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Sorrow Self Poems

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


Premium Member Beneath the branches
You'll find me under the stars
Beneath the branches of a willow tree
Longing for something 
That'll never be seen
2 parts slave
1 part free
Forgotten by lovers
Forgotten by...

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© Roger Harp  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: self, death, extended metaphor, life,



Flesh Wounds
The mirror reflects a lifetime etched upon my skin; a canvas of stories whispered through maturity. I stand before it, middle-aged and exposed, my nakedness...

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Categories: self, appreciation, beauty, body, growth,

I Am More Than The Names You Call Me
Do not call me a freak
Loser nerd or even geek
You may think it's funny but
It's like you punched me in the gut
Words painful and very...

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Categories: self, bullying, feelings, identity, image,

For Aaron Bushnell
Inevitably, tears of love, of sorrow,
tears that stem from my heart, flow
whenever I think of your sacrifice,
the ultimate payment of a high price.
You were a...

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Categories: self, courage, death, loss, love,

Premium Member Inner Turmoil
It is not fair, it is not just,
That you have things that I don't!

Do I suffer with envy and jealousy,
Coiling like a noose in my...

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Categories: self, emotions, fate, feelings, identity,



A Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
A handful of sorrowful years have passed
and now I bare my shame.
A deserving fate for one miscast;
deserving of the blame.

For I was flailing as a...

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Categories: self, break up, children, desire,

Recipe for Good Old-Fashioned Depression
Ingredients:

~ A pint of stress
~A cup of anxiety 
~A tablespoon of guilt
~A pinch of regret
~A dash of hopelessness
~A sprinkle of self-doubt

Directions:

- Mix all the ingredients...

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Categories: self, depression, emotions, feelings, loneliness,

Sorrow is Part of Life
Sorrow is part of life
Faced by all in some way
But hope can still be found  
Through our daily struggles
We find strength all around

Sorrow is...

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Categories: self, encouraging, endurance, feelings, peace,

'Drawings'
I love drawing.
It’s how I express myself.
But these drawings,
nobody ever saw.
Drawings that I hid.
I loved drawing,
I was good at it too.
Getting the angles and lines...

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Categories: emotions, self, sorrow,

I hate how I remember you
I hate how I remember you
That's why every time you come to mind
I shrug it off saying you no more
So why revisit the past while...

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Categories: emotions, pain, sad, self,

A New Me
When I was lost, consumed in fear,
My confidence shattered, my heart unclear,
I thought the pain, the hurt, the sorrow,
Were signs of a bleak and hopeless...

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© Maya Evans  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: self, allah, change,

Child Inside
I worry for the child every night,
And every night brings forth another fright.
I worry for the child in every way everyday,
“Do not stumble, don't get...

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Categories: self, 10th grade, 11th grade,

Used To Be Love
He started off patient,
He used to be kind,
What she didn't know?
He told her pretty lies.
Anything, everything
he knew would capture her
like some prize to be won.

He...

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Categories: self, angst, break up, emotions,

Premium Member Shore of the River
On the shore of the river,
we used to bathe,
in the streams flowing to that river,
we used to play,
with no worries,
with no sorrows,
following the water running...

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Categories: self, absence, change, dedication, emotions,

Thoughts of a Self Motivated Individual
Not always will sorrow,
remain in your lot.
Not always will a lot of suffering,
leave a scar in your heart,
because when you stop depending,
on others for a...

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Categories: self, motivation,


Book: Shattered Sighs