Poems about Despair

• substitution

  growing up was always hard, / growing up to a nanny wasnt always a pleasure / where would i find someone i could trust with my nightmares /

  by xxbunnyrabbitxx 22 lines, on Jul 26 9:17 PM 2007. In anger, life, pain, anguish, despair
• Deadly Silent

  I am not afraid / Such bold words / Uttered from such a tiny soul / I am not afraid / Such bold lies / Stretching themselves across the atmosphere / So that maybe / Just maybe / I may believe t

  by CrimsonRain1313 24 lines, 5 comments, on Jul 26 5:29 PM 2007. In Fear, Thoughts, Despair
• hush little nightmare.

  i watch you walk out the door again / with a, "honey, i promise this is my final sin". / my money's on human nature & not free will. / there aren't any mockingbirds left to kill. / was it rules or lovers that wer

  by deathbyfrootloopsxx 9 lines, 2 comments, on Jul 23 11:39 PM 2007. In thoughts, despair, optimism, nightmare
• Death Descends

  Blackened wings devouring/the weakened souls of agony./Enslaved by graves of the abyss which

  by Synthetic-Nightmare 35 lines, 3 comments, on Jul 20 3:26 PM 2007. In death, dark, morbid, graveyard, horror, blood, pain, depression, sad, insanity, despair, twisted
• A Whithered Existance

  by Synthetic-Nightmare 56 lines, 3 comments, on Jul 15 8:19 PM 2007. In suicide, dark, death, blood, murder, cutting, wierd, morbid, life, pain, angst, despair, hatred
• her only chance

  she watched you from afar, while unaware of her watchful eye. you became a friend while not knowing that her heart still grew for you. no matter how hard she tried to tell you, she grew mor and more afraid. she felt she had n

  by LONGsinceFORgotten 0 lines, 2 comments, on Jul 12 10:16 PM 2007. In Sad, lost, despair
• My Regret

  I'm sorry I didn't say anything / I'm sorry for the time I said goodbye / I'm sorry I didn't notice / That it would be the last time I'd see you before you died / I'm sorry that this is hard / I'm sorry that I

  by mikehunt106 26 lines, on Jul 4 10:34 AM 2007. In Love, Sad, Pain, Despair
• The Candlelight

  A single candle burning low
  Breaks the shadows on my bed.

  by Zachary Reiner 13 lines, on Jul 2 11:30 PM 2007. In Despair, Loneliness
• Bitter-Sweet Daydreams

  Sometimes when I’m alone at night, I’ll lie awake and think of you, / My eyes glaze over as I dream of times that I know will never become true. / Sometimes when it thunders, I scream your name in hopeless hope – / Wait

  by Coeur 19 lines, 2 comments, on Jun 24 12:34 AM 2007. In love, despair
• Please don't ask me this

  Your kiss is slowly melting / Slipping from y grasp / And yet your face still lingers / I’ve done just what you asked / You wanted to be lost / For me to forget about you / But that will cost me all / My mi

  by Carnivean 35 lines, 4 comments, on Jun 20 6:41 PM 2007. In Rejected Love, Love, Hopeless, Sad, Pain, Despair, Longing, Forget
• A Life Takened

  a life takened... / takened away from nothing / comatosed from my life being robbed / stripped of my living essence / impaling me from seeing light / no strength to put up a fight / gaining my tr

  by Epitaph 24 lines, 1 comment, on Jun 17 8:36 AM 2007. In Sad, Dark, Depression, Sorrow, Death, Despair
• Today I Cry

  I cry / liquid salt slipping / cheeks crusty become / never sobbing once / I cry / words spoken to me / makes liquid fill my eyes / doesnt

  by HisWhiteRaven 28 lines, 2 comments, on Jun 14 1:07 PM 2007. In Personal, Sad, Pain, Depression, Despair
• Broken

  by Synthetic-Nightmare 103 lines, 4 comments, on Jun 7 6:21 PM 2007. In fathers, pain, hurt, sad, tears, crying, sorrow, despair, dark, guilt, angst, personal
• The End of Hope

  by Synthetic-Nightmare 70 lines, 9 comments, on Jun 7 12:21 PM 2007. In sad, dark, suicide, cutting, emo, abuse, pain, life, broken, despair, tears, sorrow, hurt, blood
• Untitled

  I don’t know where I am or what I’m doing / All I know is that I’m not with you / And you not with me / You that has the power to make me smile / You that makes me laugh in my darkest hour / You that can melt me wit

  by Aberrant Monk 15 lines, on Jun 2 10:40 PM 2007. In Longing, Love, Despair
• Bled dry

  The pain runs deep, creeping through me, / my heart has been bled dry. / Passion has been lost and forgotten. / I stand untouched, unloved,

  by Shadows-stars 7 lines, 6 comments, on Jun 2 6:31 PM 2007. In pain, life, love, thoughts, other, sad, despair
• Razor and Arm

  A deep breath / pushing gently / Watching intently / The cold steel glides / A silent tearing sound / Imagined, / As the first drops leak / Searching out the air / A mad rush to exit / Through this hairline

  by mcw120588 9 lines, on May 31 11:12 AM 2007. In sad, pain, angst, dark, suicide, despair
• Razor and Arm

  A deep breath / pushing gently / Watching intently / The cold steel glides / A silent tearing sound / Imagined, / As the first drops leak / Searching out the air / A mad rush to exit / Through this hairline

  by mcw120588 9 lines, 1 comment, on May 31 11:12 AM 2007. In sad, pain, angst, dark, suicide, despair
• Forever

  All things have their day / Every flower gets to bloom / Each star gets to shine / The lovers will love / They all must end one day though / Nothing seems to last forever / The flower will wilt / The star w

  by mcw120588 15 lines, on May 31 10:44 AM 2007. In despair
• Anger Has Its Purpose

  by shysky 18 lines, 14 comments, on May 30 4:14 AM 2007. In Adult, Pain, Anger, Hurt, Despair, Hate
• The fool

  In life, where I am fooled, or a fool, / or what it is, life has made me be. / I hear but an echo, of hope, in the wind / as life's lessons, seem to blind me. / I feel the want, and raw desire / but I don'

  by Shadows-stars 29 lines, 2 comments, on May 20 7:57 PM 2007. In thoughts, love, pain, life, despair, personal
• Shall I wait an eternity?

  Shall I wait an eternity, / for something that will never be, / is it just my destiny, / to fade away in the shadows, / so no one will ever see. / Will I wait an eternity, / for someone to notice me, / or w

  by Shadows-stars 33 lines, 3 comments, on May 19 5:13 PM 2007. In thoughts, love, pain, life, despair, personal
• All In Vain

  When it seems as all your hopes / Are as dark as night / And when you know you're losing time / Just to be here and write / Questions will

  by Veeolin 29 lines, on May 16 9:40 PM 2007. In Angst, Weird, Personal, Thoughts, Hope, Despair, Life
• Urgency

  Blood-like ink falls upon parchment, / another desperate soul falls quietly. / No one's around to hear the urgency / No one pays attention to the fallen life soldier. / At least, someone cares, but even s

  by DeepinRage 14 lines, on May 9 10:50 AM 2007. In Broken Life, Broken Love, Despair, Pain
• Haunted corridors

  In the haunted corridors of my mind, / silently I lay in the ashes of my soul. / Desolate and torn, / wilted like the leaves, / that fall

  by Shadows-stars 14 lines, 6 comments, on May 2 11:37 PM 2007. In life, love, despair, thoughts, personal, death, haunting
• What is Hope?

  What is hope? / Is it faith in something real? / Is it trust in something strong? / Is it something I can feel? / It's a struggle that's to last lifelong. / / It's something I once had. / It was slowly bu

  by Lex78 20 lines, 1 comment, on Apr 28 1:55 PM 2007. In despair, hope, spiritual, thoughts
• Intoxicated words

  Intoxicated words of passion and love,
  deceit is all he will ever speak of.

  by Shadows-stars 17 lines, 4 comments, on Apr 24 2:15 AM 2007. In life, love, despair, thoughts, personal
• Broken

  The pain runs deep within my body and soul,
  creeping through me, eating away at my heart.

  by Shadows-stars 2 lines, on Apr 21 2:18 AM 2007. In thoughts, love, pain, life, despair, personal
• Deeper

  Deeper Deeper
  Sinking down

  by Sokarjo 43 lines, 1 comment, on Apr 15 6:12 PM 2007. In Hope, Life, Love, Other, Emotion, Thoughts, Despair
• Will he remember?

  Would he swim across the ocean just to see me?
  If I died would you miss me? Would I be unknown?

  by Shadows-stars 30 lines, 5 comments, on Nov 19 2:40 PM 2007. In life, love, despair, thoughts

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