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Life Sorrow Poems

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

Premium Member When Silence Speaks
The devil sleeps in the hearts of men,
When silence speaks no need of pen,
Like a puppet master pulling strings,
Empathy dangling as the devil sings.

Humanity resides...

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Categories: evil, pain, silence, sorrow,

Black Snake

I saw a black snake twice in my dream
Exactly what his presence seemed to mean.
Escaping from the same place as mystery
Tell me why
Automatic killer coming...

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Categories: sorrow, abuse, books, conflict, life,
When Death Stopped for Me
Because I could not escape from Life –  
It rudely dragged me forth –  
The chaos swirled, consuming all –  
And Oblivion,...

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Categories: sorrow, age, cry, destiny, endurance,
Oblivion
In the depths of her despair, she's confined,
A solitary figure, lost in her mind,
Engulfed by shadows, no end in sight,
She battles demons in the darkest...

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Categories: sorrow, conflict, dark, depression, heartbroken,
Premium Member Love
"One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life. The word is love."
         ...

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Categories: sorrow, life, love,

Demons
My entire life I've been drowning in a darkness
As a little girl I begged to be loved: Nothing  more nothing less
I kept telling myself...

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Categories: sorrow, dark, heartbroken, hurt, loneliness,
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: sorrow, death, extended metaphor, life,
When life is unfair
"Fall not into despair but into God."
                Oliver Clement

When life...

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Categories: sorrow, care, christian, god, heart,
The Great 8
We started as 8 with the unique zest of life in our own way, but it was not to be for eternity for the first...

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Categories: sorrow, bereavement, death, emotions, family,
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: sorrow, appreciation, beauty, body, growth,
Unbearable Heartbreak
The pain in my heart threatens to be my end,
I sought to show the 'me' that God did intend.
Yet, silenced I stand, to the skies,...

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Categories: sorrow, break up, desire, fate,
Premium Member ANOMIE
When we were children, 
     we played games
          Often scary...
  ...

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© Ann Peck  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: sorrow, angst, feelings, life, rude,
My Whole World Is Gone
I have nightmares every night
It's so hard to find the light
In the darkness haunting me
It will never set me free
Years and years inside my head
I...

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Categories: sorrow, hurt, missing you, pain,
Echoes of Sorrow mourning the Loss of Innocence
It grieves me to witness our youth's demise,
Each day, each hour, another life unties.
Daughters, sons, announced dead, bereft,
In a world where cruelty has left.

What have...

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Categories: sorrow, anger, anxiety, death, emotions,
Sanguine Sorrow: Tears of Crimson Pain
Peer deep into my eyes, what do you perceive? They hail me as strong, yet my heart grieves. Funny how it no longer bleeds red,...

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Categories: sorrow, anxiety, betrayal, deep, pain,

Book: Shattered Sighs