Regret Poems - Poems about Regret

Deep inside a wounded soul Lies the nostalgic and weird hall Some thoughts run wild Ghosts of memories never died. I'm so tired and weak One moment- trails are waiting for me One moment- free from every pain O mother! Buy...Read the rest...

I met my father in the afterlife, He looked stern, and his words cut like a knife He said, "I have questions about my last days on earth They were hard, so hard questions have...Read the rest...

A man with dreams, so bright and grand, Sought capital from a bank's cold hand. He borrowed much, with hope so high, Bet his house, beneath the sky. The bank’s burden, a weight unseen, He turned to cheer in a...Read the rest...

Maybe when I’m making sense of the past You’ll see my lenses are rose tinted glass Finding old memories, once locked away Unwrapping highlights to put on display Triumphant tales of those former glories Uniquely retold as old war stories Regrets...Read the rest...

I stood where two roads curved away, The light was soft, the air was still, My Uncle DeVoe, with wisdom gray, Said, “Take this path, follow your will.” He pointed where the shadows played, On leaves that whispered secrets low, His...Read the rest...

Looking back, I’m ashamed of what I was, A mirror shows the choices I regret. In shadows of the past, I see my flaws, Yet wisdom’s light has guided me, I bet. I wandered lost, each step a trial’s...Read the rest...

Regret! What do I learn? When the world shifts And someone's gone, Leaving a void Their absence lingers, A ghost in the air, Unnoticed, unheard, Until it dawns... The wave crashes down, Remorse takes hold, and Sadness seeps in Like a cold wind blows. Barren land, Dug up, untended, Seeds...Read the rest...

How ironic life can be The one once deem bright light now dim Casting shadows of regret A good doctor he wanted, a drunk he begets. The father wails in silent pain Watching his only son...Read the rest...

I think about, the right and wrong. And good and bad, that comes along. So on my guitar, I play a song, to ease the pain, of morals gone. For every tune, there is a sound, in hurtful hearts, is felt profound. Sometimes I try, to contradict, my wicked...Read the rest...

Regret is crushing my heart, Questioning my eyes, Fighting with my brain, Stopping my world, Taking away my smile, For not being able to see you for one last time, For not being able to understand the silence in your eyes, For...Read the rest...

Moving away slowly like the smoke from my cigarette Every step closer is one I regret I'm keeping a tally one we both have let go of since we had met I just hold on to this...Read the rest...

What a surreal feeling, diving into one's murk never realized that it comes at a cost 'your actions will have consequences' Heard so often, yet never pondered these thoughts and feelings ache my heart that I could feel my...Read the rest...

It hurts to see you hurt; it breaks me to see you hurt because of me. I don’t like what’s going on, but how can I possibly stop it? I am not perfect, not good enough...Read the rest...

Locked within the confines of my mind’s dark cell, Both convict and captor, a self made hell. Each thought a shackle, every memory a bar, Confined by my own mind, a prisoner of psychological scars. In this self-imposed exile,...Read the rest...

I can't wake up on time I feel like I'm wasting my life As the night goes by I'm stuck lying in my bed asking why When I wake up the sun is high I miss seeing the...Read the rest...