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Poems about Life

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  • We rolled joints and bought whiskey.She drove to Glasgow from Edinburgh.I drank.She smoked.The trip took fifty minutes.I got drunk and she
    by rhetorica 165 words, 8 comments, 1 day ago. In Life, Personal, Death
  • what can happen in the end if you open up. yes, you.
    by LifeIsIronic 372 words, 1 comment, on Jan 6 1:48 PM. In Pain, Nature, Personal, Rant, Life
  • / / Where did we go wrong? From the hurts and sorrows to the many regrets. / / All I ever wants was a friend, someone to talk to. Someone to confide in. / / Yet we were so different or should I say so distant. We never tried to unde
    by NoblePoetry 137 words, on Jan 6 9:40 AM. In Life, Love, Pain
  • We are those of the human species / That are not fearful of seeking lonely corners. / Lonely we feel, but still / Are not hesitant to plu
    by vjthapa 36 words, 2 comments, on Jan 6 1:07 AM. In Free verse, Life, Personal, Sad, Thoughts, Lost love, Loss
  • Drowning in the blood from the wounds I've inflicted / There's no need for judgement, her I stand convicted. / The prisoner runs farther, rampant and loose, / as his efforts to escape only tighten the noose. / I see him run closer on the blood red
    by ketchup4all 130 words, on Jan 4 2:47 PM. In Angst, Dark, life, pain, sad, thoughts, spiritual
  • Gardener, oh Gardener, weave me a blade. / A blade to cover, to help lighten the black. / Just one for me, that'll do just fine. / They'll spread their lush color and sprawl fields abroad. / / I see your shadow old man, as above me you stand, t
    by ketchup4all 115 words, on Jan 4 2:46 PM. In Angst, Dark, life, pain, sad, thoughts, spiritual
  • I set it on shuffle / so you can write the poem. / Gave up the books, / so you can write the toems. / I put down the pencil, / so as to not use your lead. / Washed my cross so that yours was red. / I cleaned my room so yours wasn't a mess,
    by ketchup4all 67 words, on Jan 4 2:44 PM. In Angst, Dark, life, pain, sad, thoughts, spiritual
  • It seems the scars of yesterday / would guide a path, perhaps lead the way. / but instead I head forward into the past, / choices of impulse, hoped not to last. / / Graves upon graves of sorrow and tears, / Smiles upon smiles of laughs and fe
    by ketchup4all 55 words, 2 comments, on Jan 4 2:41 PM. In Angst, Dark, life, pain, sad, thoughts
  • Someday no one will read these words, / I know this, yet i'll not cease to write. / Not far from now, I'll decay and rot, / yet today I'll stay and fight. / / Today I get by with the path I walk, / Though I know it aims to know end. / Somed
    by ketchup4all 77 words, on Jan 4 2:38 PM. In Angst, Dark, life, pain, sad, thoughts
  • Outside my cracked door / lies the dangerous secret of the / way we've been living / / outside this cracked door / a dangerous ballet is being danced / but nobody but the dancers attended / / outside my cracked door / large silohuette
    by mayaC. 109 words, on Jan 3 6:59 PM. In Angst, Love, Weird, Lyrics, Free verse, Life, Sad, Thoughts, Abuse, Rage
  • My shadow / will never leave me / everytime im feeling down and uneasy / i look to my shadow / knowing that its always thier for me / / / My shadow / is my nightlight / my stuffed animal / my acholic drink / my cigarette / i dont
    by mayaC. 95 words, 1 comment, on Jan 3 6:45 PM. In Angst, Contemporary, Free verse, Life, Humor, Sad, Personal, Pain, Weird
  • I use to take pride in the eyes of my own, / / Knowing that no other could see me alone. / / Sight only saw from the split-second past, /
    by ketchup4all 160 words, on Jan 2 10:10 PM. In Angst, beat, life, dark, hope, love, pain, personal, sad, spiritual, thoughts
  • There's this place / That feels different than most others, / A place where I'm wanted to stay, / Please never go away, / They'd die if I went away. / / There's this place / Where I am loved / Uncomprehendably and endlessly, / Where th
    by annie leigh 217 words, on Jan 2 9:13 PM. In Hope, Life, Rhyme, Thoughts, Beat, Family, Religion
  • Every night, / / when it rains, / / a girl comes / / out of my brain. / / She looks out of / / my window / / and stands in / / front
    by bigcoolyo 169 words, 6 comments, on Jan 2 7:48 PM. In Love, Dark, Fantasy, Life, Thoughts, Spiritual, Rhyme, Sad, Personal, Pain
  • I reflect the storm. / See it in my eyes? / Glimpse the end of all things, / time to embrace our demise. / Shudder warm confidence, / take a breath of cold fear. / Ask mom for forgiveness, / kiss bye all that was dear. / / Just walking
    by ketchup4all 144 words, on Jan 2 9:52 AM. In Angst, Beat, life, love, pain, personal, sad, thoughts
  • Teeth clenched and biting, / straight jacket, yet fighting. / They pin me down, as / heart screams while bound. / walls of men pressing through white, / package me off to hide above height. / Seeing the ants, scurry below, / I touch but don’
    by ketchup4all 175 words, on Jan 2 9:50 AM. In Life, angst, beat, dark, love, pain, personal, society, thoughts
  • You yearn to live from hazy dreams of ill-kept smiles / standing back I sob and watch you fumble the dials / Your pain and unease move your hands, you guess. / Right then left, in search of happiness. / / Your painted lines fade from white down
    by ketchup4all 127 words, on Jan 2 9:48 AM. In Angst, Beat, life, love, pain, personal, sad, thoughts
  • Running, / down the roof, / down the drive, / clean till it hits the creek' / over rocks bigger than itself / merging with others. / / It's so slow, / the scenery moving or the water? / Green, blue, yellow, red....it's a muddy / color
    by ketchup4all 134 words, 1 comment, on Jan 2 9:45 AM. In Hope, Life, nature, pain, personal, sad, society, thoughts
  • Lonely, Forgotton,and damper - but not depressed as you sit alone in the darkness of light. 5,4,3,2,1 - a new beginning has begun. Millions
    by twoktookto 340 words, on Dec 31 11:03 PM 2008. In Life, Thoughts, Rant, Personal, Pain, Angst, Spiritual, Dark
  • by rhetorica 317 words, 4 comments, on Dec 31 7:07 PM 2008. In Adult, Life
  • You Speak the truth? / You speak in tongues. / I speak from the heart, you from the lungs. / Why must you keep your truth so hidden? / It's obvious your lies are so truth ridden. / You seek to "find yourself" in life, / unbeknownst to you, you
    by ketchup4all 122 words, on Dec 31 3:06 PM 2008. In Angst, Dark, life, pain, sad, thoughts
  • / Panther, I crawl, breathing the stench. / Stalking, prowling, feeling the clench of anurge, deep and burning. / Insatiable hunger, rotti
    by ketchup4all 119 words, on Dec 31 3:02 PM 2008. In Angst, Dark, life, pain, sad, thoughts
  • / Forks in the one way road now lie behind me. / What once oscillated between blurry stumbling, and tiresome drudgery / has now become a / / clear choice. / / Diversions seem far from the path. / Detour signs now clearly orange. /
    by ketchup4all 174 words, on Dec 31 2:59 PM 2008. In Thoughts, spiritual, pain, life, hope
  • Here comes a new start / But we are still so far apart / I wish you to never go / For you are all I ever know / / My sweet angel, my love
    by The Distant Unknown 159 words, 2 comments, on Dec 31 6:25 AM 2008. In Pain, Love, Life, Rhyme, Loss, Lost love
  • Burrowed deep in the confines of my mind / I grow incessantly darker / by day and by night / Delving in the deepness, the intensity, / of
    by Euphoria KK 249 words, on Dec 30 10:58 PM 2008. In Angst, Free verse, Life, Pain, Thoughts
  • Have we achieved anything / while we work apart / and bomb ourselves into backwards / while we kneel and pray / to the invisible man in t
    by rhetorica 151 words, 9 comments, on Dec 30 8:05 PM 2008. In Life, Rant, Society, Thoughts
  • Spare me. Sarrow. / Spare me. Pain. / Just as rain falls. / SPLAT! / My heart smears as splattered paint. / But, wait!! / Spare me. The comfort. / Spare me. Displacement. / Undefined. / Who am I?! / Are you havi
    by Raynemassacre09 66 words, on Dec 29 8:19 PM 2008. In Life
  • When will it stop! / huh? / im tired of it / this endless fight to stop violence fuck that! / how in the world do you fight for peace? / U
    by mayaC. 153 words, 2 comments, on Dec 28 8:27 PM 2008. In Angst, Pain, Personal, Rant, Sad, Society, Free verse, Life, Thoughts, Weird, Hate
  • I'm sitting here / Crying my eyes out / I'm simply another girl / In someone life / / Not like I matter anyway / Inside I know I am wron
    by RainbowRawr 302 words, 5 comments, on Dec 28 6:11 PM 2008. In Personal, Pain, Sad, Thoughts, Life, Love, Weird, Sadness, Friendship
  • Mother said she loves me / That I am everything to her; / Father said he protect me / From all the harm and the boys. / / My mom said that
    by HikaFuUmiShiOuRi 247 words, on Dec 27 11:17 PM 2008. In Life, Thoughts, Society
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