Poems about Life

• Morrison's Cashier

  Yesterday, / I saw God in the eyes / of a Morrison’s cashier. / / Her hair was / frizzled in disarray, / and her skin was leathery, / / but her eyes / were soft, kind and gentle, / and her smile was full of warmth. / / A man ask

  by Siaynoq 133 words, on Nov 30 1:32 PM. In Spiritual, Society, Life, Thoughts
• Buried Alive..

  I really don't know..

  by LifeIsIronic 234 words, 5 comments, on Nov 30 12:36 PM. In Fantasy, Rhyme, Thoughts, Sad, Dark, Life, Weird, Imagery
• Her Life's Reflections

  Written words / from her head / shattered dreams / of lovers dead / / / like roses plucked / for her scrap book / mildewed men / w

  by Goin 2 Ashes 98 words, on Nov 30 8:15 AM. In Dark, Free verse, Life, Love, Sad, Thoughts
• What you've Done.

  What you've done......

  by LifeIsIronic 206 words, 5 comments, on Nov 29 9:13 PM. In Dark, Thoughts, Rant, Sad, Life, Hate, Rage
• Alone Inside

  Now I'm alone in my world / I didn't believe it would be me / Left behind in the cold snow / / I begin to cry because of pain / That flows

  by The Distant Unknown 122 words, 6 comments, on Nov 29 8:01 AM. In Sad, Rant, Loss, Pain, Sadness, Life
• I. The Girl at the Pier

  It glows coldly in her / hand, takes a puff of her / little shimmer. Ashes / cover her white blouse, / the top two buttons torn / off by some kind of / / vile drive or force or / idiot. Steadily, she fingers / the blouse, the empty

  by kevinberryvienna 113 words, 2 comments, on Nov 29 1:22 AM. In Mellow, Compelling, Hope, Life, Angst
• Two Souls,One Heart ♥

  Love is a promise / Love is a souvenir / Once it's given it's never forgotten and / It will never disappear / I was giving two arms / To hold you / I was giving to eyes to / See you / I was giving to legs / To run and save you / Fro

  by BlackEmo 205 words, 1 comment, on Nov 28 9:45 PM. In Thoughts, Life, Love, Weird, Contest, Friendship, Romance
• Just A Wall

  Holocaust related, memoir.

  by ACpoetry 179 words, 2 comments, on Nov 28 9:03 PM. In Dark, Free verse, Life, Thoughts, Sad, Angst, Haiku, Anguish, War, Musings, Religion
• Rest by the Lake

  I see dreams flowing through the sky / The surface over the lake is still / My heart is strangely restless / Yet this place is nullifying m

  by The Distant Unknown 180 words, 5 comments, on Nov 28 5:38 AM. In Thoughts, Life, Contemporary, Imagery, Inspirational
• words

  what are words / but thoughts in our minds / that have broken through / that latched gate that is our lips / whether its to yourself / or to a friend / words can mean so much to us / and say so little / what are promises / but words that

  by alittleclumsy 135 words, 2 comments, on Nov 28 1:02 AM. In Angst, Free verse, Personal, Rant, Thoughts, Perception, Life
• Strangers

  / >strangers look at you like the know you, strangers you look at for fun, some you wish there werent strangers at all, some are good some are evil, something that you will never know, becouse strangers, they ar

  by randomthoughts 123 words, on Nov 27 4:16 PM. In Thoughts, Humor, Life, Rant
• Disaster stroke

  / Disaster stroke fear into the hearts of men this evening, all kinds heart wrenching man made and natural anomalies started to happen. Grown men, women and children pulling there hair and screaming wh

  by randomthoughts 202 words, on Nov 27 2:34 PM. In Personal, Thoughts, Life, Hope
• As only...

  / >Do not wait for answers to just appear, go seek the answer for it will open new doors and reveal hidden corridors, and high your head you'll hold and with confidence you will stroll. New awaking is due, therefo

  by randomthoughts 113 words, on Nov 27 1:23 PM. In Spiritual, Thoughts, Life
• Paper Cuts

  Clipping the obituaries, / I am very careful / not to cut / through any / of the text. / / Not even the text / of the obituaries / s

  by celestialpie 132 words, 4 comments, on Nov 26 1:54 PM. In Free verse, Life, Sad, Spiritual, Thoughts. Reward
• And So

  heart reaches / the point where river / blocks his path / halfway down the mountain / where looking back sky / is brilliant blindness / casting shadows all around / / distorted faces laugh / speaking with whispering voices /

  by Goin 2 Ashes 164 words, on Nov 26 12:31 PM. In Free verse, Hope, Life, Love, Spiritual, Thoughts
• Do You Not Realize

  Misunderstanding, generally.

  by ACpoetry 73 words, 6 comments, on Nov 25 6:17 PM. In Free verse, Life, Thoughts, Sad, Rant, Personal, Musings, Anguish
• Caught In A Net

  Two little sail boats / sailed along together / along the peaceful coast. / / The tide rushed in / then quickly changed direction. / Caught between the ebb and flow. / / One little boat was beached. / The other slid / back into the c

  by Goin 2 Ashes 72 words, on Nov 25 5:38 PM. In Angst, Dark, Free verse, Life, Love, Sad. Reward
• Sea of Loneliness

  I grew up swimming in a sea of loneliness / As I began to mature I drifted farther into the sea / Then I was pulled out of the sea by my first love / She taught me what it meant / to be willing to make sacrifices / I learned the desires of lovin

  by Brian Balzer 162 words, 12 comments, on Nov 25 5:30 PM. In Life, Thoughts, Sad
• The Winter Of Our Spring

  Their once green leaves / now shed / they shiver in the cold / and we can see what now is gone / / abruptly frozen / in the late autum

  by Goin 2 Ashes 160 words, 1 comment, on Nov 25 11:31 AM. In Angst, Dark, Free verse, Life, Love, Personal, Sad, Thoughts
• Death By Food

  They supply / precious more than / a / negligible amount / of vitamin C / a smidgin / of / natural sugar / and a / tiny dose / of /

  by rhetorica 95 words, 3 comments, on Nov 25 11:06 AM. In Life, Rant
• Enough

  by sky0108 125 words, 4 comments, on Nov 25 9:50 AM. In Personal, Adult, Life, Sad, Abuse, Pain, Depression
• Our Greatest Battles

  I'v tried to bring out a concept here - internal battles are much harder than the ones we fight outside

  by songwriter 97 words, 4 comments, on Nov 25 3:10 AM. In life, personal, thoughts, hope, angst, war, inspirational
• Where I Want To Be

  So where do I stand / Is my land gonna stay or go / Please show me what I mean to you / Are we gonna be one plus one or X plus two / I'm sitting here staring at you and I'm wondering why / Why are you so far away and why / Why don't we ever tr

  by Zer02003 178 words, on Nov 25 1:03 AM. In Life, Love, Personal
• It's Just Me

  I close my eyes and I breathe in deep / Trying to gather and keep all that matters / In an attempt to find the words I need to say / Something about you and me and every single day being together / Forever and ever but never ever being able to fin

  by Zer02003 218 words, on Nov 25 12:59 AM. In Life, Love, Personal
• Eleven Months

  I refuse to feel bad for the way that things turned out / / I know this nightmare hasnt only been in my dreams. / / Constant fights that excel to fast, leave the bruises that too seldom last. / / I dont want it to be this way, / / Wit

  by SlightlyUnbroken 200 words, on Nov 24 4:10 PM. In Family, life, pain, sad
• L*O*V*E

  Everyone is looking for that person that will make them feel alive / The person that makes them realize there is more out there than just a night of fun / We all want to find that person that makes our heart skip a beat. / Just being In the same roo

  by SlightlyUnbroken 247 words, on Nov 24 4:04 PM. In Love, life, thoughts
• Curly Girlie

  by rhetorica 436 words, 10 comments, on Nov 23 7:44 PM. In Adult, Life
• So You Want To Break A Girl?

  So you want to break a girl? / Listen closely; / I've seen this happen many a time. / / You have to start out small. / A rude remark every few days should do it. / / Then surprise her. Spit in her water. / Laugh as she drinks it. / Wat

  by annie leigh 279 words, 2 comments, on Nov 23 3:30 PM. In Angst, Dark, Life, Thoughts, Anger, Other, Hate
• I Fell Asleep

  by Goin 2 Ashes 99 words, on Nov 23 10:57 AM. In Adult, Sad, Fantasy, Free verse, Life, Love, Personal, Thoughts. Reward
• Deep In Darkness

  I wish I had somewhere to go / For my heart has taken a fatal blow / My soul bleeds in a silent way / Because I know inside I'm not ok / I

  by The Distant Unknown 147 words, 4 comments, on Nov 23 3:31 AM. In Sad, Life, Loss, Pain