Poems About Life Struggles Seeking Honest Critique
#LifeStruggles
Poems about life struggles seeking honest critique. Honest feedback has been requested for these poems.
NO-ONE IN MY CORNER
Have you ever felt like you're in a boxing ring
You can hear the whole crowd cheering
Yet when you turn to look within your corner
There's no-one there to support you
~
You're there facing the fight alone
You're left trying to dodge each blow
Fainting from one side to the other
Hoping you won't be put upon the canvas
~
It feels like every round lasts forever
You're constantly waiting the safety of the bell
While taking one blow after another
With no-one there to throw in the towel
~
You're just praying to...
You can hear the whole crowd cheering
Yet when you turn to look within your corner
There's no-one there to support you
~
You're there facing the fight alone
You're left trying to dodge each blow
Fainting from one side to the other
Hoping you won't be put upon the canvas
~
It feels like every round lasts forever
You're constantly waiting the safety of the bell
While taking one blow after another
With no-one there to throw in the towel
~
You're just praying to...
#LifeStruggles
#myself
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Warning
Life takes drastic turns
Always fasten your seat belt
Precautionary
Always fasten your seat belt
Precautionary
#haiku
#LifeStruggles
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Looking for my smile
How can i explain these feelings in my head?
How can you express the feeling of being beyond dead?
Theres butterflies in my stomach and a tingling in my chest
The physical manifestation of everything Ive repressed
Voices taunting me nonstop in my mind
Everyone moving ahead and im being left behind
I go between complete and total numbness
And being overwhelmied with my emotions who does this?
Extreme happiness and elation
Always give way to complete devastation
I want someone to hold, someone to talk to ...
How can you express the feeling of being beyond dead?
Theres butterflies in my stomach and a tingling in my chest
The physical manifestation of everything Ive repressed
Voices taunting me nonstop in my mind
Everyone moving ahead and im being left behind
I go between complete and total numbness
And being overwhelmied with my emotions who does this?
Extreme happiness and elation
Always give way to complete devastation
I want someone to hold, someone to talk to ...
#depression
#death
#LifeStruggles #despair
#LifeStruggles #despair
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I GOT KIDS TO FEED
Ooh that chronograph would look good on my wrist
Though I like it, it’s really a want and not a need
I know I could walk around the office and flaunt it
I have the money for it but dang it I got kids to feed!
I’ve been a hankering to go on a long vacation
Go to Pamplona and run with the bulls in the stampede
But I’m getting a little too old for these shenanigans
I’ve been dreaming of skydiving but I got kids to feed!
Though I’m in a good place as far as income is concerned
There was a point when my family had some tough times
I had...
Though I like it, it’s really a want and not a need
I know I could walk around the office and flaunt it
I have the money for it but dang it I got kids to feed!
I’ve been a hankering to go on a long vacation
Go to Pamplona and run with the bulls in the stampede
But I’m getting a little too old for these shenanigans
I’ve been dreaming of skydiving but I got kids to feed!
Though I’m in a good place as far as income is concerned
There was a point when my family had some tough times
I had...
#hope
#family
#LifeStruggles
#food
#humankind
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No one understands you like I do
I feel sorry for you girls
I can see why so many of you hate men
I listen to guys and the bullshit that comes out of their mouths
Quite pathetic, I must admit
I'm sure it must really insult your intelligence
Sounds like their still in grade school, doesn't it?
It's like they never grew up
What a drag it must be
It's hilarious how much importance they put on your anatomy
It's as if they exist only to get in your pants
Like you have some kind of life saving device stashed up there
You know we're all not like that
Some of us have a grip...
I can see why so many of you hate men
I listen to guys and the bullshit that comes out of their mouths
Quite pathetic, I must admit
I'm sure it must really insult your intelligence
Sounds like their still in grade school, doesn't it?
It's like they never grew up
What a drag it must be
It's hilarious how much importance they put on your anatomy
It's as if they exist only to get in your pants
Like you have some kind of life saving device stashed up there
You know we're all not like that
Some of us have a grip...
#women
#men
#LifeStruggles
#satirical
#ignorance
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Suspect
I take nothing
For granted
Everything is
S u s p e c t
For granted
Everything is
S u s p e c t
#anxiety
#LifeStruggles
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Death & Taxes
Is life just about taxes & death?
Were surviving, not living
disrespectful, unforgiving
Let's make a change, life is short
Give and respect, before we all abort
Were surviving, not living
disrespectful, unforgiving
Let's make a change, life is short
Give and respect, before we all abort
#LifeStruggles
#inspirational
#spiritual
#LifeGoals
#respect
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Death By Taxes
Exploiting the need
Setting the cost of this dead end living
In this system, the consumer is the feed
Lives for auction, waged efforts in short changed bidding
Cycles of debt make up bondages of dependency
Desperation to control in this market of captivity
Oppressive price tags and credit scores to earn a right to owe
Qualifying for financial burdens
They own the ground in which we sow
Harvesting more costly endeavors in this death grip for a home
Culture of the illusion of success
Retirement savings for future...
Setting the cost of this dead end living
In this system, the consumer is the feed
Lives for auction, waged efforts in short changed bidding
Cycles of debt make up bondages of dependency
Desperation to control in this market of captivity
Oppressive price tags and credit scores to earn a right to owe
Qualifying for financial burdens
They own the ground in which we sow
Harvesting more costly endeavors in this death grip for a home
Culture of the illusion of success
Retirement savings for future...
#anxiety
#dreams
#LifeStruggles
#LifeGoals
#LifeCycle
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Occupation Of The Senses
People places
years gone by
tied laces
into the sky
at one mile high
just another time
in my crazy life
I've been around a bit
I don't regret any of it
even the after shock
of the affidavit.
Experience, a little rushed
ambiguous
are the tree's in the way
of the woods.
Multiple romances
with only one
I ever wanted
that's well gone
an ancient dropped bomb
moving on
is easier said than done.
Ubiquitous projects
immerse myself
in many things ...
years gone by
tied laces
into the sky
at one mile high
just another time
in my crazy life
I've been around a bit
I don't regret any of it
even the after shock
of the affidavit.
Experience, a little rushed
ambiguous
are the tree's in the way
of the woods.
Multiple romances
with only one
I ever wanted
that's well gone
an ancient dropped bomb
moving on
is easier said than done.
Ubiquitous projects
immerse myself
in many things ...
#LifeStruggles
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thorns and kisses
Oh lift me as a wave, a leaf, a cloud! I fall upon the thorns of life!
I bleed!”—Percy Bysshe Shelley
and when i saw your perfect teeth,
i thought, how awesome for the perfect bite!
may they not bruise the kiss beneath
the sheathing of their canine-sparkling white.
a honeybee upon the wing,
no less resplendent than the mouth of you;
so cock-sure with its venom sting,
while foolish men get stung for honey brew.
so, too, the dark-red dew-clad rose,
enticing fondling hands to blow her horn,
while, underneath her...
I bleed!”—Percy Bysshe Shelley
and when i saw your perfect teeth,
i thought, how awesome for the perfect bite!
may they not bruise the kiss beneath
the sheathing of their canine-sparkling white.
a honeybee upon the wing,
no less resplendent than the mouth of you;
so cock-sure with its venom sting,
while foolish men get stung for honey brew.
so, too, the dark-red dew-clad rose,
enticing fondling hands to blow her horn,
while, underneath her...
#relationships
#romantic
#LifeStruggles
#rose
#hurt
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The King of New York
Raindrops bombing down on the tin roof
My shelter, alone, drowns in forest sea
And, no. No one would hear me if I fell
Or fired my gun, just for a quick exit
But, the show must go on though these
Legs urge to rust and decay in hunger
Stop! This! Spiraling! Deep breaths out
I proceed dialing in a stifling trance
That I learned when times were calmer
From a lady, Adrienne. On, rain pours
Visualizing technique, fight eyes shut
At first tongue in cheek, but it works
Back above neons,...
My shelter, alone, drowns in forest sea
And, no. No one would hear me if I fell
Or fired my gun, just for a quick exit
But, the show must go on though these
Legs urge to rust and decay in hunger
Stop! This! Spiraling! Deep breaths out
I proceed dialing in a stifling trance
That I learned when times were calmer
From a lady, Adrienne. On, rain pours
Visualizing technique, fight eyes shut
At first tongue in cheek, but it works
Back above neons,...
#NaPoWriMo2024
#anxiety
#LifeStruggles
#meditation
#MentalHealth
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Everything is Important
(and Nothing is More Important Than Everything)
Given the calculations and parameters I’ve set within time limits and resources
I am lacking in the stimulus and motivation to continue my education
Presently as my overall health and condition has been in a slow decline for years
It is no excuse to place a mental obstacle rendering me to a state of obfuscation
With that in mind, a fear of success has created a parabolical intellectual block
Anticipating a physical exhaustion with a rather unreal anxiety of the unknown
But it lies more in the...
Given the calculations and parameters I’ve set within time limits and resources
I am lacking in the stimulus and motivation to continue my education
Presently as my overall health and condition has been in a slow decline for years
It is no excuse to place a mental obstacle rendering me to a state of obfuscation
With that in mind, a fear of success has created a parabolical intellectual block
Anticipating a physical exhaustion with a rather unreal anxiety of the unknown
But it lies more in the...
#LifeStruggles
#LifeGoals
#college
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DU Poetry : Poems About Life Struggles Seeking Honest Critique