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The Weight of TimeI feel the weight of time
Pressing down on my neck
I thought the weight of
stress would dissipate
with time
but the frosting
no longer tastes
better than the cake.
How could the snow
no longer look the same?
Santa nothing but...
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Categories:
grief, betrayal, dark, death, fear,
Form: Prose
Soul EaterSoul Eater
The concept of the soul was intangible and distant.
Faith and belief all that gave it substance,
weak and watery as it was. Until that wretched day…
...
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Categories:
baby, death, grief, loss,
Form: Free verse
MaybeMaybe If you knew how much you meant to me,
Maybe if you knew how much I loved you,
Maybe if you knew how much of an impact you made on my life,
Maybe if...
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Categories:
death, deep, grief,
Form: Free verse
Seven hundred and TenSeven hundred and ten days ago, but it seems like just yesterday because shock from that days grip is only now, starting to let go. I have been in slow motion since the words of...
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Categories:
angel, beautiful, grief, heaven,
Form: Rhyme
If Only You KnewIf only, if only, if only you knew
The measure of affection felt for you.
Your potential great, so much more to do,
Then you concluded your time was through.
If only you knew how much time you spent
In...
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Categories:
grief,
Form: Rhyme
is it real?i was never her favorite.
what if she despises me and she believes
i’m just another person
who will go away and she’ll never see again,
who she never loved even though i love her?
and it hurts...
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Categories:
grief, 8th grade, angst, anxiety,
Form: Free verse
Elegy of the NightIn the quiet depth of our shared despair,
You vanished into the cool night air.
My soul cried out, in the stillness, for thee,
Yearning for the comfort only you could guarantee....
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Categories:
grief, anxiety, deep, depression, desire,
Form: Free verse
No Such Magic
My tendency to slip into the dark-
a matter you have now begun to press.
In realms of time and pain, I ache no less;
you undervalue still, its lasting mark.
So see...
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Categories:
grief, angst, care, dark, forgiveness,
Form: Italian Sonnet
An elegy to Mr and Miss PuffyMiss Puffy when you died ,dead did I feel
Left my mind dazed with a hole in my heart
You had heart problems It felt so unreal
Wanted to die that day my poor sweetheart
Mr Puffy your death...
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Categories:
death, grief,
Form: Elegiac Lyric
Of Mice and MenI am a mouse, catatonic with fear;
just trying to stay still and silent,
to survive.
Batted about by an indifferent cat;
for him a lazy afternoon,
for me an aching lifetime.
It has no idea of the torture it inflicts;
no...
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Categories:
anger, death, grief, loss,
Form: Free verse
AgoraphobiaI wish to seek help
But I'm running out of time
Redemption is late...
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Categories:
grief, age, anxiety, conflict, confusion,
Form: Haiku
GriefGrief holds me in bed
Beats me down
Destroys my mind
I can't bring myself to face it....
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Categories:
grief, bereavement, cry, dark, death,
Form: Free verse
Second SkinI keep stepping outside myself
This deviation necessary
I always wanted to be someone else
I'm growing a second skin
Still me underneath but I've been cloaked in rage and grief
These scales are heavy
But I'll carry them
The world weighed...
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Categories:
death, grief,
Form: Free verse
till death does us partI suppose we all have a lengthened life,
some alone,
some kind,
some hard fought,
some short,
and some long
And we all deal with death in a different way,
some deal with it by not caring,
some by showing how they crumble,
some...
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Categories:
grief, 8th grade, absence, anxiety,
Form: Free verse
DON'T CRY ANY TEARS AROUND MEDON'T CRY ANY TEARS AROUND ME
Don't cry no tears around me
As I passed away and now I'm finally free
You won't see me anymore
But this soul of mine will always soar
So please don't cry any tears...
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Categories:
grief, death, emotions, father son,
Form: Rhyme
Specific Types of Grief Poems
Definition | What is Grief in Poetry?
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