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.
cabcool
Poem Published
Today 4:14am
Today 4:14am
something about this wall
If you can find a path with no obstacles,
it probably doesn’t lead anywhere.”—Frank A. Clarke
something about this wall
o’ershadows me
shrouds destiny
i cannot hear life call
some slumber on the breast
post-pubic smile
too infantile
then slither back to rest
some live a hundred years
cleaving the earth
...
it probably doesn’t lead anywhere.”—Frank A. Clarke
something about this wall
o’ershadows me
shrouds destiny
i cannot hear life call
some slumber on the breast
post-pubic smile
too infantile
then slither back to rest
some live a hundred years
cleaving the earth
...
#anxiety
#LifeStruggles
#LifeChangingMoment #SelfDiscovery
#LifeChangingMoment #SelfDiscovery
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missjem56
Poem Published
Today 1:20am
Today 1:20am
The Angry Deep
Just off the coast of Belgium
Through roaring seas we sailed
Riding the crest of titanic waves
Our progress was curtailed
Whilst our hearts pounded, in gaping mouths
Our mobile island, dipped deep in the water
Whilst mermaidian sirens of the deep
Tried to lure us to, a watery slaughter
Each time we plummeted downwards
Screams of terror, came from the graveyard ocean bed
Seemingly awaiting, we soldiers of the sea
Where lay the sightless, eternally weeping dead
The cargo now loose, and listingly
Lost its...
Through roaring seas we sailed
Riding the crest of titanic waves
Our progress was curtailed
Whilst our hearts pounded, in gaping mouths
Our mobile island, dipped deep in the water
Whilst mermaidian sirens of the deep
Tried to lure us to, a watery slaughter
Each time we plummeted downwards
Screams of terror, came from the graveyard ocean bed
Seemingly awaiting, we soldiers of the sea
Where lay the sightless, eternally weeping dead
The cargo now loose, and listingly
Lost its...
#LifeStruggles
#sea
#scary #LifeAsAWriter
#scary #LifeAsAWriter
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missjem56
Poem Published
Yesterday 2:33pm
Yesterday 2:33pm
To Pee, Or Not To Pee?
I may have the heart
Soul, and body
Of a woman
But right now
At this moment in time
5:35 a.m.
I have the overladen
Bladder
Of a
Horse!
So now must
Remove myself
From the comfort
Of a many togged quilt
To venture into the cold
Uncompromising coldness
Of my bathroom
by Jemia
Soul, and body
Of a woman
But right now
At this moment in time
5:35 a.m.
I have the overladen
Bladder
Of a
Horse!
So now must
Remove myself
From the comfort
Of a many togged quilt
To venture into the cold
Uncompromising coldness
Of my bathroom
by Jemia
#LifeStruggles
#funny
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Abracadabra
Poem Published
Yesterday 6:28am
Yesterday 6:28am
A Taste of Sky
The full moon and me
are old friends
hi-fivin at four am
while the shooting stars
are doing their thing
we just chill
And for a moment
I can forget
about climate
Covid
starving kids
& women's rights--
seeing the world
in a different light
where every wrong
is forgiven
even though
life's darker truths
wait to screw us all
like whores
cruising tomorrow's horizon
are old friends
hi-fivin at four am
while the shooting stars
are doing their thing
we just chill
And for a moment
I can forget
about climate
Covid
starving kids
& women's rights--
seeing the world
in a different light
where every wrong
is forgiven
even though
life's darker truths
wait to screw us all
like whores
cruising tomorrow's horizon
#LifeStruggles
#escape
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Brandon
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Poem Published
Yesterday 1:23am
Yesterday 1:23am
Fault To Be Embraced
Your atonement
Hadn't come to past
For the crows nip
Tear away
Pull apart
The meat from bone
That once was you.
You were slowly turning
Every shade of blue.
I know why
The world sat upon you
Crushing you
Killing you
All your sin
Needing redemption
Repentance
Now you are just food
For the crows.
Living life in shadow
A never turn about
A wrong that could be right
Left out of light
Taken with you
Into the midnights hour
The caressing shadow ...
Hadn't come to past
For the crows nip
Tear away
Pull apart
The meat from bone
That once was you.
You were slowly turning
Every shade of blue.
I know why
The world sat upon you
Crushing you
Killing you
All your sin
Needing redemption
Repentance
Now you are just food
For the crows.
Living life in shadow
A never turn about
A wrong that could be right
Left out of light
Taken with you
Into the midnights hour
The caressing shadow ...
#dark
#LifeStruggles
#shadows
#spiritual
#hell
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ursa
Poem Published
20th Oct 2021 6:29pm
20th Oct 2021 6:29pm
A New Place
i.
It wasn’t new, but I was.
A pool of life
taking one solid
breath
together they
seemed scary yet kind.
Was I in the right place?
The number of times
I circle back to
declining the invite..
ii.
Overwhelmed.
Introductions:
‘Here I am,’ I silently
scream
knew not of
what’s to come
-floating or falling
into spaces I'd rather
hide or plan to find..
iii.
Me,
I’ll take that
deep breath now
unlock my lungs and
untangle my vocal chords...
It wasn’t new, but I was.
A pool of life
taking one solid
breath
together they
seemed scary yet kind.
Was I in the right place?
The number of times
I circle back to
declining the invite..
ii.
Overwhelmed.
Introductions:
‘Here I am,’ I silently
scream
knew not of
what’s to come
-floating or falling
into spaces I'd rather
hide or plan to find..
iii.
Me,
I’ll take that
deep breath now
unlock my lungs and
untangle my vocal chords...
#anxiety
#LifeStruggles
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10 Comments
Brandon
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Poem Published
20th Oct 2021 11:12am
20th Oct 2021 11:12am
Waiting On The End Game
I just wish to fall asleep
Drift off into a subtle dream
The need and want
Seeming ever so obvious
As I lay there thinking I should pray
Wanting all the bad spirits
To stay away.
I open up to my surroundings
Just seeing all that's clear
For others it's just a falsehood.
For others my nightmares aren't real
I drift off into dreaded sleep
Wondering if I'll wake again
Another year goes by
And here I still am.
Knowing not so indestructible
Wondering how I could break
Seeming to every day
But...
Drift off into a subtle dream
The need and want
Seeming ever so obvious
As I lay there thinking I should pray
Wanting all the bad spirits
To stay away.
I open up to my surroundings
Just seeing all that's clear
For others it's just a falsehood.
For others my nightmares aren't real
I drift off into dreaded sleep
Wondering if I'll wake again
Another year goes by
And here I still am.
Knowing not so indestructible
Wondering how I could break
Seeming to every day
But...
#dark
#death
#LifeStruggles
#hell
#myself
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Madcinder
Poem Published
20th Oct 2021 10:13am
20th Oct 2021 10:13am
I Try So Hard
When you see what you think is me.
Does it matter if what you see is real?
Where am I if not where I seem to be?
I can’t see you, hear you or feel.
I try so hard to be with you.
But I fall apart like I do.
I can’t stay in this place anymore.
Or I’ll fall apart once more.
When you hear my voice, did I even speak?
If I disintegrate and turn into dust.
When you pay attention to me I feel weak.
Cause I fear the staring gaze of your lust.
I try so hard to be with you.
But I fall apart like I do.
I can’t stay in...
Does it matter if what you see is real?
Where am I if not where I seem to be?
I can’t see you, hear you or feel.
I try so hard to be with you.
But I fall apart like I do.
I can’t stay in this place anymore.
Or I’ll fall apart once more.
When you hear my voice, did I even speak?
If I disintegrate and turn into dust.
When you pay attention to me I feel weak.
Cause I fear the staring gaze of your lust.
I try so hard to be with you.
But I fall apart like I do.
I can’t stay in...
#anxiety
#LifeStruggles
#lyrics
#MovingOn
#FeelingLost
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DaddyScruff
Poem Published
20th Oct 2021 8:58am
20th Oct 2021 8:58am
My Eyes Are Up Here
#women
#MeToo
#LifeStruggles #CallToAction
#LifeStruggles #CallToAction
9 reads
2 Comments
Joshsam
Poem Published
20th Oct 2021 7:19am
20th Oct 2021 7:19am
The glue.
This guy walks up.
Hes looking to hurt.
You see nothings gone right....
Experiences have left their mark.
This woman she talks.
To anyone who will listen.
There's many twists and turns.
Lovers who she's forgotten.
A young boy runs in the alleys.
His feet trample down each broken bottle.
Living on the edge of society.
His plight quietly ignored.
Pulling the trigger.
Is easier than ever.
Pushing substance.
Gets better and better
On street corners.
There are dazzling lights.
24...
Hes looking to hurt.
You see nothings gone right....
Experiences have left their mark.
This woman she talks.
To anyone who will listen.
There's many twists and turns.
Lovers who she's forgotten.
A young boy runs in the alleys.
His feet trample down each broken bottle.
Living on the edge of society.
His plight quietly ignored.
Pulling the trigger.
Is easier than ever.
Pushing substance.
Gets better and better
On street corners.
There are dazzling lights.
24...
#LifeStruggles
#fate
#TruthOfLife #humankind
#TruthOfLife #humankind
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6 Comments
Taurek
Poem Published
20th Oct 2021 2:38am
20th Oct 2021 2:38am
real life
forgetting there was a
boundary and
suffering
for it
boundary and
suffering
for it
#ImSorry
#forgiveness
#LifeStruggles
#LifeChangingMoment
#suffering
67 reads
6 Comments
Brandon
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Poem Published
19th Oct 2021 9:03pm
19th Oct 2021 9:03pm
Thought Pollution
Are you sick like me?
Climbing up the tree of life
wondering what the hell for?
Do you see every flaw
revolving around me
like I do every day?
The biggest judge
thanking me for the resilience
keeping me from taking my life.
Id bite down on hollowness
if my roots weren't firmly planted
still worshiping change.
The day to come
wanting black velvet and lace
strewn together in my coffin.
Some say better to burn
but in my haste for...
Climbing up the tree of life
wondering what the hell for?
Do you see every flaw
revolving around me
like I do every day?
The biggest judge
thanking me for the resilience
keeping me from taking my life.
Id bite down on hollowness
if my roots weren't firmly planted
still worshiping change.
The day to come
wanting black velvet and lace
strewn together in my coffin.
Some say better to burn
but in my haste for...
#sadness
#dark
#death
#LifeStruggles
#SelfDiscovery
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