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In Pain Poems - Poems about In Pain

In Pain Poems - Examples of all types of poems about in pain 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 in pain.
Premium Member Why I Became A Poet
As a young boy my dreams and voice were shattered, I was beaten with words like raging stones thrown in anger, Threatened with violence until my life no longer mattered, Spoken word became less as it placed my...Read the rest...
Categories: in pain, abuse, anger, pain, violence,
Form: Rhyme



Cowards
You paint me as the bad guy Colored in flaws from head to toe A priestess of dark magic Inciting men to wrecking havoc Though I'm not sure how this could be so For if I've authored...Read the rest...
Categories: in pain, child abuse, conflict, corruption,
Form: Rhyme
Calendrical Casino
Ten. Ten years, I've been scared, fearing the phone's ring. Twenty. Twenty years, I was, learning how goodbye really felt. Thirty. Thirty years, I reached, forty-four days ago. Forty. Forty, my brother was, for fifty-seven days. That's all he got... and that feels like all for me. I'm terrified,...Read the rest...
Categories: in pain, death, grief, loss, memorial
Form: Free verse
Pain
Pain, an agony Drill, ache and break my nausea My patience shamble....Read the rest...
Categories: in pain, engagement, health, pain, sorrow,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member Stitches
Stitches A wound, deep and wide. Gaping, Ragged, Bleeding... Cover with the cloth of False Smiles. Cover with the cobweb gauze of Empty Sympathy. Clamp it shut with fingers of Chemical Laughter. Hold it together with shaky hands of Liquid pain relief. ...Read the rest...
Categories: in pain, addiction, depression, grief, health,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member A Last Wish For Peace
When will peace finally come to reign in righteous hearts, will skies be without smoke? Hear a mother's lingering cry, rocking her dear child to sleep; all she asks for is words of mercy! Many invoke a last wish for peace, lives...Read the rest...
Categories: in pain, anxiety, child, desire, hope,
Form: Terza Rima
Premium Member Gentle
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ be always gentle every heart hides wounds that never bleed...Read the rest...
Categories: in pain, pain,
Form: Monoku
A heart asks
A heart asks, why he is in pain, why he is bloody He doesn’t understand it, this life is cruel to him His situation is incomprehensible; bad nothing He feels like a despised beaten man; suffering He is grieving,...Read the rest...
Categories: in pain, life, pain,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Tracing Paper
Hunted. By the humanity of her movement. Still. Then slow…Calculated. Tracing each step of damage, left in her wake. ...Read the rest...
Categories: in pain, allegory, dark, extended metaphor,
Form: Free verse
Into The Unknown
i’d rather dive into the unknown, than face the pain of today....Read the rest...
Categories: in pain, deep, depression, longing, pain,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member Sculpted
Life, are you a blessing or a punishment? I'm trying to understand how I'm a slave to the sculpted version of me. A prisoner without chains, upon a path forged with my own hands, feeling lifeless, drained from premeditated...Read the rest...
Categories: in pain, angst, pain,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Pearl
“All art is autobiographical. The pearl is the oyster’s autobiography.” - Federico Fellini Scars, reminders What was once painful, Has changed to a special flaw, Sometimes only a hint, Subtly secreted, the blame Beneath a thought, a whisper Singing to the spirit, Colored...Read the rest...
Categories: in pain, appreciation, blessing, pain,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Rams' Horns and Squids
Rams have two horns on top of their head the better to butt you and leave you for dead ...Read the rest...
Categories: in pain, adventure, anger, animal, pain,
Form: Couplet
Hearts Like Flowers
Out of the crack, a life did rise, A fragile bloom beneath the skies. No gentle rain, no nurturing hand, Just broken stones, a barren land. But still, it fought, it clawed its way, Toward the...Read the rest...
Categories: in pain, care, child, childhood, hope,
Form: Free verse
Transparent
For what it's worth, You had me, For what it's worth, I can see. My love was not enough. Not quite the right stuff. Marooned at sea, a soul afloat, Drifting out with dwindling hope. Shimmers past of...Read the rest...
Categories: in pain, love, love hurts, pain,
Form: Rhyme

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