I Loved You Until You Said That
Categories:
sad, break up, heartbreak, heartbroken,
Form: Crystalline
UnkindOnce upon a time it was you who was meant to be mine,
But I know better now how we were unusually unkind
To each other, even when we were on each other's minds....
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Categories:
break up, sad love,
Form: Sijo
DEVIL IN THE DARKThe sun shone in bewilderment,
Scornfully it scorch,
As Rose plead her fifth amendment,
Her good nature made a strife,
Lea smirk in disdain ,
Saith her world has ended.
Twice fairer than Lea,
In Lea heart lies deceit,
She whispers in Rose ear,
Come and sit, where Serpent hisses,
I will smother thee with kisses,
Honey lies secrets not known,
In Lea lives the honey.
Thrice shy,...
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Categories:
sad, anxiety, change, conflict, confusion,
Form: Rhyme
Transcending soulIn my soul, transcending this world, I aspire to become anything other than a mere being made of flesh.
A light awaits me, attainable by a simple touch.
My whole being vibrates as I strive to reach that clarity.
“That's why I still walk this planet,” I whisper.
Despite my morals and my suffering, I'm gradually detaching myself from...
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Categories:
sad, courage, death, deep, destiny,
Form: Free verse
Lonely SoulTears running down my precious face.
I'm slowly melting as my heart erases.
My heart has been stabbed several times.
I'm down on my knees trying to unwind.
I feel guilt in my soul that I can't control.
You left me shredded apart and not whole.
Why torture my heart and my soul?
Why leave me in the dark and so...
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Categories:
sad, 12th grade, betrayal, cry,
Form: Rhyme
If I Were a Girl, Would You Listen?He doesn't cry in public-
he's learned to bleed where no one looks.
Where bathroom tiles keep secrets
and mirrors lie
just enough
to keep him standing.
he skips lunch again.
just not hungry, he says
but the hunger is real-
not for food
for someone
to notice.
for silence.
his sleeves stay long,
even in summer.
skin whispering stories
that no one ever asks to hear.
because boys?
boys don't break
boys don't...
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Categories:
sad, anxiety, depression, food, hate,
Form: Free verse
This Is Still Painthey say boys don't cry,
so he bleeds instead.
silent screams hidden
under hoodie threads.
he skips meals
like skipping pages
in a book that no one wants to read-
his ribs start spelling out
"notice me"
but no one speaks that language.
"you're a boy, tough it out,"
they said
when his voice shook like glass$and his hands begged for
anything
but silence.
so he carved the words
he couldn't...
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Categories:
sad, anxiety, boy, depression, food,
Form: Free verse
No One Counts the Bodies Jesus Walked Past
Kensington spreads its legs—
lets the city crawl in,
dripping Xylazine / fentanyl / tranq,
open sore veins
moaning dirty dirges.
False prophets—
all piss and panic—
bark half-lies
through decaying molars,
fingering apathy
for spare change.
You smell it
five blocks before you enter.
The stench tests your soul
before it reaches your throat.
Narcan.
burnt spoons.
street toilet.
Dreams twitch under heat lamps—
larval things
too stubborn to die.
Hope?
Hope’s a half-smoked, laced Newport
balanced...
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Categories:
sad, addiction, death, drug, mental
Form: Didactic
What does it look likeIt's always a battle,
Everyday is,
Always a battle,
Between life and death,
I forgot something,
I didn't check before leaving,
I didn't look before going,
Everyday's like this,
I didn't eat,I overeat,
I overslept, I under slept,
I haven't moved, yet I'm so tired,
Always like this, everyday is,
Incase you're asking,
What depression looks like,
It is like this,
Everyday is,...
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Categories:
sad, depression, lonely, poems, poetry,
Form: Free verse
SetbacksThe path I chose wasn't easy,
Choosing my self,
My kid,
It was never easy,
There are days I cry to sleep,
Stay awake and blame myself,
There are mornings I wished I have someone,
Cause I didn't thought it was this hard,
Thinking what if I stayed,
What if I didn't make a way to get out,
Or what if I waited,
Could things be...
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Categories:
sad, absence, depression, poems, poetry,
Form: Free verse
CabaretI met a girl,
She's a beauty,
Looking expensive in looks,
Bet she's incredibly rich,
Then she dances through the crowd,
Swaying slowly,
Stripping off, showing off,
Leaving on a pair of heels,
I see where it started,
with the abuse and torment,
the trauma and her pain,
It all started there,
Now see how she sways,
How she give herself away,
To break even to pieces,
Oh how worthless!,
She's...
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Categories:
sad, abuse, art, depression, poems,
Form: Free verse
Pass Away - Haiku - Tanka
The dead that now know
God's move in predestined wind
Sift through the free grass.
You must be longer
in there than I'm now taller.
Above you, to leave
Where distant dogs bark, since then
My fallen soul buries rest....
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Categories:
sad, dark, death, god, grave,
Form: Other
The Girl Lost To TimeShe was like a bull
in the sunshine—
angry one moment,
then happy the next.
That’s what Olivia was:
the way she was with
everyone.
A short series of well-
regulated emotional
stability, followed by
a long series of emotional
outbursts.
She was loved,
and she was hated.
She was kind, then she
was cruel.
But most of all, she
was confused—
confused about why people left her,
confused about why she couldn’t
stay happy,...
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Categories:
sad, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Free verse
Little MirrorsReflection catches
My guilt .
I lose the trust
In whatever , God, I pray too.
I need a release ,
I need to take the seat
I need to Stare back at Me.
Eyes opening a grave.
Don't won't to Be IN THE WAY.
I'm red, in chains
Im Covered ,
In dirt
Unburied Me slowly.
I'm...
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Categories:
sad, anxiety, depression, extended metaphor,
Form: Free verse
Longing To Hear Their GhostsI'll deafen my ears before everyone else disappears,
So I can have the most quietest peace of mind that hears their ghosts.
What would I give then for others to be their living hosts?...
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Categories:
sad, dark, death, grief, i
Form: Sijo
Specific Types of Sad Poems
Read wonderful sad poetry on the following sub-topics:
boyfriend, breakup, cry, death, depression, feeling, friends, girlfriend, goodbye, heartbreak, kids, life, rhyme,
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Definition | What is Sad in Poetry?
Poems Related to Sad
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