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Powerlessness Poems - Poems about Powerlessness

The Squall Within
... A storm within small confines, a sudden squall of frustration. Words become weapons, kicking and flailing against the unyielding world. A raw eruption, of needs unmet, of powerlessness......

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Categories: powerlessness, words,
Form: Free verse
Forsaken
...My spirit, Incinerated. Its ashes Descend back into That dark crater: That inky opaque abyss, Where the slightest din Is swallowed, Where that one fragment of light is asphyxiated, Held d......

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Categories: powerlessness, bereavement, dark, depression, heartbroken,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Amidst illusions of eternity, do they fear death or the loss of vanity
...Amidst illusions of eternity, do they fear death or the loss of vanity, walking through existence, raising fragile monoliths of silent legacy, believing their names will echo through the ages, as i......

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Categories: powerlessness, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
LA is on fire and I’m a sitting duck
...My skin crawls as I watch a hand, disembodied, reach yet again into the Tollhouse bag. Bright, artificial yellow. It burns my eyes. Countless chocolate chips are shoveled down my gullet as if cr......

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Categories: powerlessness, anger, corruption, environment, hate,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Hope of a New Year
...It's a brand new year, only a few hours old and I have hope that it will be better A clean slate, without any new problems so far, but old problems prevail My heart is still heavy with ......

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Categories: powerlessness, addiction, heartbreak, mental illness,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member The world we live in
...The world is in a great turmoil All around disquiet and confusion reign Russia and Ukraine engage in war of attrition Massacre of genocidal proportions Has torn Gaza strip to a mountain of ru......

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Categories: powerlessness, abuse, anger, bullying, conflict,
Form: Free verse
HIND SIGHT 20 20!
...Love disappeared and left me longing a broken home topped off with losing it To be wrong for trying to conclude the madness to be able to concede but unable to retreat Made me Frankenstein a mons......

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Categories: powerlessness, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Other
Premium Member The Beauty of Powerlessness
... Power is a mighty powerlessness. Power is a hamstrung powerlessness. A desperate power is the beginning of the end of powerlessn......

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Categories: powerlessness, courage, dream,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member PRAISE BE TO GOD FOR PUTTING BREATH IN US
...September 10 Praises to God Bible Meditations Based on Ezekiel 37-39 Key Verse – Ezekiel 37:6 And I will lay sinews upon you, and will bring up flesh upon you, and cover you with skin, and put......

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Categories: powerlessness, bible, blessing, christian, faith,
Form: Alliteration
Premium Member Constructs
...Ignorance is a lie; A construct of entitlement. Separation is a lie; A construct of inflated ego. Hatred is a lie; A construct of self-directed loathing. Powerlessness is a lie; A constr......

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Categories: powerlessness, freedom, growth, inspiration, philosophy,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member PRAISE BE TO GOD FOR EXHORTING US TO BE WISE
... July 21 Praises to God Bible Meditations Based on Proverbs 27-29 Key Verse – Proverbs 27:11 My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me. <>...

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Categories: powerlessness, bible, blessing, christian, faith,
Form: Alliteration
Premium Member PRAISE BE TO GOD FOR PERFECTING US
...July 11 Praises to God Bible Meditations Based on Psalms 138-143 Key Verse – Psalms 138:8 The LORD will perfect that which concerneth me: thy mercy, O LORD, endureth for ever: forsake not the ......

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Categories: powerlessness, bible, blessing, christian, faith,
Form: Alliteration
Premium Member The Dance Of Anger
...In fiery red costumes, anger dances fire ablaze. Anxiety, pain, and isolation, from within, gaze Garlands of skulls, bones, and spun veins are worn invisibly. Bloody tongue ladle, like that of a h......

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Categories: powerlessness, anger,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member To awaken means to realize one’s own nothingness, that is, to realize one’s
...To awaken means to realize one’s own nothingness, that is, to realize one’s complete and absolute helplessness. As long as a man is not horrified at himself, he knows nothing about himself. Through ......

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Categories: powerlessness, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
Perceptions
...Judgments based on one's perception. Others are a mirror of one's self Reflections in the mirror are captured by one's thoughts I am lovely I am unlovely The World is Glorious The World is ......

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Categories: powerlessness, extended metaphor, life, world,
Form: Free verse

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