Poems about Life

• For Mom

  by AeroNex 37 words, on Nov 22 2:14 PM 2008. In Dark, Sad, Life, Loss, Death
• Self Portrait(Just A Man)

  Just A Man / / When they tell me I am like my father / I brood, I had hoped to make more of myself / Well, perhaps there's still time / at

  by Goin 2 Ashes 205 words, on Nov 22 12:27 PM 2008. In Contemporary, Free verse, Life, Personal, Thoughts
• Goodbye My Friend

  Farewell my friend for we must go / on our own separate paths / I just want you to know / That the friendship we shared / Could not never /

  by The Distant Unknown 134 words, 6 comments, on Nov 21 5:56 AM 2008. In Sad, Life, Thoughts, Loss
• Ball & Chain

  by marcusmoore 82 words, 2 comments, on Nov 20 1:09 AM 2008. In Adult, Life, Sad, Loss, Abortion, Rhyme, Society, Thoughts, Abuse, Raw, Politics
• {/} Regret's Secret {\}

  Some would say I'm young and / some others might say I'm old. / Yet years and time don't matter / when speaking of the soul. / / Everyone makes mistakes and / we all have our regrets. / Even had to share a few and / you've shared a few

  by marcusmoore 142 words, 17 comments, on Nov 19 3:08 PM 2008. In Life, Lost Love, Love, Lyrics, Personal, Rhyme, Sad
• Bury It

  Bury it, / Bury it, / I'm telling myself to bury this pain / That's coming out. / You can't chandra you can't / Just bury it / it will be ok soon. / / I don't think it will, / I can't keep hiding it / I can't / It's killing me

  by shadow2050 342 words, 2 comments, on Nov 19 1:39 PM 2008. In Sad, Personal, Life, Depression, Death, Sadness
• Broken Promises

  Promises / Broken, / Shattered on the floor / You can't fix them / Can't replace them. / / That one promise / I believed / That one pro

  by shadow2050 120 words, 1 comment, on Nov 19 8:10 AM 2008. In Love, Depression, Sad, Life, Thoughts, Sadness, Death, Pain
• Heliocentric Contemplation

  Its maddening how deep it goes, / a stretch so far that no one knows. / Where nary even wind will blow. / An emptiness where nothing has a

  by Enoq 133 words, 5 comments, on Nov 18 7:14 PM 2008. In Life, space, Anguish, Abstract, Spiritual, Nature
• Broken Twigs Smashed Berries

  by marcusmoore 165 words, 6 comments, on Nov 18 4:44 PM 2008. In Adult, Rhyme, Life, Humor, Sad, Personal, Love, Lost Love, Weird
• I Walked

  All he has / is wealth / and a fat ego / to match his / disgusting gut / so I / challenge him / and tell / it straight / that I / hat

  by rhetorica 91 words, 4 comments, on Nov 18 1:21 PM 2008. In Life, Nature
• Crying On Paper

  My paper so wet / drenched, and cold. / / I'm writing / The end of my story / my life. / / As I writ, my tears / Smear my words, / Like I was drowning / In my thoughts. / / All I can think of is losing him / And how much /

  by shadow2050 161 words, 2 comments, on Nov 18 12:08 PM 2008. In Love, Personal, Sad, Dark, Life, Suicide, Pain
• We knew it would be

  You said it yourself this is gonna be tough.. / / this lifes gonna be rough.. / / and full of hurt.. / / but each moments full of worth.

  by LifeIsIronic 140 words, on Nov 18 3:18 AM 2008. In Personal, life, love
• Our Family Now

  My family..

  by LifeIsIronic 133 words, on Nov 18 3:17 AM 2008. In personal, life, love
• To Lose You

  i don't want to lose you / / being without you isn't something i want to do / / it pains me to think about it and cry / / i need you by

  by LifeIsIronic 400 words, on Nov 18 3:14 AM 2008. In love, sad, life, personal
• Trapped in PTSD

  PTSD has got me in its grips / Scared to let feelings pass through my lips / Afraid to speak even one single word / Due to certain events that once occurred / / I shake as I sit in such silent pain / Troubled by details I hate to explain /

  by oxymoron270 148 words, 2 comments, on Nov 17 7:32 PM 2008. In Personal, Sad, Life, Thoughts, Rant, Pain, Depression, Sadness, Anger, Anguish
• Unconditional

  To all of those I've never met / and yet love just the same / I want to ease your heartache / to take away your pain / / I'm reminding yo

  by Brian Balzer 173 words, 64 comments, on Nov 16 10:01 AM 2008. In Society, Thoughts, Love, Life. Reward
• Soft Stitches

  by Libertydoll 171 words, on Nov 15 2:18 PM 2008. In Adult, Love, Life
• To Feel

  To feel another human's pain / Is to give ourselves a greater gain / To listen to a wounded soul / Will heal the heart and make it whole /

  by The Distant Unknown 105 words, 1 comment, on Nov 14 10:19 PM 2008. In Love, Personal, Life, Thoughts
• Boogers

  Booger picks boogers / and...flicks 'em! / His friend Boogie / catches boogers / and eats 'em. / Now Booger is sad; / he thought they / wer

  by Brian Balzer 146 words, 12 comments, on Nov 13 1:39 PM 2008. In Life, Humor, Weird
• A Change Of Plans

  The sun was shy of morning, / It peeked then left again / Rumbles in the distance / yet no approaching train. / The street lights on at noontime, / As deafening silence roared / Abrupt the silence broke / When rain in to

  by Maggie Bea Kay 92 words, 3 comments, on Nov 13 1:19 PM 2008. In Life, Hope
• Life and Love

  Written in my angst-ridden youth

  by DebraLynn 180 words, 6 comments, on Nov 13 12:38 AM 2008. In Love, Life, Rhyme, Angst, Pain
• Shedding Tears?

  If I see you shedding tears; / I will shed tears with you / not out of pity but sorrow. / / I would only laugh / if they were tears of joy

  by Brian Balzer 140 words, 10 comments, on Nov 12 8:50 PM 2008. In Poem inspired, Life, Thoughts
• winter

  she had a summer smile and i had winter skin / i was a living breathing cliche / but sweetheart i mean every word i say

  by mufinhxc 110 words, 9 comments, on Nov 12 5:46 PM 2008. In Sad, Life, Thoughts, Pain, Depression, Sadness, Perception, Loss, Anguish, Hate
• Loneliness

  Runaway, myself, / Seek away from it. / Like a shadow it will follow / Waiting for time to come. / Move away from hurt / Let nothing pain you. / Like a newly given scar / Time will help it shorten, / But remain it shall. / Look away from

  by HikaFuUmiShiOuRi 86 words, on Nov 11 6:07 PM 2008. In Hope, Life, Thoughts
• Young Man (Ben's Song)

  This is a song I wrote several years ago to my son, who is a contributor to this site, by the way. (You may know him as Enoq.)

  by DebraLynn 194 words, 14 comments, on Nov 11 6:02 PM 2008. In Personal, Life, Lyrics, Family, Angst
• Life's Existing Questions

  Who will one turn to / To share ones' knowledge and experiences? / What do one say / To express ones' deepest emotions? / Where do one go / To get away from it all? / When will one know / The eternal bliss in life? / Why do

  by HikaFuUmiShiOuRi 59 words, on Nov 11 5:56 PM 2008. In Life
• Time.

  Take me back / Back in time / To a time with you / / With the warm summer days / And the cool blissful nights / / Your warm gentle hand

  by LisaSchumacher 115 words, 4 comments, on Nov 11 5:11 PM 2008. In Love, Life, Sad
• Hope At The End Of A Cigarette

  I often find myself at your door, contemplating if a knock would bring a smile to your face. Tonight my conscience negates my curiosity to

  by JohnGalt 207 words, 12 comments, on Nov 10 12:36 PM 2008. In Free Vers, Life, Love, Thoughts
• My Friend Jim

  So she is, / being her, / breathing and trying to love, / then she wrapped her hand around mine, / you know, / those five digits of greed

  by rhetorica 305 words, on Nov 10 6:59 AM 2008. In Life, Thoughts, Perception
• Thoughts in tandem.

  I'm stuck here, / entangled in this web, / of this there is no doubt. / / Leaking my insides, like acid, / its an affront, but you seem to like it. / / Questioning time, / wonderless oblivion / seeping though the cracks and / there

  by RoisinDubh 75 words, 5 comments, on Nov 9 7:00 PM 2008. In Dark, Life, Society, Weird, Angst, Thoughts, Rant, Fantasy, Pain, Depression, Sadness