Poems about Dark

• The Saddest Woman in the World

  Drinking / / Jade and coral cherries / / From the Balkan / / Sea foam belly / / / / Royal / / / / Champagne Venus eye / / / / In gardens and glens / / Tumbling / / Hills / / / / Rosary t

  by TheMinotaursDaughter 179 words, 1 day ago. In Dark, Fantasy, Life, Lyrics, Nature, Pain, Personal, Rhyme, Thoughts
• The wildlife deemed Auspicious

  by kittyeaglepig 114 words, 1 day ago. In Fantasy, Dark
• Sleepless Prayer

  cruel, unwieldy / Fate and Circumstance / that leave me sleepless, / thief or imbecile / judge unfairly / this single urge of them all, / that one that leaves / its owner to be robbed, / stripped bare for all the world,

  by DPitman85 245 words, 1 day ago. In Angst, Dark, Free verse, Hope, Love, Pain, Sad, Spiritual, Thoughts, Rejection, Fate
• Violent Daydreams

  Having never / been / one prone / to violence, / I sometimes / find / myself / imagining situations, / situations where / I may have to / defend myself / or my house / or a loved one. / Wit

  by DPitman85 138 words, 1 day ago. In Dark, Free verse, Pain, Violence, Dreams, Fighting
• All She'll Ever Be

  All she's known for is her cruelty.
  That's all she is all she'll ever be.

  by Words Like a Dagger 106 words, on Jul 2 11:44 PM. In Angst, Dark, Free verse, Pain, Thoughts
• Written In Blood

  All of this she wrote on white walls,
  And there her words are forever stained

  by Words Like a Dagger 142 words, on Jul 2 11:31 PM. In Angst, Dark, Free verse, Personal, Pain, Sad, Thoughts
• It Repeats

  The passage of time
  Goes by unnoticed for me.

  by Words Like a Dagger 84 words, on Jul 2 11:11 PM. In Angst, Free verse, Pain, Dark
• I can't remember

  I can't remember. I can't / I can't recall the reason why / Neglected shell of infancy / I don't remember second chances / / I don't recal

  by kittyeaglepig 91 words, on Jul 2 10:12 AM. In Fantasy, Dark, Sad, Rant, Thoughts, Weird, Spiritual
• did i?....

  did i really do it.....or is this my imagination? / did i really take him home / and let this turn into a situation? / did i really cut his eyes out / so he could only see me? / did i really remove his heart / so it only beat for me? / did i

  by TheJOKERSaid 105 words, 6 comments, on Jul 1 2:01 PM. In Dark
• Something evil is crawling across my psyche

  Woke up early / Shut my eyes / lay my head / grind my teeth / / People ask such stupid questions / Whats eating at you? / In a one on one session... / Wanna staple simple lessons / / People seem to be regressing / The lack of Nat

  by MagicSchoolbus 122 words, 2 comments, on Jul 1 11:53 AM. In Contest, dark. Reward
• Under all The Happiness of Life

  It's like / moving in and out / of time / faster than anything you / ever thought possible... / / One moment / you can breathe / / Then

  by MayaBabyBear 170 words, on Jun 30 10:36 PM. In Pain, Personal, Love, Life, Free verse, Society, Sad, Dark
• Cupid Missed

  LOVE KILLS SLOWLY, / MY HEART CANT GROW, / I BELEIVED YOU, / BUT WHY?I DONT KNOW, / ITS CRAZY HOW I CAN NEVER GET OVER YOU, / AND HOW MUCH I HATE LOVING YOU, / YOU TOOK THE ONLY THING THAT COULD BE TAKEN FROM ME, / MY HEART, / BUT LEFT ME

  by Elijah.N 139 words, 1 comment, on Jun 30 4:34 AM. In Dark, Sad, Rhyme, Pain, Personal, Love, Life, Thoughts
• Rolling-pin 666

  by Bleeding FebAngel 92 words, 7 comments, on Jun 29 7:10 AM. In Dark, Adult, Weird
• Inner Demons

  I was Sorrowed / by the Damp / And Misty Light / coming from the door / / I gave myself up to it / willing myself to look beyond the li

  by MayaBabyBear 137 words, 10 comments, on Jun 27 5:24 PM. In Dark, Free verse, Life, Sad, Personal, Pain, Thoughts
• Just like Me

  I'm Damned, so I guess i need no introduction, my words reek of seduction. I don't need instructions to be self-destructive, I'm counter productive. I'm obstructing your justice so how can you trust this. Listen up and don't blink you might miss it, you

  by RedundantMisfortune 156 words, 2 comments, on Jun 26 4:45 AM. In Angst, Beat, Rant, Rhyme, Sad, Thoughts, Free verse, Dark, Life, Rage, Hate, Raw
• Sing the Midnight

  Here the waters stumble and shine-- / Where hope is amoung the broken lies / And midnight is midday. / / Here the bricks hang: black and w

  by HelloMyNameIsJesus 72 words, 1 comment, on Jun 25 5:19 PM. In Dark, Fantasy, Thoughts, Sad, Pain, Rhyme
• Incantation

  by Katizey Gizay 54 words, 2 comments, on Jun 21 11:19 PM. In Dark, Fantasy, Free verse, Nature, Spiritual
• Spanish Inquisition

  by Bleeding FebAngel 91 words, 4 comments, on Jun 21 8:23 PM. In Adult, Dark
• Now You're Gone!

  So...we had problems / and you listened to the others! / And now there's nothing to doanmore / then just closing the door! / / And now you're gone / Did i do anything wrong?! / I don't seem to understand no more... / how am i suppose to

  by ABodyWithNoSoul 120 words, 1 comment, on Jun 19 3:10 PM. In Personal, Pain, Thoughts, Sad, Rhyme, Dark
• A Nightmare Called...Life!

  When i'm asleep / all i can dream of are nightmares / then i open my eyes / to another nightmare called... / life! / I open my eyes to fee

  by ABodyWithNoSoul 187 words, 7 comments, on Jun 19 2:51 PM. In Sad, Thoughts, Life, Dark, Pain, Personal
• My Inner Demons

  Life just became too much, / the demons were winning. / so, I took it into my own hands / the knife that would end it all, / end the suffering and pain. / but you are my savior, / my knight in shining armor, / you found me on

  by photos of you 72 words, 3 comments, on Jun 17 12:28 PM. In dark, pain, personal, love
• Owl.

  / Hidden high within damp leaves, / I sit. / Moonlight shines down / Upon this dreary forest. / I observe a figure, / Weighted and heavy,

  by Krista Elaine 200 words, 10 comments, on Jun 8 10:28 AM. In Angst, Dark, Free verse, Nature, Pain, Rant, Response
• Conscience

  by Kevan 71 words, 3 comments, on Jun 7 10:28 AM. In Raw, Personal, Thoughts, Rhyme, Dark, Angst, Weird
• Tell Me To Walk Through Fire.

  But I've lost / Invisible breath / From my stoned set / Of broken lungs. / / Heave / As I drown / In my own flesh. / / I could heal / If you did it again. / / Do it again. / I dare you. / / Call me a liar / I'll

  by Twila Izzabella 218 words, 3 comments, on Jun 6 3:53 PM. In Pain, Personal, Rant, Sad, Thoughts, Weird, Life, Love, Hope, Dark
• Your Funeral

  / >I search deep inside of my soul, / To find out the answers ill never be told. / I ask time and time again, / why are you such an ass? /

  by Flaquita 207 words, 23 comments, on Jun 5 2:18 PM. In dark, fantasy, life, rant, sad, pain
• Her soul she would trade

  / >She is still loves him with all her heart / The rythem beats rapidly only for him. / As she thinks of what she must do. / A pact with t

  by Flaquita 200 words, 28 comments, on May 29 10:13 PM. In dark, fantasy, love, pain, thoughts
• Cauda Venenum

  When I think about your eyes I remember unimaginable depth, infinite invitation, and unwavering understanding. How easily they pierced my every last defense, so brightly they shown demanding I should ever meet their gaze. / / When I think about your

  by mufinhxc 114 words, 1 comment, on May 19 4:26 AM. In Personal, Life, Sad, Dark, Thoughts, Hope, Pain, Sadness, Loss, Addiction, War
• "Goodnight Sweetheart"

  by lainy66 174 words, 21 comments, on May 14 1:06 PM. In Adult, Dark, Horror
• oubliette

  smoke blew up through the roof / her red hands expose the truth / firelight beauty offsets / while he burns in his regrets / somewhere between lips and hips / send him off with a kiss / sinking like a sailor / goes down with his ship / and

  by mufinhxc 77 words, on Mar 16 2:38 PM. In Love, Personal, Sad, Life, Dark, Thoughts, Depression, Sadness, Anger, Loss, Anguish
• the lush

  while you can say i exaggerate everything / i see where it's all headed / i just admit the inevitable before it's time / it terrifies me, the anxiety is unbearable / i wallow in what i could have been / endless dreams of the waking / ideas tha

  by mufinhxc 164 words, on Mar 8 6:09 PM. In Personal, Sad, Life, Dark, Thoughts, Pain, Death, Depression, Sadness, Anger, Hate
• Alternatives

  Alternatives / We are free or not to choose the way we live our lives. / There is always an alternative. / Thoroughfares caught in the glare of neon lights, shop windows brightly lit display wealth and opulence, add

  by bowmore bill 577 words, on Mar 4 7:00 PM. In Dark
• Did I Kill My Father

  He was raging at their stupidity;
  Debating with much certainty,
  That the girls would

  by algoressister 444 words, 6 comments, on Feb 4 3:05 AM. In Angst, Contemporary, Dark, Free verse, Hope, Humor, Life, Love, Nature, Pain
• slit them slow

  cut them deep / dont do it fast / slit them slow / make it last. / no longer numb / now you can feel / you know at least / this pain is real. / dead inside. / a shadow they pass / one in the corner / in hand sharp glass. / on the b

  by shadowinthecorner 64 words, 12 comments, on Jan 19 1:50 PM. In Dark, Sad, Pain
• A Serial Artisan

  And it will start again. / Yet this time it is different. / It becomes easier. / But it is forever fierce. / / The indifference erupts in a violent splendor. / But not before I take it, / And not after. / This infinitismal moment. / Thi

  by confusedviking 166 words, 2 comments, on Jan 19 1:17 PM. In Dark, Thoughts, Death, Addiction, Free verse
• Natural Born Fool

  Seems like everytime I try, the more I fail
  If there's a God, why do I always feel like I'me in hell?
  

  by s0urce 163 words, 4 comments, on Dec 16 2:00 PM 2008. In Angst, Dark, Hope, Lyrics, Personal, Thoughts
• In a Flash

  In a Flash / / Memories of my life passed before my eyes / like a movie compiled of flashbacks / It began with the day of my birth / Premature. A miracle if she lives / I heard but did not understand / / I also did not understand my pain

  by Brian Balzer 413 words, 31 comments, on Dec 15 7:37 PM 2008. In Dark, Life, Sadness
• We'll Rain Blood On Your Parade

  You sit there and play happy families, / Smiles all around. / Colour and joy just filling the Earth, / Perfect clear skies. / Animals and flowers of beautiful gardens, / The sun shining. / We’ll rain blood on this parade. / / But you

  by StarsFallForUs 180 words, 9 comments, on Dec 14 3:33 PM 2008. In Dark, Depression, Suicide, Family, Loss, Pain, Death, Sadness, Other, Sad, Hate
• EndAll

  You are my enemy / Our connection is absolute / I am flawed / I am expendable / But I will not be challenged / / You are my enemy / And I wish not to take your beliefs / Nor will I restrain your valor / I never ponder your being / As

  by confusedviking 74 words, on Nov 14 1:29 AM 2008. In Free verse, Dark, Spiritual, War, Religion
• John Doe

  To be forgotten. / It's not that bad. / Your presence brings nothing. / Your abscence brings nothing. / Your voice flows through a vacuum / Its meaning unchanged / / But it brings a complacency that is profound / In essence you know ev

  by confusedviking 143 words, 1 comment, on Nov 10 9:11 PM 2008. In Free verse, Rant, Thoughts, Dark
• Still

  by Riveralex 287 words, 17 comments, on Feb 22 10:55 AM 2008. In Adult, Angst, Dark, Love, Lost love, loss, Raw, Family, Life, Pain
• Two Hundred Men

  Forgive me if I fail to celebrate the majesty of Everest; / The mountain doesn't need my praise, / Has lived, will live, long after we are

  by Riveralex 94 words, 18 comments, on Jan 14 1:53 PM 2008. In Dark, Contemporary, Nature, Spiritual, Death, Life, Thoughts, Other
• Crazy

  Before you / I didn't know what crazy was, / I thought it was short / for wild or cool / for someone with a spirit / too big for this world

  by Riveralex 311 words, 27 comments, on Nov 12 2:47 PM 2007. In Dark, Madness, Pain, Raw, Other, Anguish, Addiction, Relationships, Society
• Once

  Just once I'd like to feel something unmixed, / Simple. / Clear again. Ambivalence is / Here again, / My most constant friend. / It's how

  by Riveralex 222 words, 18 comments, on Oct 27 8:30 PM 2007. In Personal, Life, Loss, Struggle, Age, Youth, Dark
• Night and Pain

  This 1981 poem came from a period of intense self-examination, while living alone in a remote place surrounded by the hills and the starry

  by SilverBee 75 words, 4 comments, on Aug 30 3:18 PM 2007. In Personal, Sad, Dark, Free verse, Life, Spiritual
• Morning

  by Riveralex 186 words, 15 comments, on Jul 21 5:06 PM 2007. In Death, Loss, Love, Personal, Dark, Life, Adult
• This Is What You've Done

  by 181 words, 1 comment, on Jan 1 4:04 AM 2007. In Angst, Dark, Free verse, Personal, Sad
• The Kiss of Death....

  by GatheringStorm 203 words, on Nov 25 9:54 PM 2006. In Love, Dark, Personal
• I wake so cold

  by 242 words, 1 comment, on Nov 4 10:23 PM 2006. In Dark, Personal, Sad
• I wake so cold

  by 242 words, on Nov 4 10:23 PM 2006. In Dark, Personal, Sad
• objects in space

  so many paths through things
  objects in space

  injecting dejection, their presence
  startles my sense of splendor
  as rain wakes me from a sunlight nap

  the grandness of vision
  is not its impor

  by Kevin 63 words, 45 comments, on Jul 10 9:48 PM 2005