Bittersweet Poems
#bittersweet
Poetry about pleasurable life experiences which are also tinged with sadness. Bittersweet poems about life events which prompt a mixture of opposing feelings.
Maple666
Poem Published
Today 8:45pm
Today 8:45pm
A Confidante
I did not know you not really.Yet somehow,
I told you my inner secrets of the haunting kind and embarrassing too. Makes my toes curl and a little sick on the inside at times. I am not even sure why I do not trust a single soul, but it lays in my history I think more like a battle with hope and honesty that sort of thing. I contemplate about our conversations of the texting sort technology is such a wonderful thing.
You do not even have to be there it is just buttons and letters and a ping. I think though it gives you a sense of confidence like it is make believe. And...
I told you my inner secrets of the haunting kind and embarrassing too. Makes my toes curl and a little sick on the inside at times. I am not even sure why I do not trust a single soul, but it lays in my history I think more like a battle with hope and honesty that sort of thing. I contemplate about our conversations of the texting sort technology is such a wonderful thing.
You do not even have to be there it is just buttons and letters and a ping. I think though it gives you a sense of confidence like it is make believe. And...
#apathy
#bittersweet
#heartbroken
#philosophical
#sadness
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DarkPopPrincess
Poem Published
Yesterday 2:36pm
Yesterday 2:36pm
Death Penalty Last Statement
This was my last statement to ever redeem myself...
And finally I just spoke. And I was not afraid.
Death was at my door, and here it was.
"I know people will look at me and assume I was just that monster. That monster who killed and took away lives. But please, if there's anything that you can learn from this, I want everytime that you remember my face, you'll see a kid who just wanted to be loved. It's not for sympathy. But please...understand that abused kids like me are suffering, and I want you to see the signs before it's too late... I'm so...
And finally I just spoke. And I was not afraid.
Death was at my door, and here it was.
"I know people will look at me and assume I was just that monster. That monster who killed and took away lives. But please, if there's anything that you can learn from this, I want everytime that you remember my face, you'll see a kid who just wanted to be loved. It's not for sympathy. But please...understand that abused kids like me are suffering, and I want you to see the signs before it's too late... I'm so...
#bittersweet
#dark
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Shilohverse
Shiloh Mello
Shiloh Mello
Poem Published
15th Sep 2024 4:03pm
15th Sep 2024 4:03pm
The Phantom On The Pavement
In the city, lights trace lines
on waves that shimmer faintly.
across the hearts still beating,
and the saints lost to the night.
Out from the murky waters,
a phantom without shape
Creeps its way from the river's edge,
Crawling toward escape.
Neon flickers on cold pavement,
a quiet drizzle falls,
and the shadow grows beneath my feet
as it stretches toward the walls.
Shadows weave through city streets,
a stranger in my skin,
These roads make me someone else,
I’ve forgotten...
on waves that shimmer faintly.
across the hearts still beating,
and the saints lost to the night.
Out from the murky waters,
a phantom without shape
Creeps its way from the river's edge,
Crawling toward escape.
Neon flickers on cold pavement,
a quiet drizzle falls,
and the shadow grows beneath my feet
as it stretches toward the walls.
Shadows weave through city streets,
a stranger in my skin,
These roads make me someone else,
I’ve forgotten...
#bittersweet
73 reads
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Serendipiry
Poem Published
14th Sep 2024 7:45pm
14th Sep 2024 7:45pm
Where has the courtship gone?
Has this gentle art lost its way?
Where are the whispers, the glances at play?
Encounters feel like interviews, a rehearsed dialogue if I may...
The swipes, the texts, the lying prose...
Would trade it all for the scent of a rose.
Sweet words intended in a love letter,
This gentle attention seems much better.
Lets bring back the sweet romance,
If not for love, for a moment, for a dance...
Where are the whispers, the glances at play?
Encounters feel like interviews, a rehearsed dialogue if I may...
The swipes, the texts, the lying prose...
Would trade it all for the scent of a rose.
Sweet words intended in a love letter,
This gentle attention seems much better.
Lets bring back the sweet romance,
If not for love, for a moment, for a dance...
#bittersweet
#disappointment
#emptiness
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keicros
Poem Published
14th Sep 2024 4:38pm
14th Sep 2024 4:38pm
it doesn’t have to be like this
and the wind from the pyre
caresses my waist
like you did on the foyer
forget how you taste
caresses my waist
like you did on the foyer
forget how you taste
#bittersweet
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jenny_is_hungry
Poem Published
14th Sep 2024 6:23am
14th Sep 2024 6:23am
Your Own Worst Enemy
All you ever did was lie
You lied when you said you would change
And so did I
I don't deny my role in this
I did enough to mess us up
But I always stayed consistent
Didn't I
When i blew up our lives
And offered you everything
Asking for nothing
You ask for money
For the same freedom
And you flew to missouri
Got on your knees
Lying to me some more
Lying to yourself
Evermore
For four years
You lied to me
Lied to you
And what's worse
You offered forgiveness
A family ...
You lied when you said you would change
And so did I
I don't deny my role in this
I did enough to mess us up
But I always stayed consistent
Didn't I
When i blew up our lives
And offered you everything
Asking for nothing
You ask for money
For the same freedom
And you flew to missouri
Got on your knees
Lying to me some more
Lying to yourself
Evermore
For four years
You lied to me
Lied to you
And what's worse
You offered forgiveness
A family ...
#bittersweet
#disappointment
#hypocrisy #ignorance
#hypocrisy #ignorance
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eljustignoreyou
John Daliva
John Daliva
Poem Published
13th Sep 2024 7:31am
13th Sep 2024 7:31am
Reunited
In the quiet moments of our reunion,
I felt the weight of every unsaid word,
Every tear that fell in the silence of the night.
Your eyes, once filled with sorrow, now held a glimmer of hope,
A testament to the strength you found within.
As we stood there, two souls reconnecting,
I realized that courage isn’t just in the grand gestures,
But in the small, honest confessions,
In the willingness to face the past and embrace the future.
So here we are, on the cusp of a new beginning,
With hearts that have been broken and...
I felt the weight of every unsaid word,
Every tear that fell in the silence of the night.
Your eyes, once filled with sorrow, now held a glimmer of hope,
A testament to the strength you found within.
As we stood there, two souls reconnecting,
I realized that courage isn’t just in the grand gestures,
But in the small, honest confessions,
In the willingness to face the past and embrace the future.
So here we are, on the cusp of a new beginning,
With hearts that have been broken and...
#bittersweet
#redemption
#regret
#sadness
#TimeHeals
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1 Comment
PAR
Poem Published
12th Sep 2024 6:32pm
12th Sep 2024 6:32pm
As if that were the case
If you fall in love
who will pick you up then?
If you make love
who will undo it afterwards?
Bang! Bang!
Shooting stars and stray bullets!
The universe sleeps the sleep of angels...
who will pick you up then?
If you make love
who will undo it afterwards?
Bang! Bang!
Shooting stars and stray bullets!
The universe sleeps the sleep of angels...
#bittersweet
#courage
#hate
#jealousy
#strength
53 reads
6 Comments
MusicallyMrM
Poem Published
12th Sep 2024 7:03am
12th Sep 2024 7:03am
My Old Soul, Your Young Heart
Wistful dreams shall never part.....
...through the years, I've thought of you
and once upon a starry night
you simply came to me
right out of a gentle blue light.....
…...drenched memories,
forbidden ( I touched you)
and for that I apologize for what I'd
almost done
remembering the moment
that you looked in my eyes
knowing that an enchantment was growing....and one day you could be the one
my“now or later”
…..you disappeared into the night ...
...through the years, I've thought of you
and once upon a starry night
you simply came to me
right out of a gentle blue light.....
…...drenched memories,
forbidden ( I touched you)
and for that I apologize for what I'd
almost done
remembering the moment
that you looked in my eyes
knowing that an enchantment was growing....and one day you could be the one
my“now or later”
…..you disappeared into the night ...
#admiration
#bittersweet
#emotions #love
#emotions #love
72 reads
2 Comments
Jayemarrow628
Poem Published
11th Sep 2024 8:48pm
11th Sep 2024 8:48pm
I'm not
I'm no longer hungry
This loneliness is enough to keep me satisfied
My mind is preoccupied
Most people are deceived
That loneliness consists of absolute nothing
But if you gave yourself more time lusting for the void
You wouldn't feel so destroyed
Often I'm feeling toyed
Popping in and out of secure feelings
Not even sure where those even come from
You've got me on a long leash fella
and never seemed to care if Im your someone
Discarded it seems
From anything that would mutually benefit me ...
This loneliness is enough to keep me satisfied
My mind is preoccupied
Most people are deceived
That loneliness consists of absolute nothing
But if you gave yourself more time lusting for the void
You wouldn't feel so destroyed
Often I'm feeling toyed
Popping in and out of secure feelings
Not even sure where those even come from
You've got me on a long leash fella
and never seemed to care if Im your someone
Discarded it seems
From anything that would mutually benefit me ...
#bittersweet
#denial
#heartbroken
#loneliness
#rejection
57 reads
2 Comments
eljustignoreyou
John Daliva
John Daliva
Poem Published
10th Sep 2024 3:23pm
10th Sep 2024 3:23pm
Morning’s Echo
This morning, one of the toughest of the year,
Your early call, filled with cries and fear.
A nightmare’s grip, so familiar and cold,
Sent chills down my spine, a story retold.
I know your nightmares, how they haunt your night,
I longed to comfort you, to make things right.
Not just through the phone, but by your side,
Yet I stayed away, my heart in a tide.
Was it anger that kept me from your door?
No, that wasn’t it, of that I’m sure.
Was it heartlessness, a void in my chest?
No, for I wept, feeling unrest.
By...
Your early call, filled with cries and fear.
A nightmare’s grip, so familiar and cold,
Sent chills down my spine, a story retold.
I know your nightmares, how they haunt your night,
I longed to comfort you, to make things right.
Not just through the phone, but by your side,
Yet I stayed away, my heart in a tide.
Was it anger that kept me from your door?
No, that wasn’t it, of that I’m sure.
Was it heartlessness, a void in my chest?
No, for I wept, feeling unrest.
By...
#bittersweet
#emptiness
#fear
#grief
#heartbroken
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1 Comment
Her
Poem Published
10th Sep 2024 2:51pm
10th Sep 2024 2:51pm
High Tide
My rolling seas
Crashed
Into his dynamic lifeforce
My longing
To be
Violently claimed
Before the eventual
Ebb that always befalls us
Flooded him
With every reminder
Every fiber
Every last drop of memory
Retreating
I was Left on the fringes
Of us
As purgatory
Engulfed
Me
Crashed
Into his dynamic lifeforce
My longing
To be
Violently claimed
Before the eventual
Ebb that always befalls us
Flooded him
With every reminder
Every fiber
Every last drop of memory
Retreating
I was Left on the fringes
Of us
As purgatory
Engulfed
Me
#bittersweet
#erotic
#ForbiddenLove #lover
#ForbiddenLove #lover
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20 Comments
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