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Unrequited Bond

Sometimes love is unrequited—
sometimes it shines,
like the moon and the stars.

But what if it’s siblings
who carry that silence?
A single word
separating five years of life.

Like wood that’s been broken—
no matter how many times
you saw, sand, and repair,
it never regains
its original shape.

And so we live,
close in blood,
but disfigured in heart.
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Categories: regret., depression, emotions, endurance, forgiveness,
Form: Free verse

Fall foliage


autumn colours fill my eyes
leaves' transient beauty before their inevitable demise
goodbye ~ no regret or drama



Wordku: 5-7-5 words

AP: Honorable Mention 2025

Categories: regret., autumn, color, goodbye,
Form: Other

I Regret What I Did

I regret what I did

I made a mistake. Yes. I want to confess
I disturbed you. I am so sorry. You created

I just needed to be honest. To your life
Say everything about my fate. To your life

And I needed to work. To you. With you.
Hmm. I loved an intellectual woman. Far love

I wish you. Only you.

Categories: regret., fate, life,
Form: Free verse

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

Long Winter Coming

I see a long winter coming
(yes, I know)
the dull gray spreads ahead of me,
there ain’t no use in running
(if I could)
from yourself you can never flee.

There’s a long winter coming
(how’d I know)
you’d take it to such an extreme,
thought that we were something,
(yes, you did)
when to ‘benefits’ we agreed.

…Oh, the lies we tell,
to fake peace with

Categories: regret., death, loss, lost love,
Form: Rhyme

Later in life




If later in life you find regret for all that's done or not yet done,  find the strength to realise,  it took great courage to establish one,  for not all things are human bound, some are holy like angels prayer,  and when you go to cross on over,  the rest

Categories: regret., angel, death, faith, hope,
Form: Verse

Cyclical Reminisce

Cyclical Reminisce


Pendulum skips one bang to the bead
Triggers the feeling to turn it off lead
Allows memories to run and circulated
Reminiscing promises you once articulated

Deep in mind are the guilt and regret
Keep looking back and wanted to reset
If only not tempted, no hearts will be broken
If only not lusted, no trust will be fallen

Fridays are bluer

Categories: regret., beauty, desire, growth, heart,
Form: Rhyme

Post-Sl-t Clarity

My loneliness holds me by a chokehold
reality's a struggle to swallow
rough sex, a remedy
to  off problems until tomorrow

Spent the day sulking in post-**** clarity
devouring hunger for breakfast
this evening I'll be grieving the ghosts
in my sex pest infested direct messages

rebound boys 
wreak havoc on my regrets list.

Pretending I’m not constantly haunted by absences
ramping up nonrhetorical

Categories: regret., poetry,
Form: Free verse

Real

I only feel real 
   When I'm downing glasses full of depression
    And regret comes around every now and then
     banging on the door
      real turns its head 
  When rivers on my skin run too deep

Categories: regret., 11th grade, addiction, anxiety,
Form: Free verse

The Long Road Home

2025 Poetry Marathon Mile 8 Poetry Contest// Sponsored by: Mark Toney 
( 7th Place ) 

Written: August 16, 2025 


I have carried myself through miles of silence,
where the wind speaks louder than memory
and the ground keeps every secret.
I thought I had put out of sight.

A child’s laughter drifting through twilight,
the scent of rain that lingers

Categories: regret., hope, journey, life, love,
Form: Free verse

Seed of Shame

I remember staying quiet
hiding under a rock
a paralyzing fear
~ literally petrified ~

I'd lost my tongue
in shock at the injustice
my head spinning
in a whirlwind of confusion

It never occurred to me
that someone could be
found guilty and punished
for something I had done

And still I sat there numb
in my evergrowing shame
to this day guilty and unforgiven
~ I was old

Categories: regret., confusion, fear, silence, youth,
Form: Free verse