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Helpless Poems - Poems about Helpless

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The Hands That Falter
I'm helpless, helplessly so, Bound to the weight of mine own woe. Mine hands do shake, mine limbs do fail, And every deed is carved in frail. I wander around aimlessly, A wretch who doth not wish to be. Mine fingers...Read the rest...
Categories: helpless, anxiety, child abuse, corruption,
Form: Rhyme
A helpless dream
There was a battle within me A silent war amidst my own people the reason for which I could never understand. In this conflict I was fighting with myself driven by an intense longing for something. Suddenly everything fades...Read the rest...
Categories: helpless, april, art, birthday, fairy,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member The Helpless Heart
Long languid days and sultry nights Speckled starlight of unreachable heights Spellbound and I but a traveler be Cast asunder on a cosmic sea No sail, no compass, and no course Rendered helpless by this invisible force My clamoring heart the...Read the rest...
Categories: helpless, love,
Form: Rhyme

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Premium Member 9 helpless persons perished in Christmas day fire
Breathless panting as I sat waiting my abusive ex husband to return from his big job with Ciro Gargano dynamite gas cans golf balls with draino two hand grenades finally dust pans used to pour...Read the rest...
Categories: helpless, allah,
Form: Kyrielle
Anywhere But Here
The walls close in, peeling paint whispering stories I’ve worn too long. The air clings heavy, stale as forgotten dreams, suffocating, soaked in dust. The clock ticks louder than the fractures in my chest, its hands dragging me through an endless loop of nowhere. Even...Read the rest...
Categories: helpless, dark, depression, hurt, loneliness,
Form: Free verse



Love The Helpless
Love the little ones They're little fish with no bones Helpless and hopeless....Read the rest...
Categories: helpless, caregiving, engagement, love, perspective,
Form: Senryu
HELPLESS
Hopeless…I’m a mess of distress Even if it means having hopefulness, Loved and lived life hopelessly…helplessly dying…crying…lying to myself… Positively sure there’s no way out and I only have myself to blame…same old empty feeling once more…change is...Read the rest...
Categories: helpless, anger, angst, anxiety, cry,
Form: Acrostic
Premium Member she is helpless
she is helpless I am aware feeling all protective no matter how tired I am or how little sleep I get I put her first she gets the first feeding the first bath the first change she is helpless I am aware and totally in love...Read the rest...
Categories: helpless, baby,
Form: Free verse
The Helpless Giant
Giant! The once strongest, now feeling helpless, Lying, like a child in distress. A nation once mighty, now fallen, From its former glory, its light has been stolen. Its people cry out, in despair and rage, Their voices unheard, like...Read the rest...
Categories: helpless, africa, home,
Form: Other
Helpless Hopeful Hanker
I just want to bless All that's around me with no stress Even those within me, with love and ease For peace and prosperity I have made decrees A life is pretty stale, somewhat sad, so static Striving seems to...Read the rest...
Categories: helpless, blessing, desire, endurance, hope,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Helpless
No one is helpless who can help themselves...Read the rest...
Categories: helpless, life,
Form: Monoku
A Visit To the Mortuary
A VISIT TO THE MORTUARY Makinde Adebayo Adeniyi Sleeping on the slab Surrounded by kith and kin In a conference of blab No thought of sin All opinions in the bin Naked like a newborn Helpless like a lost chick No thought about...Read the rest...
Categories: helpless, death, farewell, goodbye,
Form: Free verse
Helpless
No man is helpless who has words at his fingertips, fire in his heart, and a box upon which to stand…...Read the rest...
Categories: helpless, poetry,
Form: Rhyme
Helpless
A single tree in the middle of my desert An image that has faded in memories I wake up at broken clock time Looking for a reflection of your image, on the sands...Read the rest...
Categories: helpless, anger, april, best friend,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Helpless
Cat outside, bitter cold, swirling snow emitting silent wails; mute through glass. David tries to open door; he can't. Tricube Poetry Contest; placed 3rd Sponsored by: Sara Kendrick Date written: 27th January 2023...Read the rest...
Categories: helpless, cat, snow,
Form: Other

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