Poems about Conflict
#conflict
Conflict poems about relationship arguments, family feuds and conflict in society. Here you'll find poems exploring the emotions behind conflict situations, including internal conflict over difficult life decisions.
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Redemption
We spoke in shadows of disdain,
Words flung like arrows, causing pain.
Bruises lingered, scars unseen,
Yet more words, a cruel routine.
Unspoken truths, incomplete,
Silent echoes, a steady beat.
Our love, a victim of the fray,
Eroded slowly, day by day.
In the hushed spaces, we never said,
The depths of feelings left widespread.
A conscious dent, we failed to make,
Silent reverberations, love at stake.
Between the lines of hate and fate,
A chance for healing, never too late.
Let's mend the...
Words flung like arrows, causing pain.
Bruises lingered, scars unseen,
Yet more words, a cruel routine.
Unspoken truths, incomplete,
Silent echoes, a steady beat.
Our love, a victim of the fray,
Eroded slowly, day by day.
In the hushed spaces, we never said,
The depths of feelings left widespread.
A conscious dent, we failed to make,
Silent reverberations, love at stake.
Between the lines of hate and fate,
A chance for healing, never too late.
Let's mend the...
#love
#relationships
#conflict
#disappointment
#IMissYou
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he took his own life
Death will come for all of us but let us fight to live.”
—Jamie Tworkowski, If You Feel Too Much
i.
the bullets rang out,
piercing the night,
commingling each shout
with gashing light;
the children were hushed
against the plight,
paraded and pushed
into blind flight.
ii.
unable to flee,
the blind boy stood,
wishing he could see
some trifling good.
the two sides were armed
with weaponry,
the rivals alarmed
by bigotry.
iii.
all reason was gone:
no gallantry;
right...
—Jamie Tworkowski, If You Feel Too Much
i.
the bullets rang out,
piercing the night,
commingling each shout
with gashing light;
the children were hushed
against the plight,
paraded and pushed
into blind flight.
ii.
unable to flee,
the blind boy stood,
wishing he could see
some trifling good.
the two sides were armed
with weaponry,
the rivals alarmed
by bigotry.
iii.
all reason was gone:
no gallantry;
right...
#anxiety
#conflict
#violence
#war
#vulnerability
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Made Up Love
There’s a file in my phone
Full of photos and of songs
Full of laughter, happy moments
Now the smiles just seem wrong
Had I known how this would end
I think I would’ve stayed just friends
But we had to take the chance
We could no longer pretend
Now I look back and I think
All the talking over drinks
All the plans that we had made
But I never got the ring
I never saw the real you
I never knew what you went through
I only saw the mask you shared
Believing all the lies you’d spew
You hid...
Full of photos and of songs
Full of laughter, happy moments
Now the smiles just seem wrong
Had I known how this would end
I think I would’ve stayed just friends
But we had to take the chance
We could no longer pretend
Now I look back and I think
All the talking over drinks
All the plans that we had made
But I never got the ring
I never saw the real you
I never knew what you went through
I only saw the mask you shared
Believing all the lies you’d spew
You hid...
#breakup
#conflict
#lies
#manipulation
#deception
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Beckoned
He pushes the boundaries of dominance,
to the point of rudeness
to the point of anti-feminism
to the point of maximum yang
to the point of wildly seductive don't go there danger
i know better.
i know better
but
i want to follow him.
i hope i do
i hope i don't
Now where do i go?
to the point of rudeness
to the point of anti-feminism
to the point of maximum yang
to the point of wildly seductive don't go there danger
i know better.
i know better
but
i want to follow him.
i hope i do
i hope i don't
Now where do i go?
#conflict
#BDSM
#seductive
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Use the Damn Turn Signal
Our first argument
You didn’t use the turn signal
While switching lanes
On the highway
In a snow storm
You’ve never driven in snow before
And I lost my shit
You drove on
Patiently
As my eyes burned fire
I stopped spewing cuss words
And zipped my mouth
However, I do believe
The word irrational was said
Maybe
Not maybe
More than once
Not one to use traumatic experiences
As an excuse
I kept my zipped mouth
Zipped
And seethed
...
You didn’t use the turn signal
While switching lanes
On the highway
In a snow storm
You’ve never driven in snow before
And I lost my shit
You drove on
Patiently
As my eyes burned fire
I stopped spewing cuss words
And zipped my mouth
However, I do believe
The word irrational was said
Maybe
Not maybe
More than once
Not one to use traumatic experiences
As an excuse
I kept my zipped mouth
Zipped
And seethed
...
#love
#relationships
#conflict #LongDistanceRelationship
#conflict #LongDistanceRelationship
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Spoils of war
We fought a battle fierce and long
with so many good memories lay martyrs to hate
as I walked over their lifeless bodies
realizing they have been relieved of their debt
with so many good memories lay martyrs to hate
as I walked over their lifeless bodies
realizing they have been relieved of their debt
#love
#relationships
#heartbroken
#conflict
#SelfReflection
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Old Grudges running wild
In the rearview mirror, old tales unfold,
You wield the past, a story retold.
Nursing a grudge, it's a dangerous game,
Our love caught in its relentless flame.
Lost, my love, in this tangled mess,
I've said sorry, hoping to confess.
But if this saga goes on, takes hold,
Our love story might just run cold.
You wield the past, a story retold.
Nursing a grudge, it's a dangerous game,
Our love caught in its relentless flame.
Lost, my love, in this tangled mess,
I've said sorry, hoping to confess.
But if this saga goes on, takes hold,
Our love story might just run cold.
#love
#relationships
#conflict #LifeStruggles
#conflict #LifeStruggles
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Things Unknown
As a proponent of peace and harmony,
I always find it unsettling
to discover that behind the scenes
there are things unknown
- conflict and cruelty,
disparaging remarks
This place has always been a refuge
to freely express
without the scrutiny of judgement
and it bothers me
that people will provoke others
and try and pick away
at the creative gifts,
we only crave to share
with others
Much of what I say,
is unspoken in the real world,
and I save it
for the explorers
and the dreamers, ...
I always find it unsettling
to discover that behind the scenes
there are things unknown
- conflict and cruelty,
disparaging remarks
This place has always been a refuge
to freely express
without the scrutiny of judgement
and it bothers me
that people will provoke others
and try and pick away
at the creative gifts,
we only crave to share
with others
Much of what I say,
is unspoken in the real world,
and I save it
for the explorers
and the dreamers, ...
#conflict
#LifeStruggles
#peace
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Breakup
Every time we argue,
you threaten to walk away,
dangling the threat
with a dose of emotional fray.
One day, I'll just depart,
silently, without much talk.
No more blackmail or despair,
just the freedom of my lone sail.
you threaten to walk away,
dangling the threat
with a dose of emotional fray.
One day, I'll just depart,
silently, without much talk.
No more blackmail or despair,
just the freedom of my lone sail.
#sadness
#breakup
#conflict #emptiness
#conflict #emptiness
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Plot twist
Reaching for a hand
bumped a trigger instead
Watching the projectile enter between ribs
Standing frozen
in that familiar helpless distortion
Reality melting as ears buzz
with the roar of silent confusion
Feeling the slow explosion inside
fragments flying off in all directions
lodging in heart, brain, throat
Smearing memories, slicing futures
This was an unforeseen plot twist
But look!
That growing red stain is so pretty
I guess this is how the end begins
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bumped a trigger instead
Watching the projectile enter between ribs
Standing frozen
in that familiar helpless distortion
Reality melting as ears buzz
with the roar of silent confusion
Feeling the slow explosion inside
fragments flying off in all directions
lodging in heart, brain, throat
Smearing memories, slicing futures
This was an unforeseen plot twist
But look!
That growing red stain is so pretty
I guess this is how the end begins
.
#conflict
#PTSD
#apathy
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Cracked Ribs
When I inhale
It’s so painful
When I exhale
It’s still stressful
I can’t even sigh
How can something
So hurtful
Keep me alive
It hurts to breathe
And yet I’m still here
Words have a way of
Pushing me down
They have their way
Of not making a sound
My hearts too big
It doesn’t fit
But forgiveness
Expands brittle ribs
His words, they crack my ribs
His works, they crack my ribs
Someone
Please make it stop
Someone
Please help me call the cops ...
It’s so painful
When I exhale
It’s still stressful
I can’t even sigh
How can something
So hurtful
Keep me alive
It hurts to breathe
And yet I’m still here
Words have a way of
Pushing me down
They have their way
Of not making a sound
My hearts too big
It doesn’t fit
But forgiveness
Expands brittle ribs
His words, they crack my ribs
His works, they crack my ribs
Someone
Please make it stop
Someone
Please help me call the cops ...
#breakup
#conflict
#hurt
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Heavy Cross
was it you
or was it the wind
that turned off
the flame of desire?
who's the one that
by distraction
lost you
was lost from you
never came back
to ask for
forgiveness
I don't even ask you
that much
I just want
half-open mouth
waiting
for forgiveness
for none
of my sins
the hand begging
a solution
that cools me down
the stigmata
You are a crown of thorns
and I don't know where
I left my
sacred Heart...
or was it the wind
that turned off
the flame of desire?
who's the one that
by distraction
lost you
was lost from you
never came back
to ask for
forgiveness
I don't even ask you
that much
I just want
half-open mouth
waiting
for forgiveness
for none
of my sins
the hand begging
a solution
that cools me down
the stigmata
You are a crown of thorns
and I don't know where
I left my
sacred Heart...
#regret
#breakup
#conflict
#mirror
#confessional
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