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My Suicide

If I Could Hear, Those Words Again,
I'd Say The One You'd Love To Hear.
I Wish I Would've Listened;I Hate It When I'm Hated.
Even Worse When I Know Your Jaded,
Forgotten Pain Finally Came Back.
Together I Know Now We'll Never Be.
At Least I Know The Final Cut Would Make Me Free.
The Chance Isn't What I Need, All I Want Is To
Hear You Speak Any Non-Venomous Words To Me.
I Don't Want To Feel Anymore, When I Was Numb,
It Felt So Right.
Now I See, What I Always Hated. Love Wasn't Meant For The Fated.
Heaven Never Wanted Me, Hell can't Save Me, Purgatory's 
Just A Name For The Pain.
So Goodbye And Good Luck To This World.
I Don't Really Love or Care About You or It Anymore.
Once I Tried It, It Felt So Good, Now I Can't Stop The Blood 
From Coming Out!
I Hear The Sirens, An Ambulence Comes.
But What I Hear Is My Tears, Falling In The Rain.
My Best Friends Can't Save Me, They're The Reason
I'm Already Dead.
Please Close My Coffin. 
I've Said All That Should Be Said.

Copyright © Lisa Allen | Year Posted 2008



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I'M Not Her

I know i can't talk to you,
or crawl to you when i run.
 I realize I'm nothing more,
then some naive fool.
She meant something that
 possibly means the world,
I just wish i was her; but I can't cause,I'm not other girls.
I gave you what you wanted, she gave you,what you needed.
from her there was lust, me I guess was your greed.
You wanted friendship...something
  you thought you could never find.
 Her there was a kindred spirit...something we never had.
I gave you love and hope for life,
she gave you a future;possible wife.
I lost my entire world but hey guess
 what it's okay your with her now,
It's okay because she's like all the other girls.
I hate the word love, cause it's thrown around all the time.
Hate how she said it once and you fell for the crime.
Faithless, Soulless, Loveless, Heartless...
 I'm all of these and more but what's really funny is this...I'm still not other girls.
 I refuse to beg for you, I refuse to fight, I refuse to cry anymore, 
 Mostly I refuse to say the one thing I know will fix our problem...I'm sorry.
I should have been what she was for you but i know the truth....
 I'm more sorry than anything...I'm NOT HER.

Copyright © Lisa Allen | Year Posted 2007

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Only Me

THE PAIN, THE CRIES, THE TRUTH,
THE LIES, PERPETUAL BLIS GONE AMISS:
HOPE LOST THEN RECOVERED.
SMALL DREAMS; NOW SMOTHERED, MEANING-
LESS FAITH BECOMES WRECKLESS HATE.
PAID FOR SINS NOT MY OWN, 
DEBT GROWS DEEPER THAN THE UNKNOWN.
SEAS OF EUPHORIC VISIONS FLASH
BEFORE MY EYES.
THE JURY'S VERDICT CAME WITHOUT DELIBERATION;
NO TRIAL.
"GUILTY", UNANAMOUS DECISION.
DOWNWARD SPIRAL BEGINS AGAIN, REACHING 
FOR THE PRESCRIBED STRENGTH; JUST TO MAKE
IT ONE MORE DAY.
RUSHED INTO REALITY, MY SPIRIT SOARS 
WITH DUALITY.
ONE SIDE GOOD, CLEAN, WHOLESOME FUN.
ANOTHER SIDE CONSUMED BBY THE HATRED  
CAUSED AND DONE.
WHICH SIDE SHALL IT BE, WHAT
SHALL I SEE, WHERE WILL I HIDE, WHO 
CAN SEE PAST THE LIES, WHEN CAN I BREATHE.
HOW WILL I RECOVER, WHO WILL
CATCH ME WHEN I FALL OFF THIS
ROLLERCOASTER.
ALL THE TIME, NEVER NEW; SAME-OLD, SAME-OLD, HIDDEN IN TRUTHS.
BELIEVE IN NOTHING, HOPE FOR EVERYTHING,
TRUST TO BE FREE, WISH THERE WAS
SOMEONE WHO COULD SAVE ME...FROM ME.
TO LOVE ONLY ME, TO HOLD ONLY ME.
TO SEE MY FAMILY AND SEE ONLY ME.
SELFISHNESS HAS BECOME MY ANONYMITY.
SO FOR NOW I'LL HOLD DEAR,
WHAT ONCE WAS SO CLEAR.
MY FUNERAL SONG IS NOW BECOME MY
LIFE'S MISSION...TO FREE THIS PAIN...I
HOLD SO DEEP INSIDE...ME...GOODBYE

Copyright © Lisa Allen | Year Posted 2010

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The Devil's Lullaby

IT HATH TURNED ME AWAY,
BELONG IN PAIN, FOR ALL OF 
 MY DAYS.
REPENT AND REAP THE OATS
 SOWN.
HEAR THE BITTERNESS IN 
 MY TONE.
FORGET TO FORGIVE THAT
 WHICH HATH BEEN DENIED...
AND LIVE! LIVE! SAY I 
 TO HOLDETH TIGHTLY UNTO
THE ENDS OF MINE LIFE. 
 AS THINE MIND PLAYS
TRICKS AND PUSHES ME
 INTO A SWEET SLUMBER
WOOED BY THINE OWN 
 MEDIOCRITY;
THIS IS THE DEVIL'S LULLABY.
 NOW BE AT PEACE AND REST SOON 
YE SHALL STOP LIFE'S PROTEST.

Copyright © Lisa Allen | Year Posted 2010

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Vows

I SEE THE WAY I FEEL INSIDE,
LOCKED AWAY BEHIND ALL MY LIES.
I HEAR THE WORDS BEHIND MY 
BACK, TRUTHFULLY IT'S ACOUSTICALLY
SAD.
WHEN THE CHORDS ARE PLAYED,
THERE'S A MELODIC HAUNTING IN MY MIND!
LOST INSIDE; THE ENDEAVOR IS BLIND.
STAR-GAZING BRINGS THE TUNES TO A 
HIGH, PEOPLE WATCHING TAKES ME TO A 
LOW.
BOXED IN THE WAY I FEEL;
MY PANIC BECOMES MANIC, I JUST
NEED A WAY TO DEAL.
STRAWBERRY GASHES IN PEACH-COLORED
FIELDS, HELPS TO DEFINE HOW IT IS 
AND WHAT I TRULY FEEL.
FORGIVENESS SOUNDS GOUND, BUT 
I KNOW I WON'T FORGET. JUST
LIKE A GREAT POEM OR SONNET THESE
SCARS ARE MY COMMITTMENT.
SO AS I SHALL FADE TO NOTHINGNESS 
NOW; I GIVE YOU THESE WORDS TO
CHERISH - DEATH BECOMES MY WEDDING VOW.

Copyright © Lisa Allen | Year Posted 2010



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Broken Portrait

How to breathe...in the in between.
Is to see that which is unseen,
perfection, betrayed, through
timeless tales.
This is me and how i fell to my
own tale.
My cell is myself.
my key a broken portrait,
given unto immortality's last
fable.

Copyright © Lisa Allen | Year Posted 2008

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Ty'D Up In Knots

LONLINESS IS BEAUTIFUL;
BEAUTIFUL IS A DISASTER.
FAITH IS LOST...GONE AND FORGOTTEN.
YOU ARE THE EAR'S OPEN FOR MY RANTS.
ARMS WRAPPED AROUND ME.
TRUST GIVEN NEVER TAKEN.
WILL YOU UNTY'E THESE CHAINS 
WITH HOPE.
FORSAKEN AND CRUSHED.
TY'ED UP IN KNOTS.
DIFFERENCES PULL US;
SIMILARITIES BIND US.
IN A SEA OF RAGE, YOU WILL
CALM ME.
LIKE A CONFIDANT, MY SECRETS
YOU'LL NEVER BETRAY.
THE LINES ARE COMING LOOSE!
UNDONE BY STEADFAST HANDS.
THE WORDS WE SPEAK ENCOMPASS 
EVERYTHING.
FOR LIFE AND BEYOND.
NO ONE SEE'S, THE KNOTS ARE 
FINALLY GONE!
UNDONE, UNTY'D...AT LAST THERE'S PEACE!
THANK YOU MY FRIEND FOR HELPING
ME COME UNTY'D FROM THE KNOTS.

Copyright © Lisa Allen | Year Posted 2010

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Saving Grace

Alive In Night,
 Shadowed By Light
Born Through Pain
 The Death Is Sane
So Surreal The Death I Feel;
 Faith No More,
Trust In Doubt
 Left With Scorn
Fled In A Rush
 Melting At Your Touch.
Can't You Hear
 The Hope, The Fear...
Pain And Hate
 How Easily Does It
Resign Your Fate,
 Justified Thy Death
Murdered Thine Life
 Can Help Shine Through,
This Opaque Shield I Drew.
 Maybe, Finally-I Can Rest In Pieces...
Undeterred Needs Met With Unsoilicited Promises.

Copyright © Lisa Allen | Year Posted 2007

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At Arm's Length

I KEEP YOU CLOSE; YET FAR AWAY,
IT'S EASIER THIS WAY.
 I LOVE YOU MORE EACH AND 
EVERYDAY.
 SO MUCH SO WORD'S CAN NOT
SAY.
 ONE HUG HELD SO TIGHT... 
I KNOW DEEP DOWN THAT
 THIS IS RIGHT.
I TRUST IN YOU TO MAKE 
 MY DAY BRIGHT.
FAITHFUL AS THE BURNING
 CANDLELIGHT.
YOU MAY NOT NOTICE, BUT
 I DO THIS FOR US BOTH.
I KEEP YOU CLOSE, SO FAR
 AWAY...
BECAUSE FOR YOU TO BE 
 SAFE,
YOU MUST STAY AT ARM'S LENGTH.

Copyright © Lisa Allen | Year Posted 2010

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The Color of Autumn

The air is cold ;so is my heart
the world starts to die just as I.
 In somberness I see the beauty of it all.
the reds,oranges,browns and golds give us hope
that the coming winter will help the earth regenerate,
As an artist paints the wonder of the coming fall, as his
eyes do see the wilderness change, so to do I.
 My death is my fall, my rebirth will be my winter.
I hold such splendor tight to my love and close to my heart.
For in truth lives life and in death lives the light.
My autumn shall become what my eyes behold.
an interwoven pattern of the world, a world unknown.
these beatious mountains of res,oranges,browns, and golds.
 Now what do your eyes see in this empty land surrounded by sea.

Copyright © Lisa Allen | Year Posted 2007

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