Poems about Life Struggles
#LifeStruggles
Poems about life when things get tough, with difficult decisions to make or feeling like life is falling apart. Here you will find a range of life struggles expressed through poetry.
missjem56
Poem Published
Today 10:02pm
Today 10:02pm
Invisibibilty
That moment
When you see things
You don't want to see
Because
They are not there
And you hoped
You'd really hoped
That some echo
Of your existence
Was floating around
In the ether
Of your non-existence
Dreams
Of your desired realities
by Jemia
When you see things
You don't want to see
Because
They are not there
And you hoped
You'd really hoped
That some echo
Of your existence
Was floating around
In the ether
Of your non-existence
Dreams
Of your desired realities
by Jemia
#sadness
#LifeStruggles
#ghosts
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missjem56
Poem Published
Today 1:08pm
Today 1:08pm
A Time To Fly (Away)
Ironic
That this
In my 'bucket' year
That i should
End up looking
Pale
A strange translucence
Of a rarely visible
Once colourful
Poetess
Soon to be lost
For words
Possibly a blessing
In disguise
My colour
My words
My individuality
Perhaps better suited
In the land of Fae
A time to fly
Far, far away
A friend once said in jest
"You're one of those people
That will become famous
Once you're dead!"
I, for one, shall never know!
by Jemia
That this
In my 'bucket' year
That i should
End up looking
Pale
A strange translucence
Of a rarely visible
Once colourful
Poetess
Soon to be lost
For words
Possibly a blessing
In disguise
My colour
My words
My individuality
Perhaps better suited
In the land of Fae
A time to fly
Far, far away
A friend once said in jest
"You're one of those people
That will become famous
Once you're dead!"
I, for one, shall never know!
by Jemia
#dreams
#LifeStruggles
#TruthOfLife
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Indie
Miss Indie
Miss Indie
Poem Published
Today 12:18pm
Today 12:18pm
dreaming in woven fibers
I try to remake myself
in imaginary ways
like the illusion
will strip away the dreary panic
of this reality that never lets me
find sure footing
I used to be an adventure in motion
I lived for the chaos of a day unexplored
I was always a walk, a bus trip
a train ride away from something new
Now I find it hard to walk out my front door
as though the tendrils of what took her
will find me and drag me down a path
that's not mine to live
because I know these memories
aren't a prophecy
they're...
in imaginary ways
like the illusion
will strip away the dreary panic
of this reality that never lets me
find sure footing
I used to be an adventure in motion
I lived for the chaos of a day unexplored
I was always a walk, a bus trip
a train ride away from something new
Now I find it hard to walk out my front door
as though the tendrils of what took her
will find me and drag me down a path
that's not mine to live
because I know these memories
aren't a prophecy
they're...
#anxiety
#depression
#LifeStruggles #fear
#LifeStruggles #fear
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shad00n
Poem Published
Yesterday 7:50pm
Yesterday 7:50pm
Catharsis, an Ode to my Couch
I love you.
You were the first piece of furniture we bought for our own.
You are stuffed with dreams and hypotheticals; what-ifs and potentials.
You were for my reception. You were for writing songs & playing Minecraft.
You were for my Taki-dusted hands and my fast-growing cat.
You were for crying & sleeping on when the bed was too big and too cold.
I pictured you in McMinnville; I bought you for my first home.
For a room of guitars and ash trays and lava lamps and open chip-bags.
For candid conversations and hugs and drunken...
You were the first piece of furniture we bought for our own.
You are stuffed with dreams and hypotheticals; what-ifs and potentials.
You were for my reception. You were for writing songs & playing Minecraft.
You were for my Taki-dusted hands and my fast-growing cat.
You were for crying & sleeping on when the bed was too big and too cold.
I pictured you in McMinnville; I bought you for my first home.
For a room of guitars and ash trays and lava lamps and open chip-bags.
For candid conversations and hugs and drunken...
#grief
#LifeStruggles
#MovingOn #acceptance
#MovingOn #acceptance
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Wired6
Poem Published
Yesterday 7:17pm
Yesterday 7:17pm
British Folks First.
A BOMB!
Going off,
Going off,
Going off.
Borrowing money,
from society,
And that money,
Not well spent,at all.
Education.
Emergency Services.
Health care/Social care--(NHS).
Housing.
Needs more thought provoking,
Activation,
Projection,
of more money-
For Oh England,
2 have a chance 2,
work,
work,
work.
Can't carry on,
with all these tax cuts,
inflation,
In--fla-tion,
Going,
Up,
Up,
Up. ...
Going off,
Going off,
Going off.
Borrowing money,
from society,
And that money,
Not well spent,at all.
Education.
Emergency Services.
Health care/Social care--(NHS).
Housing.
Needs more thought provoking,
Activation,
Projection,
of more money-
For Oh England,
2 have a chance 2,
work,
work,
work.
Can't carry on,
with all these tax cuts,
inflation,
In--fla-tion,
Going,
Up,
Up,
Up. ...
#LifeStruggles
#inequality
#poverty
#deception
#vulnerability
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fallen_stardust
galaxia
galaxia
Poem Published
Yesterday 12:31pm
Yesterday 12:31pm
A requim of life
I wander among vibrant frosty factions
and avoid the hooks that struggle to drag me in.
But for how long can I stay, frigidly ignoring?
Why can't I now use, my damned wing?
I stay hidden in the dark,
where no nymph can wander.
Why? Because the shadows know me
and my presence is enough to tell them that,
no more, is fictional light, my essence.
I used to escape those people,
who tried to shatter me,
with their monotonal words,
trickling down my immature mind
but
Can I still ignore them?
Can I still...
and avoid the hooks that struggle to drag me in.
But for how long can I stay, frigidly ignoring?
Why can't I now use, my damned wing?
I stay hidden in the dark,
where no nymph can wander.
Why? Because the shadows know me
and my presence is enough to tell them that,
no more, is fictional light, my essence.
I used to escape those people,
who tried to shatter me,
with their monotonal words,
trickling down my immature mind
but
Can I still ignore them?
Can I still...
#anger
#identity
#LifeStruggles
#TruthOfLife
#frustration
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da_poetic-edifier
Damon
Damon
Poem Published
30th Sep 2022 8:28pm
30th Sep 2022 8:28pm
LEGO ROADS
Stumbling blocks in my path
It's like I'm playing with Legos
I've been computing the math
Calculating which way to go
My hustle and flow's impeded
Journeying on these bumpy roads
Don't know where they're headed
To smoother ones is the goal
So I continue to roll with the punches
Trying to be the best pound for pound
With strenuous cardio & some crunches
Enduring til the conclusion of 12 rounds
It's like I'm playing with Legos
I've been computing the math
Calculating which way to go
My hustle and flow's impeded
Journeying on these bumpy roads
Don't know where they're headed
To smoother ones is the goal
So I continue to roll with the punches
Trying to be the best pound for pound
With strenuous cardio & some crunches
Enduring til the conclusion of 12 rounds
#strength
#conflict
#LifeStruggles
#LifeGoals
#determination
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da_poetic-edifier
Damon
Damon
Poem Published
30th Sep 2022 7:50pm
30th Sep 2022 7:50pm
AIRBENDER
In the midst of life's storms
Trying to dodge the raindrops
With these clouds in rare form
Whose developments won't stop
Should I stop, drop, and roll
To deal with the heat of Hades
Or should I toss down some coals
To show that the sol can't beat me
It's a cold and frigid world
But the warmth of my heart
Will keep my soul tightly furled
So that it never falls apart
Trying to dodge the raindrops
With these clouds in rare form
Whose developments won't stop
Should I stop, drop, and roll
To deal with the heat of Hades
Or should I toss down some coals
To show that the sol can't beat me
It's a cold and frigid world
But the warmth of my heart
Will keep my soul tightly furled
So that it never falls apart
#strength
#LifeStruggles
#rain
#storm
#fire
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S-m-sawyer
Poem Published
30th Sep 2022 4:50pm
30th Sep 2022 4:50pm
Troubled youth
Back in my youth my life was almost derailed
I could tell you a thousand tales, documented and detailed
Nieve and wild, sometimes forgetting I was merely a child.....
My convalescence has me thinking of my Adolescence
Home and street life dominated by infectious violence
This is my broken silence
And i can still hear my screams louder than police sirens,
Mistaken identity had my friend stabbed in the neck right next me
Ii turned my head the other way
And from my angle I could see the...
I could tell you a thousand tales, documented and detailed
Nieve and wild, sometimes forgetting I was merely a child.....
My convalescence has me thinking of my Adolescence
Home and street life dominated by infectious violence
This is my broken silence
And i can still hear my screams louder than police sirens,
Mistaken identity had my friend stabbed in the neck right next me
Ii turned my head the other way
And from my angle I could see the...
#friendship
#LifeStruggles
#anniversary #memories
#anniversary #memories
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AaHarvey
Poem Published
30th Sep 2022 11:15am
30th Sep 2022 11:15am
Betrayal
I lost my mind today.
They say I look ok,
Because they cannot see,
The truth being betrayed;
But I saw it in you and I laughed.
Not again, I am oh so daft,
To believe in love after all this time.
A sucker punch…a final line.
(C)2022 Aa Harvey. All Rights Reserved.
They say I look ok,
Because they cannot see,
The truth being betrayed;
But I saw it in you and I laughed.
Not again, I am oh so daft,
To believe in love after all this time.
A sucker punch…a final line.
(C)2022 Aa Harvey. All Rights Reserved.
#sadness
#heartbroken
#LifeStruggles
#TruthOfLife
#disappointment
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anonymouslyhere
Poem Published
30th Sep 2022 3:44am
30th Sep 2022 3:44am
I wasted your time but you smiled
Just tell me when
Or I’ll hold you down
Forever
Wake up in the morning
Mourning our decisions
Unsatisfied, discontent
I wish I could rectify
But I’ll just sit here
Lowly and awkward
The way god intended
The bastard
I know it’s 9am
But you want a beer?
Might as well
Throw one more day away.
Or I’ll hold you down
Forever
Wake up in the morning
Mourning our decisions
Unsatisfied, discontent
I wish I could rectify
But I’ll just sit here
Lowly and awkward
The way god intended
The bastard
I know it’s 9am
But you want a beer?
Might as well
Throw one more day away.
#love
#hate
#sex #LifeStruggles
#sex #LifeStruggles
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DeathRattle89
Poem Published
29th Sep 2022 4:48am
29th Sep 2022 4:48am
A Lifetime of Lies vs. A Moment of Truth
The whys are not the reasons of the moment
But the compounding lies that add up to its truth
As perceptions narrow and everything is filtered through tunnels
With no light at the end, just one more shot in the dark
When the entrapment of discontentment becomes a weight far too heavy to bear
And bullets beckon to transcend the whispers that scream inside
The will to die didn’t start at the point of a last breath quantified
But all the little ways we go through life and gradually commit suicide
When it harbors more appeal to give...
But the compounding lies that add up to its truth
As perceptions narrow and everything is filtered through tunnels
With no light at the end, just one more shot in the dark
When the entrapment of discontentment becomes a weight far too heavy to bear
And bullets beckon to transcend the whispers that scream inside
The will to die didn’t start at the point of a last breath quantified
But all the little ways we go through life and gradually commit suicide
When it harbors more appeal to give...
#sadness
#anxiety
#depression
#LifeStruggles
#suicide
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