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Take A Step Back Poems - Poems about Take A Step Back

Take A Step Back Poems - Examples of all types of poems about take a step back to share and read. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets of PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous examples for take a step back.
College year 2 am edition
...my college year has been like wasted potential i tried to talk to someone they just step back all they need is puff i need to breath the air must've been so cool lying about me to the everg......Read the rest...
Categories: take a step back, anxiety,
Form: Free verse



Sarah’s Origin
...My eyes stare straight, fixated on something in the distance, humming a song that would send chills, if you ever got the chance to listen. A padded cell and a straitjacket, the doctor giving ......Read the rest...
Categories: take a step back, dark, death, gothic,
Form: Epic
Premium Member Too Close To The Edge
...Standing on the edge, feeling the pull of the unknown, The abyss below me, a fear that has grown. Should I take the leap into the depths below, Or step away from the edge, where the fear won't sho......Read the rest...
Categories: take a step back, courage, fear,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Too Close to the Edge of the Precipice
..."I'm going down to the river gonna take me my rocking chair Going down to the river gonna take me my rocking chair And if those blues don't leave me Gonna rock on away from here" by George Har......Read the rest...
Categories: take a step back, age, death,
Form: Couplet
Dark fight
...Demon hauls Silent Loud screams Unheard screams Echoes of a silent dark room My demons Lark Inside my dark mind Trapped in my sanity Piercing screams Seeking refuge Refuge from my fears ......Read the rest...
Categories: take a step back, dark, death, depression, grave,
Form: Free verse



Step Back
... I don’t smoke, snort, or pop any pills, and don’t drink like a fish anymore. I don’t go partying all night long, girl, not like I used to do before. I don’t need to be that ramblin’ man, I a......Read the rest...
Categories: take a step back, poetry,
Form: Rhyme
Tunnel Vision
...I want to rip my face off. I pinch and poke in hopes of leaving a clean flattened surface. I long for my skin to smooth out. I assure myself I am aware of what I'm doing, and that I will make it righ......Read the rest...
Categories: take a step back, addiction, anger, angst, cry,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Some Days Are Ten
... Some days are ten, some days are zero Today's been a zero so far My actions have been criticized all day Can't measure up to the bar Perhaps the bar is set way too high For this gu......Read the rest...
Categories: take a step back, happiness,
Form: Rhyme
Our Country's Unity
... This year we face a crossroads in our country An important choice we must make to keep our democracy. Do we continue to chose candidates from the standard parties, Or do we follow the path of an......Read the rest...
Categories: take a step back, patriotic, political, pride,
Form: Rhyme
Drained
...My soul is broken to the point of no return I have dealt so many blows to the point where I don't know how much more I can take. I have screamed I have cried I have had things said to me that was ......Read the rest...
Categories: take a step back, emotions, heartbroken, pain,
Form: Free verse
Sunday Afternoons
...Monday blues are preceded by Sunday yellows And I have always hated these Sunday afternoons To me, they feel so lazy I watch as the world turns silent and still No noise except for the cr......Read the rest...
Categories: take a step back, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
I was thinking, and maybe it's time to step back and simply detach, to say
...I was thinking, and maybe it's time to step back and simply detach, to say: "Let them lose you." I've poured my essence into someone who never perceived the contours of my value. It's not about giv......Read the rest...
Categories: take a step back, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
Shopping
...We used to go shopping you and I. Sometimes remembering I start to cry. Those happy times, the fun of the past, I didn’t realize it wouldn’t last. I miss you, the YOU that was you Not this dista......Read the rest...
Categories: take a step back, anxiety, depression, family, mother
Form: Rhyme
My Name
...My name was picked by my mother Shared with brother, changed by grandmother, leaving me to uncover the truth from another Not her so I suffered My name means Honesty, Sacrificer, and Admirer. Th......Read the rest...
Categories: take a step back, appreciation, family,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The Man in the Mirror
...Into an opposing mirrored world That is not always what it seems, I look for a pattern near or far, That reflects my fate and dreams. But what I see is not me, It is something vague a......Read the rest...
Categories: take a step back, identity, introspection, mirror,
Form: Rhyme

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