen along the walls of the well,
The ink of meaningful words runs dry,
Blind to who you've become, and serving only to dampen empty...

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Shines behind your vile eyes,
Your silver lips and tongue,
Halitosis, you can't hide,
The poison dribble dripping from,
Twice I won't be blamed,
The shame is mine for falling...

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As I walk each day through fire,
                  ...

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Written: April 25, 2025 for Contest sponsored by Joseph May

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Now I must weep,
An oppressive key so morbid,
Now...

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Death, death, Oh! Old Death
Old death makes everybody dry and sad
Death even makes kings who are grumpy and mad
Absolutely powerless, helpless and useless
Death makes us...

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