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Guilt Poems - Poems about Guilt

Guilt Poems - Examples of all types of poems about guilt 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 guilt.
The World is Like the Moon
A repaired planet looks like the moon. Where humans would die Where war would lose With a deep black sky And a hindering light The lids of your eyes And the sun, unviewably bright. I’m sad like a crater. I made a crater...Read the rest...
Categories: guilt, dark, nature,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Drowning
Drowning in Fear This feeling of sudden, impending doom corners me with strong arms. A deep seated ache of guilt for what wrong doing, I know not... begins tearing at my insides like a sharp toothed...Read the rest...
Categories: guilt, anxiety, bullying, depression, how
Form: Imagism



THERE'S A WIDENESS IN GOD'S MERCY
Down the corridors of mortal existence He pursued me without ceasing, Never yielding in his search of the lost, Nor flinching from the wounds he carried To gain admittance to my broken heart. Out of a love beyond...Read the rest...
Categories: guilt, 12th grade, blessing, celebration,
Form: Free verse


Premium Member You Would Say Softly
I wish I could hear your voice one last time “Hey” you would say softly “I love you” you would quote literature by heart Tolstoy, Steinbeck, Vonnegut and then you would quote something of mine “because I know you by heart too” you’d tell me in...Read the rest...
Categories: guilt, bereavement, death, grief, heartbroken,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member In the twilight of our thoughts, we thrash in the waves of unconfessed guilt
In the twilight of our thoughts, we thrash in the waves of unconfessed guilt, Consciousness, a curse of silence, reveals the world in all its hidden cruelty. We are lost actors on the stage of an endless...Read the rest...
Categories: guilt, fantasy,
Form: Free verse



The cost of Surviving war
The passed a place with deep regret Don’t want to remember, cannot forget There’s scars and wounds that will not heal For I had to main I had to kill I had to follow the orders...Read the rest...
Categories: guilt, war,
Form: Free verse
Out of guilt
I think about, the right and wrong. And good and bad, that comes along. So on my guitar, I play a song, to ease the pain, of morals gone. For every tune, there is a sound, in hurtful hearts, is felt profound. Sometimes I try, to contradict, my wicked...Read the rest...
Categories: guilt, forgiveness, grief, hate, hope,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Don't Play Over My Guilt
I've known strong desires I couldn't control somehow, I've gone astray as many have: that world of limitless pleasures didn't last for long on false love and raised many an eyebrow! Silly girl, don't play over my guilt, I've cried over my...Read the rest...
Categories: guilt, anger, anxiety, fear, feelings,
Form: Lyric
Premium Member Don't Play Over My Guilt
I've known strong desires I couldn't control somehow, I've gone astray as many have: that world of limitless pleasures didn't last for long on false love and raised many an eyebrow! Silly girl, don't play over my guilt, I've cried over my...Read the rest...
Categories: guilt, anger, anxiety, fear, feelings,
Form: Lyric
If only I did more
If only I did more then maybe you'll still be here, but now I have to hold the memories of you close to my heart, the memories we once shared. If only I could've done more to change...Read the rest...
Categories: guilt, angel, anniversary, death, grief,
Form: Free verse
Guilty Grief
My heart's knotted into a thousand loops, hearing the words "they're gone", makes my heart implode. How? I ask with tears streaming down my face, autopsy revealed 'heart attack' caused by stress. Was the stress caused by me?...Read the rest...
Categories: guilt, death, grief,
Form: Free verse
Guilt No Longer Overflows
Why do I feel so much fear? So much fear here? Oh dear… I shed a tear…the end is near I feel there’s a need for cheer Guilt no longer overflows — it surely shows I see the light in...Read the rest...
Categories: guilt, devotion, emotions, encouraging, endurance,
Form: Lyric
Premium Member why the guilt
I paid money for my golden retriever but I still feel obligated to send photos to the owners This is day eight and I forgot to send one yesterday. I do not want them to think they sold...Read the rest...
Categories: guilt, feelings,
Form: Free verse
Isolation, a continuous cycle
Isolation fills you with guilt Continuing to use the walls that you built Hiding from reality You keep running, continuing to flee Everything you’ve done fills up inside Till you feel like you have no other choice but to...Read the rest...
Categories: guilt, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
guilt
guilt. Guilt guilt my very bodily make up my life’s Romance after romance. Every roadmap has led to this single moment dark, black sludge that starts slowly at the toes slowly makes its way over...Read the rest...
Categories: guilt, deep, emotions, feelings, freedom,
Form: Free verse

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