Understood Poems - Poems about Understood

A soggy teddy bear lay on the shoulder of the highway— head twisted, limbs askew, its damp fur clinging to gravel and its sightless eyes beseeching heaven. I watched from the backseat, wondering if it was dropped in sorrow or thrown in rage, or left behind after something that didn’t leave anything else. Two women in white nightgowns ran across their front lawn on a frosty full...

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Seclusion forms into a mountain, Practice acceptance of my reflection, Eye contact with the water of a fountain. Time refuses to push forward if you stop counting, Acting seconds out loud, Life can never falter if I’ve got nothing to amount to. I’m trying to make sense of the seasons, Claimants of my portions try...

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Attorney Sara, There are nights when the hush of the world is so deep I can hear the stars murmur to one another, and I think of you. You are all I have—not in some desperate cry, but in a sacred truth. You are grace when I stumble, beauty when I close my eyes, and light...

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he knew me in ways i didnt yet know myself saw the sharp edges i hid from the world and traced them gently like they were meant to be held, not feared he knew when silence meant i wasnt fine when my laughter was just a shield never asked me to change, took me whole and only held space for...

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if the sea ran dry every soul would know it die; then be noticed...

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I’ve understood the secrets of your life, I’m no longer your former source of strife. I won’t take a place on your cherished throne, My sorrow won’t leave your doorstep alone. The century looks back at me with disdain, What’s happened to humanity’s domain? Deep in my heart, my feelings remain, My secrets are still unshared, like a chain. I have many truths...

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Words Cannot be understood Because Nothing cannot be Understood.. Appearances are nothing Appearing.. Words are appearances That's about it..!! (Clarity speaks But there is no clarity..) ...

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Words Cannot be understood Because Nothing cannot be Understood... Well..?...

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With my students I discussed the other day, the famous line "Gather ye rosebuds while ye may." Then after the prayer, with which our school day closes, I heard the headmaster ask, "Anyone know what happened to my roses?" And giggling to myself, I thought, "No effing way!" ...

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You have never understood the fear in my voice, shaking and quivering, for life i begged for my dad dripping bloody, pants, underwear running low dangling on my knees "please pick me up, im..maiden lane..? i'm scared dad. it's dark. and i don't know where i am please.." i cried aching painfully, "i'm on my way, stay right there....

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I never understood love... Always was I the one who adorned his life with dreams. Music was my compass through the fog towards all that I was to become. Often, love seemed a superfluous entity, I found myself wrapped in a cocoon of crystal, A prisoner of solitude, No one seemed to unravel the enigma of my soul. But here you are...

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To be mis understood is to be absorbed A rejection of existence by the listener The communicator communicating But the message is dissonance It has happened one two three many times Too much so that speaking is distilled To specifically what you believe in So that you can see me, It is heartbreaking I would...

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in a breath it came to me that god was in the little things that bring us joy AP: 3rd place 2023 Posted on May 24, 2023...

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While the family was gone to Mama's funeral Pixie Mouse began to sweep. She wanted it to be tidy when they returned; and she barely made a peep. Although humans had never been kind to her, she understood the death creep. It is a time to laugh, to joke, to story tell and weep. Not the time to...

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I never understood the 'boys in the hood' Why they ditched school and thought they were cool I never understood their love for switchblades They were carving up faces while I made my good grades I never understood ...

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