Trauma Poems - Poems about Trauma

...I sexualize the smoke clouds I anticipate the grief before it grows on me like a hospital bill And there's no telling if I won't or will If I fill the tank with secrets, will you spill? Your m......Read the rest...

...Bonne nuit, numbers and digits Did you miss hearing the drunk specter sing? Back to waffle again about their trauma and joy Derek isn't even their real name Where were you when the millennium t......Read the rest...

...I’ve come to the end I’ve come to the end I’m sorry to say, I’m not strong enough To fight through every day. You may think me selfish That I don’t give a damn, I tried really hard To be no......Read the rest...

...If you could see beyond the skin, to all my trauma, buried deep within, you'd be in awe; I still manage to grin. I struggle with sleep; some days I can't eat, left feeling empty, dead on m......Read the rest...

...How lucky we are the Olympics Will be starting, this Friday, in France! After all this political trauma, We can wake from this terrible trance. We can focus on swimming and tennis, Gymnastics ......Read the rest...

...The silence is deafening, but I know you're still here. I look within and see your presence A beautiful spirit with lovely eyes. I look around me, and I think I have become a menace. Stuck rumin......Read the rest...

...These eyes are full If I blink this river will flood, Overwhelming feeling My fears are misunderstood. An unboxed memory- open Thoughts I cannot take, Don’t want to talk about it Fear- my mind......Read the rest...

... She passes the place where I sit some mornings, her slow, sure gait pads a gentle elegance across the grass carrying just a hint of indifference. Retired from racing, she has been adopted o......Read the rest...

...Greatness Through Grief I never experienced this much pain How do you gain The composure of emotions Mentally, you are in another zone Emotionally, I want to be left alone Physically, you......Read the rest...

...Expectations and like the many changing faces. We are constantly trying to fit the best one to put on. I constantly try to adjust one side and keep one's truth hidden deep inside. Embedded in s......Read the rest...

...Living in hiding for many years after the fbi relocated my family to Ohio after a very long investigation in corrupt officers selling drugs in the city of North chicago I was wearing wires pregnant b......Read the rest...

...My body is an ear. Absorbing whispers meant for others' mouths that only close to wait to shove out more sound. In other directions. Towards another mouth. Mouths who vomit sounds for the ......Read the rest...

...Suffering with a traumatic brain injury nerve damage traumatic headaches neuropathy spalastity degenerative brain injury it's a blessing to have medical care out reach support groups balanc......Read the rest...

... I see their vain eyes, their large soulless eyes, that glower and twist and torture thy soul. I feel their tough hands, oft wrapped round my throat, and find myself choke, choke,......Read the rest...

...I wish I wish I could go back To that very day The one that changed your lives In every single way I wish i could remove All the scars you now bear The trauma that you witnessed All the dam......Read the rest...