Short Bruises Poems

Short Bruises Poems. Below are examples of the most popular short poems about Bruises by PoetrySoup poets. Search short poems about Bruises by length and keyword.


Sedate

the pain
bruises fade
cuts heal
heart ache wanes
but how do you deal with the numb
when there is nothing you can feel


Premium Member Not So Tranquil

My life is not so tranquil
It’s full of bumps and bruises
I know all this will remain
Pain from broken heart

Russell Sivey
Form: Dodoitsu

Premium Member Bruises

19
These bruises come
Remnant of the dark age
To remind me that
Part of me is still
Caught in the game
To them be free
© Cs Parker  Create an image from this poem.

Premium Member Bruises

19
These bruises come
Remnant of the dark age
To remind me that
Part of me is still
Caught in the game
To them be free
© Cs Parker  Create an image from this poem.

Premium Member Life on an Applecart

   Jostled to and fro
     ruts in road take their toll

   Bruises are his bane forever
     No one'll claim him ~ ever
Form: Couplet


Fear Made Habitual

All my worries are marked with bruises
I tend to hold them tight
So text me when you get home
And I can fall asleep tonight
© Lila Head  Create an image from this poem.

High

• Bite marks on my neck • Bruises on my thighs • There is no way to numb the pain • Except to for getting high
© Salmon Oid  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Stale

Stale the ale
Rancid the memories
  in my pail

Bruises, injections
  bloody reflections
  
A life thrown away
  no more to say
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Behind Closed Doors

Domestic Abuse Livid bruises fade … but the pain in your heart will remain forever 9TH January 2018
Form: Monoku

Premium Member Survivor Mode

bruises scars and stretch marks
the sum total of diverse past experiences
~ I am strength and stamina


Wordku: 5-7-5 words

AP: Honorable Mention 2025
Form: Other

Waffles

Black,
and blue
The color of the bruises on
my heart,
my soul, 
my ego,
not to be confused with a waffle
Lies
But how can I miss
what was not even mine

You Don'T Care

Slap my face,
beat me down,
hurt me so bad,
confidence gone,
feel as low as the ground.
Bruises on my side,
hurting so bad,
you don't even care that I cry!
Form:

Take It.

put me in a box, and feed me nuts.
knock me about, give me bruises and cuts.
splash me with water kick me to the floor:
make me know pain, i'll ask you for more.
Form: Rhyme

The Brave Ones

The Brave ones
Never die
Bruises on their hearts over-packed though
Here lies the witness
Scribbling more bruises on the hearts of men
With a pen full of honey
Form: Imagism

Premium Member Insecure Attachment

quite tears  unnoticed
eggshells  crack under my feet
purple, black bruises

nagging guilt blinders 
never-ending  loneliness  
fantasy love  bond


6/15/2016
© Eve Roper  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Senryu

Premium Member Mildly Amusing Limerick 2

A temptress whose first name was Ella, 
Had her best snares set out for a fella, 
He saw through her ruses
And not fond of bruises
Simply said, ‘You’re not my Cinderella’
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Striped Lily Starlettes

striped lily starlettes - orange-sun piques from its core, past purple bruises. brightness of each petal tip like pomp's fluorescent stage lights.
Form: Tanka

Premium Member as they graduate

the young learn of life's bruises
failed jobs, craters along the way
they forge forward
too ashamed to look back,
but too hardheaded to stop
for that next challenge to face

Again - a Poem By My Sister

Builder, build me, you built me a wall
Right round my heart, can't see it at all.
Why are you scared? It's me with the bruises
My breath catches, waits, for whatever he chooses.
Form: Quatrain

Battered

She puts on make up
To cover the ugly bruises
She wears a fake smile
To hide the broken ego
She still goes back home
To the abusive brute
The well of tears
Now her cup of tea

Come On In Here

lost kitten starved kitten
cold broken bruised lost
come on in here you will
be warm broken no more
your bruises kissed away
you go from lost to found
and starved to fed always

On An Abused Woman

A cool fresh breeze
is wiping off her tears,
not her bruises.
---
She is making up
her tears with
big warm smiles.
--
Unconcerned
witnesses to her woes-
luxurious furniture.
Form: Haiku

Fear

He smells my fear
lying there
fighting this
eyes shut tight
fly away
far away
escape this body
bruises, scars
hiding secrets
telling lies
feeling disgusted
just sleep please
Form: Bio

When People Will Fight

When People Will Fight

What people will do when they fight,
After experiencing and seeing sight;
Blood and guts;
Bruises and cuts;
Never have forgotten all the freight.

Jim Horn
© James Horn  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Limerick

Hiding Abuse

Every day it is the same
Hours at the mirror
Adding more and more make-up
Hiding bruises from the night before
Another abused woman no one will ever see

© Poem – XII/III/MMXXIV
LRET

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