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Dark Self Poems

These Dark Self poems are examples of Self poems about Dark. These are the best examples of Self Dark poems written by international poets.


Premium Member If Only You Knew
If only you knew the struggles I have had,
many were very sad.
My kind and loving dad,
knew I was never bad.
I should have kept a notepad,
about...

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Categories: self, dad, daughter, love, people,



Premium Member Future Shock
Reliving every moment since it started,
the good, the bad, the downright pitiful mistakes
made by yours truly, wiser with age
through the journey of discovery.
Sadly, the other...

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© Lee Norton  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: self, city, dark, humanity, political,

A solitary figure
In the dimly lit corners of her existence,
She lingered, a ghost in the midst of persistence.
From the womb, she was marked, a black sheep born,
Destined...

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Categories: self, dark, loneliness, lost, mental

Craving a Smoke
I’m craving a smoke

I’m craving a drag, a poisonous and toxic puff of smog

to fill my empty lungs to

pass the time to

feel the burn in...

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Categories: self, dark, depression, drug, pain,

Unraveled
I could fill a bottle with air,  
sunken by liquid depression.    
A matter so densely populated.     
by...

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Categories: self, anger, dark, depression, feelings,



Sahmbadi
Parked in the dark, waiting for somebody to shine the way...

That somebody, is someone, who has found Sahmbadi and that Somebody is Me! 

-Your Shadow...

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© Tanya Ross  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: self, body, car, dark, hindi,

Premium Member Time
I was aware I may have lost my mind,
pinpointing on the time,
circular reasoning,
whether in front or behind.

Are thoughts a linear path like the heart?
Regarding sight,...

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© Lee Norton  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: self, absence, addiction, angst, birth,

Premium Member Within Me
Within Me

Trapped within, a tempest roars,
Where demons dance and anguish pours,
In the haunted halls of my soul's estate,
Dwells a darkness deep, where love and hate...

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Categories: self, angst, dark, depression, gothic,

the shadow self wants to dance
i’m here, nor there, sometimes everywhere
a storm brewing

inside i’m darker
i’ve sailed these seas before

repetition becomes habit 
take me back to simpler times

an early childhood memory
just...

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Categories: self, age, angst, anxiety, dark,

Premium Member Blame
Quote: A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else. By John Burroughs


Life has many ups...

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Categories: self, child, hurt, life, people,

Premium Member The Hypocrite

The Hypocrite


The Doubter hides behind religious guise,
Mistakes the raven for the pigeon in darkened skies.
His words beguile, twisting my skeletal fancy into a deceitful smile,
Espousing,...

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Categories: self, anti bullying, bullying, christian,

Premium Member My Silent Companion: A Sonnet for Shadow
In depths of solitude, I stand forlorn,
With shadow as my sole and steadfast friend.
By society shunned, from kinship torn,
I ponder on life's edge, its bitter...

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Categories: self, anger, angst, dark, depression,

Fighting Rumors That Hurt
Words encouragement
Bounce off with no meaning
Meaningless rumors
Absorbed like a dry sponge
Torments from others
Like a raging flood
Face hidden by his hoodie
He pretends to ignore
Rumors & torments
Scarred...

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Categories: self, 12th grade, bullying, dark,

In the Webbed Silence
In the webbed corners of my brain 
There blooms a sinister flower 
Its petals dripping with venom 
 And thick roots entwined with despair 

Begins...

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Categories: self, conflict, dark, emotions, how

Premium Member Life Without Hope Viewed Through A Telescope
As I stand here upon shakey uncertain uneven ground
Completely alone in my empty Clostuerphobic loveless
Self-made prison in hell
Spell cast  gauntlet thrown down
Cat In a...

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© Peter Dome  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: self,


Book: Shattered Sighs