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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You'll Turn Out The Same
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 follow what's in your heart
For if you don't, you'll be finished before you begin to even 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 follow what's in your heart
For if you don't, you'll be finished before you begin to even start
And the way you're going, you'll turn out the same
#LifeStruggles
#lyrics
#manipulation
#parent
#religion
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nothing amazing
like the sun in the window
of a second hand store
or the clouds parked in
neutral and waiting for
a song by Judy Garland
nothing amazing
in the way ears hear the
last breath of the dying
and then go shopping
the way eyes melt like
candle wax when the
high is gone
nothing amazing
walk along a shoreline
pick up handfuls of sand
million upon millions
grains of sand
like the stars above
between your palms
like all the tragic,...
of a second hand store
or the clouds parked in
neutral and waiting for
a song by Judy Garland
nothing amazing
in the way ears hear the
last breath of the dying
and then go shopping
the way eyes melt like
candle wax when the
high is gone
nothing amazing
walk along a shoreline
pick up handfuls of sand
million upon millions
grains of sand
like the stars above
between your palms
like all the tragic,...
#LifeStruggles
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Perhaps that's where it all must begin
Do you remember
that house you left
you know the one
with an unkept garden,
where vines crawl up
along brick walls
and a door screaming
for WD-40 to quench
it's neglected thirst?
It actually doesn't matter
how long you were absent
or even what happened
as ivy began curling
up in their spirals
but perhaps that's where
it all must begin again,
it starts with picking
up a rusty WD-40 can
as hinges start shining
in their...
that house you left
you know the one
with an unkept garden,
where vines crawl up
along brick walls
and a door screaming
for WD-40 to quench
it's neglected thirst?
It actually doesn't matter
how long you were absent
or even what happened
as ivy began curling
up in their spirals
but perhaps that's where
it all must begin again,
it starts with picking
up a rusty WD-40 can
as hinges start shining
in their...
#confessional
#environment
#LifeStruggles #nature
#LifeStruggles #nature
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SEPARATION (1990's; Galveston Island, Texas)
ill health
has kept me stuck
indoors too long again
where the only thing
that s grown
at all in me
for months on end
here lately
is this increasingly growing
swollen sense
of ever deepening
separation
for here i am
again today
stuck inside once more again
with not much
i can do at all
beyond
and aside from
my usual
daydream
window longing
moist soft clouds
fine mists falling
accumulates
into drops on leaves
to my skin calling
yet...
has kept me stuck
indoors too long again
where the only thing
that s grown
at all in me
for months on end
here lately
is this increasingly growing
swollen sense
of ever deepening
separation
for here i am
again today
stuck inside once more again
with not much
i can do at all
beyond
and aside from
my usual
daydream
window longing
moist soft clouds
fine mists falling
accumulates
into drops on leaves
to my skin calling
yet...
#despair
#earth
#FeelingLost
#humankind
#LifeStruggles
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Stuck
As I sit and wonder
Anxiety flows as almost if from a faucet.
I’m stuck in this place and I’m pretending.
Sat between where things meet one side expecting, one side demanding.
Droplets on my eyelids to heavy to wrestle.
When will I learn to move through these things?
It’s like being trapped in mud.
Collecting the trauma like leaves fallen.
All to stuff it down and let it harden with the rest.
Swimming to the surface just for a breath.
Sinking back slowly.
It’s not certain death
Just
Stuck.
Anxiety flows as almost if from a faucet.
I’m stuck in this place and I’m pretending.
Sat between where things meet one side expecting, one side demanding.
Droplets on my eyelids to heavy to wrestle.
When will I learn to move through these things?
It’s like being trapped in mud.
Collecting the trauma like leaves fallen.
All to stuff it down and let it harden with the rest.
Swimming to the surface just for a breath.
Sinking back slowly.
It’s not certain death
Just
Stuck.
#anxiety
#depression
#LifeStruggles
#MentalHealth
#sadness
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Street People
Cold in the crisper dark origins of my mind
haunting the silence of my insanity's curse
hanging on to the pinion of my philosophy
chilling with prostitutes wearing stilettos
with a lusting appetite for insatiable wraith
inbred by lusting undead on Route 66
hanging out with the street people
wearing a faceless shadow in LA...
moving east to Chicago
haunting the silence of my insanity's curse
hanging on to the pinion of my philosophy
chilling with prostitutes wearing stilettos
with a lusting appetite for insatiable wraith
inbred by lusting undead on Route 66
hanging out with the street people
wearing a faceless shadow in LA...
moving east to Chicago
#dark
#homelessness
#LifeStruggles #shadows
#LifeStruggles #shadows
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4am breakdown
It's a 4am breakdown
silent crying on the couch
another night I can't sleep
I have a headache
my jaw is strained with tension
I thought about making camomile tea
but went with a decaf coffee instead
it's sitting undrunk on a side table
I've been trying to drown out
my mind with EDM
through my headphones
and brain is now a lonely party of one
I stare at the front door
and wonder what level of bravery
or cowardice it would take
for me to step outside
and walk me into a different life ...
silent crying on the couch
another night I can't sleep
I have a headache
my jaw is strained with tension
I thought about making camomile tea
but went with a decaf coffee instead
it's sitting undrunk on a side table
I've been trying to drown out
my mind with EDM
through my headphones
and brain is now a lonely party of one
I stare at the front door
and wonder what level of bravery
or cowardice it would take
for me to step outside
and walk me into a different life ...
#anger
#confessional
#depression
#despair
#LifeStruggles
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*The Blackest Rose*
https://tinyurl.com/ps56exmn
The blackest rose can still smell sweet
although she's fallen in the gutter
and been trampled by his feet....
The blackest rose can still smell sweet
although she's fallen in the gutter
and been trampled by his feet....
#hope
#LifeStruggles
#unicorns
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A Broken Silence
A juxtapositioning
As people
In their multitudes
Were dying
Terrible pandemic deaths
Whilst most of nature
Was blossoming
Overgrown verges
Now a hive of activity
Bees, and butterflies
Fluttered, and buzzed
Over beautiful wild flowers
The silence of human lif
Replaced by birdsong
Which broke the silence
And the solitude
Becalming fears
Of the other reality
by Jemia
As people
In their multitudes
Were dying
Terrible pandemic deaths
Whilst most of nature
Was blossoming
Overgrown verges
Now a hive of activity
Bees, and butterflies
Fluttered, and buzzed
Over beautiful wild flowers
The silence of human lif
Replaced by birdsong
Which broke the silence
And the solitude
Becalming fears
Of the other reality
by Jemia
#LifeAsAWriter
#LifeStruggles
#pandemic
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Injustices
I shall not be blind to injustices, to see that I live comfortably,as it tramples humanity. I say I see to much to be quiet, so I throw my voice into the ocean of injustices to cause ripples, create waves to drown it out. How can I sit quietly as my heart screams out. No Justice no peace, so there is no Justice so I have no peace of mind. Picket signs and riots yelling in my head. If you are quiet in the face of injustices, you hide your face behind the face of comfortability. And if you find comfort in your heart as injustices, stomps at your door. Than you are the face of injustice. In the...
#corruption
#homelessness
#HumanRights
#inequality
#LifeStruggles
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A poem for Nate
Have I got your attention ?
Rather is that something I deserve ?
I spent my whole life ignorant
Recognition is something that is earnd
See life is so complicated
We are all individuals
I wish I could take away your hatred
Your past and the unthinkable
I could take away your pain
Your sorrow and mistakes
I'd take away your trust issues
Paranoia and clean the slate
I don't believe I'm better than you
As i would struggle but I'd cope
But if it ment your whole again
I could hold on to that hope
You could...
Rather is that something I deserve ?
I spent my whole life ignorant
Recognition is something that is earnd
See life is so complicated
We are all individuals
I wish I could take away your hatred
Your past and the unthinkable
I could take away your pain
Your sorrow and mistakes
I'd take away your trust issues
Paranoia and clean the slate
I don't believe I'm better than you
As i would struggle but I'd cope
But if it ment your whole again
I could hold on to that hope
You could...
#depression
#friendship
#LifeStruggles
#love
#PersonalGrowth
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Technicalities
Trying
to teach me
Anything
technical
Is like
teaching
A
gold fish
To
bark!
by Jemia
to teach me
Anything
technical
Is like
teaching
A
gold fish
To
bark!
by Jemia
#funny
#LifeAsAWriter
#LifeStruggles
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