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.
ThroughTheVeil
Poem Published
Today 9:29pm
Today 9:29pm
FtM
Wow year 16, well this is quite a change,
but then again things never do stay the same.
I'll chop off my hair
and change what I wear.
No more make-up and heels and dresses and purses.
No more need for these things which for me have been curses.
Little girl please step down,
I am here now.
Out of my cage,
now it's time to take stage.
Pink trading for blue,
now my colors shine through.
My name is Leo.
I'm standing here now.
When I look back,
I know Lenore would be proud.
but then again things never do stay the same.
I'll chop off my hair
and change what I wear.
No more make-up and heels and dresses and purses.
No more need for these things which for me have been curses.
Little girl please step down,
I am here now.
Out of my cage,
now it's time to take stage.
Pink trading for blue,
now my colors shine through.
My name is Leo.
I'm standing here now.
When I look back,
I know Lenore would be proud.
#men
#LGBT
#LifeStruggles
#inspirational
#transgender
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AaHarvey
Poem Published
Today 1:37pm
Today 1:37pm
Contradictions hypocrite
There’s a big black hole where my heart should be
And it’s killing me! Just to be me.
I try to change and remove the pain,
But it’s a part of me now; my soul is stained.
I need to love, but I don’t want to talk.
I need you to love me, but who loves a dork?
I hate myself for needing your help,
So I won’t put you through this too, for this is my own Hell.
I am contradictions hypocrite,
And I am constantly hit by emotional baggage.
Put me out of my misery, please!
I just cannot manage,
To just find the tiniest...
And it’s killing me! Just to be me.
I try to change and remove the pain,
But it’s a part of me now; my soul is stained.
I need to love, but I don’t want to talk.
I need you to love me, but who loves a dork?
I hate myself for needing your help,
So I won’t put you through this too, for this is my own Hell.
I am contradictions hypocrite,
And I am constantly hit by emotional baggage.
Put me out of my misery, please!
I just cannot manage,
To just find the tiniest...
#sadness
#love
#loneliness
#LifeStruggles
#silence
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The_Element
Exodus
Exodus
Poem Published
Today 5:45am
Today 5:45am
Oxymoron
Good memories come a dime a dozen
You only get to experience your wildest desires once in a lifetime
Dreams are on a first come first serve basis
In the field where imagination blooms, wild and free bathing in the sunshine
Is the same field where pesticides are sprayed
To keep them from growing to wild, stopping them before they truly manifest into something beautiful
To the masochist, your deepest desire is to submit to your greatest fear
There is no room for subtlety when it comes to self expression
Because of the beautiful small deaths we live every...
You only get to experience your wildest desires once in a lifetime
Dreams are on a first come first serve basis
In the field where imagination blooms, wild and free bathing in the sunshine
Is the same field where pesticides are sprayed
To keep them from growing to wild, stopping them before they truly manifest into something beautiful
To the masochist, your deepest desire is to submit to your greatest fear
There is no room for subtlety when it comes to self expression
Because of the beautiful small deaths we live every...
#identity
#LifeStruggles
#SelfReflection #philosophical
#SelfReflection #philosophical
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Billy_Snagg
Snaggy
Snaggy
Poem Published
Today 2:00am
Today 2:00am
One Of The Crowd
It didn't go the way you thought it'd go.
Might've guessed they'd not understand.
You were carrying round a bundle of torment -
However you tried it could not be undone.
Hollow whispers from the ignorant torrent,
But it's easy to mock when you're one of the crowd,
Just carrying on, laughing out loud.
They were trying to destroy all your pride,
By leaving you with nowhere to hide.
Just because you're not one of the crowd,
You know who you are, so keep feeling proud.
It doesn't matter if they're empty inside,
I like...
Might've guessed they'd not understand.
You were carrying round a bundle of torment -
However you tried it could not be undone.
Hollow whispers from the ignorant torrent,
But it's easy to mock when you're one of the crowd,
Just carrying on, laughing out loud.
They were trying to destroy all your pride,
By leaving you with nowhere to hide.
Just because you're not one of the crowd,
You know who you are, so keep feeling proud.
It doesn't matter if they're empty inside,
I like...
#LifeStruggles
#bullying
#misunderstood
#ignorance
#suffering
30 reads
5 Comments
PhantomPhace
Poem Published
Yesterday 9:09pm
Yesterday 9:09pm
The Toll of Tourism
I was born in the country out west, where I feel home;
There the air, sun through leaves falls and permeates my bones;
I breathe deep in and recognize
What feels right,
What is mine;
What falls into place without reason or trying.
Among the trees, walking through the woods,
By the still, deep lake
I’m submerged in the details;
Where am I? I cannot separate.
I take a trip to the city for the very first time,
First second I’m knocked to the ground – it’s not mine
This unfamiliar place; “I never will love it,” I say,
But day...
There the air, sun through leaves falls and permeates my bones;
I breathe deep in and recognize
What feels right,
What is mine;
What falls into place without reason or trying.
Among the trees, walking through the woods,
By the still, deep lake
I’m submerged in the details;
Where am I? I cannot separate.
I take a trip to the city for the very first time,
First second I’m knocked to the ground – it’s not mine
This unfamiliar place; “I never will love it,” I say,
But day...
#anxiety
#LifeStruggles
#travel
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AEMelia564
Y
Y
Poem Published
Yesterday 10:09am
Yesterday 10:09am
Rite of the scar bearers
Finitely fibred, having no specific shape or form
Endure shaken altered awareness
Respond, do respond, try not to cross the edges
There are many, so many synonyms for suffering
Trauma, stigma, hurt, pain, suffering may not be the right word
In spite of many theories I believe it is never self inflicted
Rape, domestic violence, severe illness, abuse, injury
Death of a loved one, acts of violence or witnessing them
They are all (actually) part of the natural worlds.
In the animal worlds these things happen too.
Nature is...
Endure shaken altered awareness
Respond, do respond, try not to cross the edges
There are many, so many synonyms for suffering
Trauma, stigma, hurt, pain, suffering may not be the right word
In spite of many theories I believe it is never self inflicted
Rape, domestic violence, severe illness, abuse, injury
Death of a loved one, acts of violence or witnessing them
They are all (actually) part of the natural worlds.
In the animal worlds these things happen too.
Nature is...
#courage
#dark
#secrets #LifeStruggles
#secrets #LifeStruggles
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Taurek
Poem Published
Yesterday 3:18am
Yesterday 3:18am
This Is How We Do
It was hard being something
You weren’t, but there were
Already too many bums out
On the street
You weren’t, but there were
Already too many bums out
On the street
#identity
#LifeStruggles
#TruthOfLife
#myself
#LifeCycle
31 reads
2 Comments
darlingxxdesolate
Poem Published
Yesterday 2:44am
Yesterday 2:44am
Asteroid
These days I just don't feel the same
Dissociation seems my only escape
Fading faster and further away
Can't seem to hold myself in place
Numb, cold, completely destroyed
Floating off into the void
Dissociation seems my only escape
Fading faster and further away
Can't seem to hold myself in place
Numb, cold, completely destroyed
Floating off into the void
#anxiety
#depression
#loneliness #LifeStruggles
#loneliness #LifeStruggles
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I_IS_ME
Poem Published
Yesterday 1:47am
Yesterday 1:47am
Funny Good
For whatever reason I didn't sleep my norm last night. I've been kind of antsy lately, like a caged lion, wanting and needing some shit to jump off. I know a big part of what I need, but I don't want the hassle of of what goes along with a sexual release. But something's got to give or my career may suffer. While working in an atmosphere where credit is given for being chipper, and a team player. This phase that I'm going through isn't helping. The crankiness and smiles turned upside down, signals to others not to approach.
I awoke this morning far ahead of the sun. I laid there in the...
I awoke this morning far ahead of the sun. I laid there in the...
#love
#friendship
#LifeStruggles
25 reads
2 Comments
Guts
Poem Published
23rd May 2019 9:59pm
23rd May 2019 9:59pm
Wall Of Life
Hello there you fool
Don't run away! We have some room
This house could be yours
And the past isn't where you should look!
Now it all ended right?
That's what you wanted
Did you enjoy this ride?
'Cuz you've done it!
An empty room full of your selfish dreams
But there's no air living nowhere near
Everybody's looking through the window
But you can't scream or you will break!
There's still some life outside
The people are laughing out loud
And here are you sufficating for her one touch
But you don't...
Don't run away! We have some room
This house could be yours
And the past isn't where you should look!
Now it all ended right?
That's what you wanted
Did you enjoy this ride?
'Cuz you've done it!
An empty room full of your selfish dreams
But there's no air living nowhere near
Everybody's looking through the window
But you can't scream or you will break!
There's still some life outside
The people are laughing out loud
And here are you sufficating for her one touch
But you don't...
#sadness
#loneliness
#heartbroken #LifeStruggles
#heartbroken #LifeStruggles
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rip
Poem Published
23rd May 2019 9:55pm
23rd May 2019 9:55pm
Cloak of Melancholia
Your eyes are the home of despair and sadness
As my mind floods with chaos and madness
A danger lurks in your dark moment
When you suffer day and night in quiet torment
I sin, you pray
Swallowed by the all black
Drop to your knees, obey
Time slows as the heart begins to crack
No life in your eyes, all hope is fleeting
Shadows creep through, darkness caught
Demons form, thought by thought
Your cries hushed in silent screaming
I pray, you sin
We are lost, all looks grim
And though you smile through the...
As my mind floods with chaos and madness
A danger lurks in your dark moment
When you suffer day and night in quiet torment
I sin, you pray
Swallowed by the all black
Drop to your knees, obey
Time slows as the heart begins to crack
No life in your eyes, all hope is fleeting
Shadows creep through, darkness caught
Demons form, thought by thought
Your cries hushed in silent screaming
I pray, you sin
We are lost, all looks grim
And though you smile through the...
#sadness
#LifeStruggles
#despair
#suffering
#emptiness
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AaHarvey
Poem Published
23rd May 2019 9:27pm
23rd May 2019 9:27pm
Alone
There are only so many times you can go to a dry well,
Begging for water when you are dying of thirst.
I have exchanged my last token, so no words will be spoken;
No thoughts can be shared, my empathy hurts.
All I need is one, but for me love is gone.
Something I used to do, but now? None.
I cannot pray for what I cannot ask for.
I cannot beg or implore for a new love to adore,
Because I have either closed every open door,
Or they have been slammed in my face, no questions asked,
No more.
No more love for me; my...
Begging for water when you are dying of thirst.
I have exchanged my last token, so no words will be spoken;
No thoughts can be shared, my empathy hurts.
All I need is one, but for me love is gone.
Something I used to do, but now? None.
I cannot pray for what I cannot ask for.
I cannot beg or implore for a new love to adore,
Because I have either closed every open door,
Or they have been slammed in my face, no questions asked,
No more.
No more love for me; my...
#love
#relationships
#heartbroken #LifeStruggles
#heartbroken #LifeStruggles
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