Category: Sad Poems

  • Poem About Feeling Alone and Misunderstood

    Poem About Feeling Alone and Misunderstood

    Alien –  A Poem Feelings run too deeplike the full summer moon,sinking in the sky’s dark sea of black.Reminiscing, pondering over burnt out stars,wishing their beautiful light could somehow be brought back. But the ancient dust has crumbled,scattered like ashes in the brisk solar wind.But memories stand transfixed,unaltered by time, suspendedin infinity’s domain without an…

  • The Black Veil – A Poem

    The Black Veil – A Poem

    The Black Veil – A Poem I wear this black veil of despair Like the wrappings of a mummy, Covering my self-inflicted wounds. My face frozen in cold, blank stare Trapped within my tomb, Alone in my room. Why do you continue to test me? Why do you hold out savory meat Only to snatch…

  • The Sailor – A Poem

    The Sailor – A Poem

    The Sailor – A Poem You’ve sent me off as an aimless navigator Traveling upon treacherous and torrential seas. Once was a proud and confident sailor, But now find there’s no compass I can read. Needles spin with the wind and poles have no meaning When they are altered by my heart’s magnetic field. And…

  • Life’s Amphitheater – A Poem About Helping the Less Fortunate

    Life’s Amphitheater – A Poem About Helping the Less Fortunate

    As I was driving down the road the other day and came to a stoplight, my eyes fell upon a young woman begging on the side of the road. I must admit that often times I am quick to judge out of pride or wonder why they are too lazy to pick themselves up and…

  • The Clouds of Mourning – A Poem About Depression and Pain

    The Clouds of Mourning – A Poem About Depression and Pain

    As we go through life, there are inevitable seasons where it seems the skies are always cloudy, always raining, and the forecast will never change. Anyone that has ever dealt with depression (or any mental illness for that matter) knows that it is like a ghost that haunts you no matter where you go or…

  • A Breakup Poem About Rejection and Starting Over 

    A Breakup Poem About Rejection and Starting Over 

    Leaving Home – A Poem About Getting Rejected by a Lover Leaving home and venturing aloneOut across the unfamiliar frontier.The scenery and signposts are all unknown,And my heart sags, burdened by hesitation and fear. Traveling along tomorrow’s highway,Musing over the miles left behind.But when you’ve played every card there is to play,Your eviction notice has…

  • Rosebush – A Poem

    Rosebush – A Poem

    Rosebush – A Poem On Nature And Flowers I am mesmerized by your petals – Stained crimson red with beauty. Delicate like soft velvet, Detailed in form, hiding mystery. Your aroma arises to meet me. Scents of seduction, the fragrance of romanticism you send. Your hands stretch out across the winds, Captivating, caressing, and undressing…

  • Stars

    Stars

    Stars Tears fall. Shooting, streaming from the sky. Stars that used to shine Are extinguished in seas of pain and die. Endless black covers heaven’s rooftop With no signposts or signal fires to light and guide the way. The moon mourns in solemn tunes, Refusing to reflect the sun’s rays. Dreams of desolation Devour the…

  • Second Star To The Right – A Poem About Losing Childhood Innocence

    Second Star To The Right – A Poem About Losing Childhood Innocence

    Second Star To The Right – A Poem About Losing Childhood Innocence My sanctuary of sanity Dresses in new robes everyday. Joyfully furnishing new rooms of solitude Only to find the door locked the very next day. The storm clouds gather, grow like weeds – Stubborn and unable to be wrought out. Their rains fueling,…

  • Stutter Step – A Poem

    Stutter Step – A Poem

    Stutter Step – A Poem Like a quick, passing glance The foot falls of our dance Stutter and come to a halting screech. Not through random chance, Nor matters of unforeseen circumstance, But because you refuse to leap. Leave matters of the heart to faith. Believe and dream in the life that awaits For you…

  • The Trouble With Love – A Poem

    The Trouble With Love – A Poem Why do I continually let people into my fragile heart Who have no business being there? Why do I continue to trust in the promise of love When it only breeds deep wounds of despair? “I Love You’s” are thrown around like hellos, Promises given without the trace…

  • Unrequited Love Poem About Missing Someone You Love

    Unrequited Love Poem About Missing Someone You Love

    Oh, how the heart aches when it’s separated from who you love–even more so after a break-up. When we go through hard times in a relationship our minds never seem to rest. We question all our past actions and words while mapping out possible ways to fix things and get back to the way we…

  • Betrayal Burns Like A Bonfire – A Poem of Love

    Betrayal Burns Like A Bonfire – A Poem of Love

    Betrayal Burns Like A Bonfire – A Poem of Love My heart is burning in the flames of betrayal – Scorching like a fiery furnace stripping away metal, Bubbling like a boiling brew over a kettle; Anguish stirs within. Oh, this wretched weakness, this bitter sin That I allow my anger to smolder. Steam sneaks…

  • Coming of Age – A Poem About Growing Up

    Coming of Age – A Poem About Growing Up

    Coming of Age – A Poem About Growing Up I walk alone down the streets of time,Constantly searching, yearning for a home I can call mine.But the migrant bustle, hustle through the downtown streetsMakes it nearly impossible, a distant and unattainable feat.Who are these faces that stare back at me?Why do they appear so alive,…

  • The Streets of Love – A Poem

    The Streets of Love – A Poem

    The Streets of Love – A Poem Somewhere in the depths of solitude There’s a searching, a seeking, An endless pursuit for meaning Among the daily rendezvous with silence And the lonely morning hangovers From drinking too many shots of unrequited love The night before. There’s Tylenol for a headache, but what do I give…

  • A Plea To Love – A Poem

    A Plea To Love – A Poem

    A Plea To Love – A Poem Oh, this wanting, this waiting, This endless pursuing A feeling that waxes and wanes Like the cycles of the moon. Her eyes dangle like glistening diamonds, But close and pass out of sight much too soon. I squander the hours away, Smoking the days up like cigarettes in…

  • Into the Wild Blue Yonder – A Love Poem

    Into the Wild Blue Yonder – A Love Poem Just as the earth and trees long for the warmth of spring in winter, I long for you. I await the days when this thick, solid ice melts And the rivers of my love flow to you, when this tundra of pale blue skylines, frosted with…

  • The Dark Night of the Soul – A Christian Poem About Doubt

    This is a continuation of my post yesterday about dealing with the topic of doubt. It is a common misconception that there is something wrong with doubts, that if you doubt you don’t really believe. This is simply not true. Even John the Baptist had doubts. “Now when John heard in prison about the deeds…


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