Short Dark Thoughts Poems
Short Dark Thoughts Poems. Below are examples of the most popular short poems about Dark Thoughts by PoetrySoup poets. Search short poems about Dark Thoughts by length and keyword.
Senryu 7-1-2016
raised voices warning
thunder awakens lightning
dark thoughts fading
John G. Lawless
7/1/2017
darkened moon
filthy room
five fast bullets
locked and loaded
perilous inches
from my head
fate is held
by my true loves' hand
Dark thoughts attack at will.
Be brave and fiercely fight them off.
Trust the sun will return.
AP: Honorable Mention 2026
Tweet your dark thoughts to all you choose
W
I
Take your time,there's so much to lose
Trump did so and now sings the blues
E
R
colours bright an beautiful,
can move your face to smile,
stay away from dull and grey,
let dark thoughts wait awhile ...
Don
Focus on winning
Simple when the mind's at ease
And heartbeats steady,
But in love, fears bring along
Dark thoughts to challenge your poise
Oh the stealth of those shadows which come cloaked in the black of night ....
bringing with them dark thoughts which haunt the souls of men.
He sat alone as outcast.
Cut himself off all family and friends.
Dark thoughts circling above him.
Wordku: 5-7-5 words
AP: 2nd place 2026
Dark thoughts twitching on a nightstand.
Wrinkled -bloated-bloodied.
Like an ancient boxing glove.
Powerless-broken-longshot.
A dead sea scroll- smoldering.
In the chambers of a burned-out heart.
Happy and warm,
Laying in your arms.
No harm here,
Just two hearts.
They beat in synch
As i look into your eyess
Dark thoughts fade,
And finally die,
For now, i know
That you will never say goodbye.
Little by little
Fear forms whittle
Dimming soul’s light
Day and night
Crouched in fright
Dark thoughts belittle
Our mindful eye
Thus does decry
Onset of grief
Ego, joys thief
To get relief
We wingless fly
Confined to my home, night and day,
housed like a prisoner for twenty years.
My Agoraphobia will never go away.
Dark thoughts trigger copious tears,
I’m terrified of leaving these walls of gray.
She had been stalked
Dark thoughts draped in silence
Ranting
Gnawing
Suckling
At the breast of doubt
Whimpering
In the shadowed suffering
Of idled indecision
Held hostage
By the blank page
John G. Lawless
©6/23/2023
deluded, by ego led
we spot the onset of dread
a subterfuge mechanism
of ego in body prism
what have we to do with this
with our presence drenched with bliss
so we embrace and release
dark thoughts and flow on with ease
kite firm in hand no sun no wind no string
spiritually bankrupt
dark thoughts stir up a breeze
AP: 1st place 2025
Submitted on March 29, 2018 to LATE MAR 2018 STANDARD CONTEST sponsored by BRIAN STRAND - RANKED 3RD
I had a bad day
yesterday
trying my best to put
it aside and put
my happy face on
but it seems to be gone
I'll start with a smile
and go the extra mile
to put aside dark thoughts
and do what I ought
and try to make today
a good day!
I wish had the pure heart as you say
I get tempted in various ways
I do have dark thoughts, filthy desires
But amongst all these
There is little ray of light
A glimmer of hope
That upholds my strive
to keep whatever innocence left in me- Alive
Form:
I never grew in poverty, or without a stroke of love.
Still I hold my tears at night, but what am I afraid of?
The dark of night can welcome dreams, but dark thoughts come with time.
Maybe fear comes with knowing that these thoughts are only mine.
Form:
it’s worth
not giving in
not giving up
how I yearn
for fortitude
to overtake my heart
and release dark thoughts
and stormy clouds
that fill my sky
and weigh me down
how I pray for
sunny days
of freedom
AP: Honorable Mention 2021
Black tea, cold and harsh
Desiring to be everything sweeter
Charming
Sobbing, filling the cup
Salty and full of torments
The leaf, prisoner of his own
Marinating in those dark thoughts
Abyss and silent
That's how you make a black tea
Cold and harsh
Form:
the sun will surely shine again, know that...
your dark thoughts are merely passing clouds
drifting across the mind of lonely skies
AP: 3rd place 2025
Submitted on June 3, 2025 for contest YOUR CHOICE S sponsored by BRIAN STRAND - Honorable Mention
When I cry dark thoughts come to mind.
My evil spirits arise, taking me by surprise.
The darkness of the night,
feeds my hunger till the morning light.
My demons come alive.
my drive for the kill.
the thirst for the blood
surrounds me till I wake.
The night falls in a heavy, suffocating cloak.
The light for which I lust for flares once,
Then dies, swallowed by the abyss.
All hope perishes,
My heart beats no more.
How could you not understand,
My dark thoughts surround me, crying.
Save me from myself.
Eden lies within;
No physical place;
We could all be in
A real Eden if
We looked to find it.
Inside one’s self
With no dark thoughts;
Communing with,
Higher spirits.
Go inside
Of yourself;
Search your soul.
Peace you
Will find...
There.
Under the cover of deep darkness
Hidden in some obscure corner
Cowering beneath layers of blankets,
My head wrapped in scarves
buried under a pile of pillows…
No matter what,
Oh, upon my poor soul,
I just couldn’t hide from my thoughts.
~A Brian Strand contest.