Guilt Poems - Poems about Guilt

sometimes i think of you when i can't sleep and i stare at the closet, i remember when we were kids and used to hide in your closet and build a fort and hide from the world, either it was our parents or our future, nothing existed beyond it.i stare at my gray walls that...

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I have measured my worth in halves— half a plate, half a bite, half a person. Chewing on numbers, swallowing silence, practicing hunger like a shadow, but it never fades. Fullness is a cruel, suffocating weight. A mistake lodged in my stomach, a constant reminder that I don’t belong. I press my hands against my skin, as if I could suffocate it, shrink it until...

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that look of innocence and expectation that a future with promises awaits their anticipation of clear blue skies and hope that tomorrow will be brighter that look of unadulterated naivete on the eve of realizing what shape we've left the world for future generations problems of injustice and inequality worse than ever that look that drills right through your soul and asks what you,...

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and so words not said like rusty nails through my palms glare crimson, ablaze ...

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Regret is to feel sad, repentant, disappointed over something that has already happened, especially a loss or missed opportunity. See Regret is just another way for the darkness to cloud your future days. How can you be present while living in regret in these current hours, with moments already spent. Inevitably taking seconds in your...

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bad dog's guilty eyes doomed awaiting master's wrath ~ treasured memories AP: Honorable Mention 2025 Posted on March 18, 2025...

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Guilt over resolution, Guilt over change— Guilt over accepting, That no matter how hard I tried, I’d always be the one to blame. Maybe you were meant to. Maybe I was the one who was bruised— All I know, Is your choices hurt me, More than they hurt you. Now that I’m gone. Now that I’ve left— You’ve chosen to forget me, A choice I had hoped you’d...

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“I fell in love with one whom I believe to be my only soulmate; she showed me the world-- she was my world. And my world was taken from me. Love stories have never appealed to me, yet I have never been repulsed by them-- I accepted love to be a part of life, unsure of...

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Feelings were lost. i feel angry once more but not sad. Only guilt. I hate myself for it. My mental state of cause sent me to beings someone’s interest… when the tables turned No interest was returned i had a sparse of ambition ready to scavenge a new life. The new life i thought i wanted...

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What will it take? People taking stock admit their failings try to redress the damage done but it's too late ~ Our planet clearly violated it's easy to see Beyond shame and guilt there's you and me Submitted on March 9, 2025 to contest JUST MARCH 2025 POSTED sponsored by BRIAN STRAND Posted on March 6, 2025...

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what kind of world are we leaving behind for future generations forbidden dreams out of their grasp within unchartered confines of unprecedented realities i see their trusting innocence and share a mix of guilt and shame as failed custodians AP: Honorable Mention 2025 Posted on February 27, 2025...

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We were canoeing on a sunlit stream A shadow of a willow, then a golden gleam We entered a cathedral, white branches made a cover And I hit you on the shoulder and said I loved you like a brother. A dragonfly alighted on the bow of the boat I rested my oars, watched a turtle float Then you told me...

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I wear the cords around my neck like jewelry. I cry my tears as if I could drain the whole sea. Mommy will be terrified by what she’s about to see, While dad falls to his knees, ready to plead. Sorry, Mom Sorry, Dad Who knew a lottery ticket could buy you a lifetime payment? Xin loi me, Xin loi cha, For spoiling...

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My addiction depression heartbreak and guilt are only a few struggles I face while at least up my chucks and take a deep breath I step into the real world where this all repeats itself I choose to pick myself up and dust myself off I know I can't go back in time and be...

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“And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work.” 2 Corinthians 9:8 of the King James Bible; "What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?" Romans 6:1 KJV God’s grace abounds...

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