Sadness Pain Poems

sadness leaves the source
hits page, makes tracks, with force
leaves behind a stillness 
that doesn't show
unnoticed ache, where tears don't flow
that looks like carrying on 
but...

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When we are young we may ask,
where are we going?
Life is a long winding road,
filled with adventure.
Will we stay in our hometown or, 
will we travel...

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NADIR

I never thought it got as bad as this
But surprise surprise, it really has now
Who would guess being hit when down
Like the last moment before...

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In the quiet of goodbye, my heart did break,  
Dreams lost, and tears I couldn't shake.  
But time heals slowly, making me whole,...

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Lord knows that I really tried
I unsuccessfully tried to stop
Loving you. On the very top
Of my list that’s what I had.

I tried to follow your...

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Ten.

Ten years, I've been scared,
fearing the phone's ring.

Twenty.

Twenty years, I was,
learning how goodbye really felt.

Thirty.

Thirty years, I reached,
forty-four days ago.

Forty.

Forty, my brother was,
for fifty-seven days.

That's...

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Praying

It was just yesterday,
his love was a quiet smile,
embracing the faith, the sigh,
like a heart who can see,
past the ugly in me,
through the expanse of...

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Turbulent seas,
Down deep we go,
How I yurn to be free,
Deep down we go
Oh Let me breathe
Deep 'Into the, vo i d
'Let' me be at 'p...

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Tears fill my eyes
Sadness fills my lungs
No one else can see
The things I am running from

Shadows start to move
Voices start to yell
It’s like a grand...

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Written: April 28, 2024, For Constance la France Contest

"One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life. The word is love.
Sophocles, Greek...

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Fill My Cup

In sorrow You fill my Cup
And it overflows
And in my grief, You come
To comfort me
When I'm down in the valley 
You make mountains...

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There is a thing inside
It claws and gasps for breath
Horrid thoughts reside
Of the sweet release of death
But it is death who in wrath
Leaves me feeling...

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Mama has left
She is no longer alive
She left Mother Earth
She is in the cemetery
Mom is further on
She is, here and there, really
Mother is gone
And no...

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When I am around you 
The good things feel bad, 
And the bad things feel awful 

But I feel drawn, 
To you 
Your power, your...

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