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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take my sadness
Take my sadness
and turn it into silence
because I've already made
myself invisible
and what I really need
is for you to tie me down
with weights
and throw me into the ocean
where no one can hear my pain
Take my sadness
and turn it into guilt
because hell knows I know
how to wear that shit
like it's fucking fashionable
and when I'm down and out and
speechless with hating myself
add another layer
for me to bury myself in
cause we both know I make
this hell look like it doesn't...
and turn it into silence
because I've already made
myself invisible
and what I really need
is for you to tie me down
with weights
and throw me into the ocean
where no one can hear my pain
Take my sadness
and turn it into guilt
because hell knows I know
how to wear that shit
like it's fucking fashionable
and when I'm down and out and
speechless with hating myself
add another layer
for me to bury myself in
cause we both know I make
this hell look like it doesn't...
#conflict
#depression
#disappointment
#LifeStruggles
#relationships
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Do I GIve In
Do I give in?
To the thoughts that consume me
And threaten to ravage my mind
And leave me hopeless
And crying out for help.
Do I say no?
To the voices telling me
That I am not worth it
That I will never achieve anything
That my dreams will remain just that,
Dreams.
Do I continue to fight?
For a reality that seems elusive
For a peace that escapes me
For that one moment where it all goes away
For release.
To the thoughts that consume me
And threaten to ravage my mind
And leave me hopeless
And crying out for help.
Do I say no?
To the voices telling me
That I am not worth it
That I will never achieve anything
That my dreams will remain just that,
Dreams.
Do I continue to fight?
For a reality that seems elusive
For a peace that escapes me
For that one moment where it all goes away
For release.
#anxiety
#depression
#LifeStruggles
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3 Comments
Real Talk
My people perish for lack of knowledge of self
and our true history is not on their library's shelf
Our modern music misleads our youth
with prevented versions of the truth
So they turn to booze, weed, coke and dope
instead of finding betters ways to cope
Or they join gangs which are our resident evil
and become pawns in our spiritual upheaval
Princes and Principalities are the real puppet masters
and the architects of all man made disasters
I know how difficult it is to "walk the walk"
and that all...
and our true history is not on their library's shelf
Our modern music misleads our youth
with prevented versions of the truth
So they turn to booze, weed, coke and dope
instead of finding betters ways to cope
Or they join gangs which are our resident evil
and become pawns in our spiritual upheaval
Princes and Principalities are the real puppet masters
and the architects of all man made disasters
I know how difficult it is to "walk the walk"
and that all...
#inequality
#LifeStruggles
#oppression
#politics
#violence
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No One is an Island
Some think that poetry and politics
should always shun each other inversely,
and like oil and water, never mix,
since so much now is done so adversely;
it's a red flag when folks don't like the fuss,
and sure, it sucks to battle for your bread,
but when "me first" bitch Trumps the rest of us
then it's time for bards to be widely read
and more comparisons be brought to bear
so justice balances for one and all
in more untampered courtrooms everywhere
to see more high and mighty break and fall,
and then the fuss free chicken...
should always shun each other inversely,
and like oil and water, never mix,
since so much now is done so adversely;
it's a red flag when folks don't like the fuss,
and sure, it sucks to battle for your bread,
but when "me first" bitch Trumps the rest of us
then it's time for bards to be widely read
and more comparisons be brought to bear
so justice balances for one and all
in more untampered courtrooms everywhere
to see more high and mighty break and fall,
and then the fuss free chicken...
#HumanRights
#LifeStruggles
#politics #power
#politics #power
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Empty Glasses
This room full of glasses half full
a closer look reveals each
glass is leaking on its way to
empty
In the darkest corner
an emaciated dog licks
the remnants of lives from
the floor
We used to run in the meadow
hiding in the tall grass
forever friends and first kisses
with a future at arm's length
Now only the sandy grit
gargling the fragments of broken
hourglasses, vomiting only
bloody memories
Am I there on the ground,
a life leaked upon an
unforgiving floor, salvation
for...
a closer look reveals each
glass is leaking on its way to
empty
In the darkest corner
an emaciated dog licks
the remnants of lives from
the floor
We used to run in the meadow
hiding in the tall grass
forever friends and first kisses
with a future at arm's length
Now only the sandy grit
gargling the fragments of broken
hourglasses, vomiting only
bloody memories
Am I there on the ground,
a life leaked upon an
unforgiving floor, salvation
for...
#disappointment
#LifeStruggles
#regret
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It's Dark. Look at it.
Is this the hill I wish to die on?
Is this the word I should repeat?
I’m still awake to your suggestion,
But some summits are hard to beat.
Can you see this land, be open to the words once spoken aloud?
It’s dark. Look at it.
Just how late it is, is hard to tell,
I’m advancing my retreat,
I’m looking for enchantment here,
In the freedom of the peace.
Walk the shrinking forest, sharing whispers where once there were shouts.
It’s dark. Look at it.
I’m not the first to stumble here,
Or wake up to the wind,...
Is this the word I should repeat?
I’m still awake to your suggestion,
But some summits are hard to beat.
Can you see this land, be open to the words once spoken aloud?
It’s dark. Look at it.
Just how late it is, is hard to tell,
I’m advancing my retreat,
I’m looking for enchantment here,
In the freedom of the peace.
Walk the shrinking forest, sharing whispers where once there were shouts.
It’s dark. Look at it.
I’m not the first to stumble here,
Or wake up to the wind,...
#LifeStruggles
#MyInspiration
#pagan #spiritual
#pagan #spiritual
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repeating patterns
I curl myself inwards
on the bathroom floor
like I can hide from
the brutal honesty
I cast into the atmosphere
and set myself of fire with
I forgot to cash in my love tonight
and the soul debt grows
becomes desperate
and I would rather
weave myself into the walls
than give in to what's owed
My heart aches
and I can't face my own reflection
it's better if you don't look at me
it's better if you let me be a ghost
but you won't let me fade into nothing
and so I'm seen
and can't be...
on the bathroom floor
like I can hide from
the brutal honesty
I cast into the atmosphere
and set myself of fire with
I forgot to cash in my love tonight
and the soul debt grows
becomes desperate
and I would rather
weave myself into the walls
than give in to what's owed
My heart aches
and I can't face my own reflection
it's better if you don't look at me
it's better if you let me be a ghost
but you won't let me fade into nothing
and so I'm seen
and can't be...
#addiction
#LifeStruggles
#MentalHealth
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New York and it's Asinine Laws
New York has some really stupid laws
Recently I've been reading some of them
Here's a handful that are truly ridiculous
1) It's Illegal to Sell Dog or Cat hair
Well I hate both cats & dogs, so for me I think all animals should be banned
2) It's illegal to have a puppet show in your window
I've done that numerous times with placing a sock puppet on my cock
Several times my ex-girlfriend would get involved and decorate her torso and pussy with paints and makeups
Loads of fun
Many observers watched and I even...
Recently I've been reading some of them
Here's a handful that are truly ridiculous
1) It's Illegal to Sell Dog or Cat hair
Well I hate both cats & dogs, so for me I think all animals should be banned
2) It's illegal to have a puppet show in your window
I've done that numerous times with placing a sock puppet on my cock
Several times my ex-girlfriend would get involved and decorate her torso and pussy with paints and makeups
Loads of fun
Many observers watched and I even...
#freedom
#ignorance
#LifeStruggles
#politics
#rebellion
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12 Comments
Hotel Tango
Equinox in a couple of days
finds me right back where I began
I 'm running laps to beat the band
as a professional wheel man
It's typically steady tonight
for an indian summer's eve
But during my Mary-go-rounds
there's this asshole I can't believe
The street, traffic and neon lights
have already replaced the sun
Of course the radio is broke
making all this that much more fun
And I'm braking laws like a fiend
getting from Point A to Point B
Texting and passing on the right
and my seat belt's loose - honestly
...
finds me right back where I began
I 'm running laps to beat the band
as a professional wheel man
It's typically steady tonight
for an indian summer's eve
But during my Mary-go-rounds
there's this asshole I can't believe
The street, traffic and neon lights
have already replaced the sun
Of course the radio is broke
making all this that much more fun
And I'm braking laws like a fiend
getting from Point A to Point B
Texting and passing on the right
and my seat belt's loose - honestly
...
#bullying
#FeelingTrapped
#LifeStruggles
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In The Dead Of Summer
Timeless time, limitless space, summer gapes long with heavy, dizzy sighs,
a burning mirage on the distant plains, drowning in a thick layer of swaying heat
An atmospheric vibration filled with W's, and Z's , when summer slashes his skin,
when cicadas start your fuzzy morning, and the temper just sizzles, and your mouth seethes ;
and whizzles inside the thickly loaded pines, and cypress.A dizzy swirl of dust,
that revives a cliched flashback vibe of some time ago.
This morn, i strode, and shuffled along the pathway, no sigh of...
a burning mirage on the distant plains, drowning in a thick layer of swaying heat
An atmospheric vibration filled with W's, and Z's , when summer slashes his skin,
when cicadas start your fuzzy morning, and the temper just sizzles, and your mouth seethes ;
and whizzles inside the thickly loaded pines, and cypress.A dizzy swirl of dust,
that revives a cliched flashback vibe of some time ago.
This morn, i strode, and shuffled along the pathway, no sigh of...
#emptiness
#FeelingLost
#grief
#LifeStruggles
#loneliness
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Ambrosial (featuring 3rdEYErising)
it seems to be a human pattern
judging others by their entrance
entranced....not my fault tho
if I walk into a room
& speak of my healing
I'm instantly assumed
to be all in my feelings
reeling in truth...kinda rude
if I make mention of darkness & my trials
now I'm morbid
& determined to wallow
swallow or spit...your choice
if I speak on our symbiosis with nature
I must be a tree hugging granola cruncher
for the record...
I'll hug any tree... ...
judging others by their entrance
entranced....not my fault tho
if I walk into a room
& speak of my healing
I'm instantly assumed
to be all in my feelings
reeling in truth...kinda rude
if I make mention of darkness & my trials
now I'm morbid
& determined to wallow
swallow or spit...your choice
if I speak on our symbiosis with nature
I must be a tree hugging granola cruncher
for the record...
I'll hug any tree... ...
#humankind
#hypocrisy
#LifeStruggles #women
#LifeStruggles #women
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6 Comments
Knife Kisses Bone
Another opportunist for hire
The cat with nine lives
Constantly feeding on desire
Somehow this rat thrives
Cowards watch the slaughter
Picks the bones find a gem
Through shit infested water
Without getting any on them
Right place at the wrong time
That’s how they gather dirt
Quick to drop a fucking dime
Finding solace in creating hurt
Trying to fill their black heart
Life has left them all alone
Can’t stop once they start
Until the knife kisses bone
The cat with nine lives
Constantly feeding on desire
Somehow this rat thrives
Cowards watch the slaughter
Picks the bones find a gem
Through shit infested water
Without getting any on them
Right place at the wrong time
That’s how they gather dirt
Quick to drop a fucking dime
Finding solace in creating hurt
Trying to fill their black heart
Life has left them all alone
Can’t stop once they start
Until the knife kisses bone
#LifeStruggles
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4 Comments
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