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.
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Get in on life
You just live the simple life
well you don't do nothing good
you wonder where the good times are
well there right in front of you
Stop being a grump
or you'll get dumped
come on girl, get in on life
You've been told that there's only one way,
and that's why the rules you follow each day
if you keep on living like that,
you're gonna die like the rest of the pack
Let free, let go,
let everyone know
you're not gonna be another victim of society
You're free from your daddy's hand,
go out and find...
well you don't do nothing good
you wonder where the good times are
well there right in front of you
Stop being a grump
or you'll get dumped
come on girl, get in on life
You've been told that there's only one way,
and that's why the rules you follow each day
if you keep on living like that,
you're gonna die like the rest of the pack
Let free, let go,
let everyone know
you're not gonna be another victim of society
You're free from your daddy's hand,
go out and find...
#emptiness
#freedom
#girlfriend
#LifeStruggles
#rebellion
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The Fighting Heart
I've never put myself in
a boxing ring or heard
my name being chanted
but I guess I was born to fight,
in a way my mind always
asks the big questions
people never wish to be
asked or challenged on
so perhaps I was born to fight
sure I can blame the fucked
up background, I can discuss
bone-dust lingering beneath
the carpet, I can blame poor
guidance, I can blame my
mother taking off, my bastard
father, being left to my own
time ticking devices as a kid...
a boxing ring or heard
my name being chanted
but I guess I was born to fight,
in a way my mind always
asks the big questions
people never wish to be
asked or challenged on
so perhaps I was born to fight
sure I can blame the fucked
up background, I can discuss
bone-dust lingering beneath
the carpet, I can blame poor
guidance, I can blame my
mother taking off, my bastard
father, being left to my own
time ticking devices as a kid...
#confessional
#LifeCycle
#LifeStruggles
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What do you want from me?
What do you want from me?
My love that I keep in a shell?
My anger that I hide so well?
What do you want to see?
A smile to show I am swell?
Words that I can not spell?
I am not all that. I am ME!
I want to scream and yell!
This is Me! and I am in hell!
This is what I want to be
A lover with his demoiselle
A knight or a fucking rebel
Unfortunately I’m not so free
I merely live in a carousel
A hypocrite inside a seashell
So please don’t come close to me
This is...
My love that I keep in a shell?
My anger that I hide so well?
What do you want to see?
A smile to show I am swell?
Words that I can not spell?
I am not all that. I am ME!
I want to scream and yell!
This is Me! and I am in hell!
This is what I want to be
A lover with his demoiselle
A knight or a fucking rebel
Unfortunately I’m not so free
I merely live in a carousel
A hypocrite inside a seashell
So please don’t come close to me
This is...
#love
#dark
#LifeStruggles #loneliness
#LifeStruggles #loneliness
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lonely victories
I stand above this battlefield
and wonder what the hell I'm fighting for
battles rage and are sometimes won
but this war
this war
is never done
I remember the turning point
concurrent battles I wouldn't win
never mind that nobody won
the wounds are long healed
mere scars on the skin
but I can still feel where they buried
the knives deep within
I stand above this battlefield
slam my flag through
every former body of myself
and wonder about the nature of victory
and if it's worth ...
and wonder what the hell I'm fighting for
battles rage and are sometimes won
but this war
this war
is never done
I remember the turning point
concurrent battles I wouldn't win
never mind that nobody won
the wounds are long healed
mere scars on the skin
but I can still feel where they buried
the knives deep within
I stand above this battlefield
slam my flag through
every former body of myself
and wonder about the nature of victory
and if it's worth ...
#betrayal
#depression
#LifeStruggles
#loneliness
#myself
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Overpersuasion
Your parents have a problem and you live in constant pain
Your atmosphere is darkness as you begin to go insane
And the way you're going, you'll turn out the same
You hear the words of wisdom as you practice what you tell
You follow your parents teachings, as they threaten you to hell
And the way you're going, you'll turn out the same
My advice to you, is to follow what's in your heart
For if you don't, you'll be finished before you ever start
And the way you're going, you'll turn out the same
Your atmosphere is darkness as you begin to go insane
And the way you're going, you'll turn out the same
You hear the words of wisdom as you practice what you tell
You follow your parents teachings, as they threaten you to hell
And the way you're going, you'll turn out the same
My advice to you, is to follow what's in your heart
For if you don't, you'll be finished before you ever start
And the way you're going, you'll turn out the same
#LifeStruggles
#manipulation
#parent
#religion
#rhyming
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A Redux...Of Sorts
we've been here before
at the event horizon of the collapse
of yet another empire
its star bangled...mangled
in a nuclear clash of ideologies
the end of days so damned close at hand
isms bubble and multiply
within doubled downed delusions
as schisms create parallel realties in real time
warping fragmented minds
filled with voices from distant planets
where words are bastardized
into stranger things
reverse engineered..phobias heightened
the reaper rewarded
heralded by those four horsemen ...
at the event horizon of the collapse
of yet another empire
its star bangled...mangled
in a nuclear clash of ideologies
the end of days so damned close at hand
isms bubble and multiply
within doubled downed delusions
as schisms create parallel realties in real time
warping fragmented minds
filled with voices from distant planets
where words are bastardized
into stranger things
reverse engineered..phobias heightened
the reaper rewarded
heralded by those four horsemen ...
#LifeStruggles
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Loam
The storm outside is violent,
But I can't hear over my
silence.
We live in a million little problems.
What a rush they say.
I call for no more.
Unregistered voice inside this loam.
The masses make me feel so
alone.
But I can't hear over my
silence.
We live in a million little problems.
What a rush they say.
I call for no more.
Unregistered voice inside this loam.
The masses make me feel so
alone.
#identity
#LifeStruggles
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Darin' Aaron
Little Aaron is circling the Barbed Wire Museum parking lot on his Big Wheel, hoping to find some younger kids to run over. His parents are informing a bored couple that it's their fourth annual visit. Barb, Aaron's four-year-old sister, picks her nose, wipes it on her shorts, and hums a rap song.
Aaron graduates to a full-sized bike at seven. Out of sight of his parents, he favors bumping his way down flights of stairs, pedaling at warp speed, and flying over small obstacles like puddles and poodles. In a grocery store parking lot near home one day, he lifts his black Schwinn...
Aaron graduates to a full-sized bike at seven. Out of sight of his parents, he favors bumping his way down flights of stairs, pedaling at warp speed, and flying over small obstacles like puddles and poodles. In a grocery store parking lot near home one day, he lifts his black Schwinn...
#freedom
#LifeStruggles
#ThrillSeeking
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???
The seagulls
Are in mourning again
The seas weep
As the planet bleeds
I can
No longer
Comprehend
The Insanity
Of man
by Jemia
Are in mourning again
The seas weep
As the planet bleeds
I can
No longer
Comprehend
The Insanity
Of man
by Jemia
#LifeAsAWriter
#LifeStruggles
#pollution
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death crosses my mind
death crosses my mind often.
some days, it's a walk down a sunny street.
lurking in the background, waiting to make its appearance
other days, it is crossing a river after a flood
aggressive and determined, it will make it to the other side
and then comes the boat, or the good samaritan.
sometimes death crosses my mind like a kid on their way to the ice cream truck,
excited and ready to get a sno-ball, or fudge pop.
i've come to realize, death never leaves my mind.
some days it's easier to ignore than others.
but sometimes as death is...
some days, it's a walk down a sunny street.
lurking in the background, waiting to make its appearance
other days, it is crossing a river after a flood
aggressive and determined, it will make it to the other side
and then comes the boat, or the good samaritan.
sometimes death crosses my mind like a kid on their way to the ice cream truck,
excited and ready to get a sno-ball, or fudge pop.
i've come to realize, death never leaves my mind.
some days it's easier to ignore than others.
but sometimes as death is...
#death
#LifeStruggles
#sadness #suicide
#sadness #suicide
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Another Friday Summer Morning
Walking to the store yesterday morning around 10:00 AM. The 1st thing that hits me as I go out into the light is the smell. Dog shit all over the grass. Many abandoned homes that look menacing and creepy. Lawns that haven't been cut in months. I walk down my street and watch the home boys watching me. I have to look right at them, I can't help it. They piss me off when they stare. I feel like shooting their little heads off.
I turn onto the main street and walk past the family planning center. A worn out street dude looks at me and waves and nods his head like he knows me. That...
I turn onto the main street and walk past the family planning center. A worn out street dude looks at me and waves and nods his head like he knows me. That...
#home
#LifeStruggles
#myself #nonfiction
#myself #nonfiction
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Responsibility has gone astray
We have contrived far too long
Disregarding far too much
Responsibility long overdue
We have abandoned far too long
Assuming far too much
Hoping our cluelessness will see us through
We have hated far too long
Hurting far too much
Feelings of compassion stripped away
We have followed far too long
Denying far too much
Responsibility has gone astray
We have accused for far too long
Condemning far too much
Never really able to accept
We have suspected far too long
Doubting far too much ...
Disregarding far too much
Responsibility long overdue
We have abandoned far too long
Assuming far too much
Hoping our cluelessness will see us through
We have hated far too long
Hurting far too much
Feelings of compassion stripped away
We have followed far too long
Denying far too much
Responsibility has gone astray
We have accused for far too long
Condemning far too much
Never really able to accept
We have suspected far too long
Doubting far too much ...
#apathy
#CallToAction
#disappointment #LifeStruggles
#disappointment #LifeStruggles
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