Long Poems About Death
#death
Long poems about death. 300 words or more, most recently published poems first.
The Poetry Won’t Bring You Back
Pouring over these former letters
Reactivating the potency of my emotions
How do I keep the memory of you alive
What good is it to look in rearview
I can’t help but reminisce again
When every word is a snapshot from my heart
Writing to commemorate, honor, and ache for you
Another letter, another year, another moment I feel the lack
So many words to express my love
Yet no matter what I say, the poetry won’t bring you back
Speaking like floral arrangements at the grave of another memory
When there’s so much I wish you...
Reactivating the potency of my emotions
How do I keep the memory of you alive
What good is it to look in rearview
I can’t help but reminisce again
When every word is a snapshot from my heart
Writing to commemorate, honor, and ache for you
Another letter, another year, another moment I feel the lack
So many words to express my love
Yet no matter what I say, the poetry won’t bring you back
Speaking like floral arrangements at the grave of another memory
When there’s so much I wish you...
#sadness
#mother
#death
#anniversary
#cancer
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Left Behind
#sadness
#abuse
#death
#suffering
#FeelingTrapped
21 reads
1 Comment
Kiss Them Goodbye
#violence
#death
#school
#fire
#God
25 reads
10 Comments
Sniper Files #1 Sniper Dream
#regret
#lust
#death
#pregnancy
#military
95 reads
1 Comment
Lacy’s First Day
#sadness
#dark
#childhood
#death
#bullying
51 reads
6 Comments
Laughter at My Father's Passing
My father told me, on his death bed,
My child you are more evil than was I.
Not because you fill people with dread!
And not because you have the Devil's eye.
Oh no, it is because you are a lot like me,
Only you do not regret the things you do.
As I breathe my last, you weep not I see!
Is it because you and I both always knew?
That one day you would eclipse me fully.
Congratulations, daughter... and farewell...
And after that, no more did Father breathe!
I can only assume, his soul went unto Hell.
Oh what am I, sometimes I ask,...
My child you are more evil than was I.
Not because you fill people with dread!
And not because you have the Devil's eye.
Oh no, it is because you are a lot like me,
Only you do not regret the things you do.
As I breathe my last, you weep not I see!
Is it because you and I both always knew?
That one day you would eclipse me fully.
Congratulations, daughter... and farewell...
And after that, no more did Father breathe!
I can only assume, his soul went unto Hell.
Oh what am I, sometimes I ask,...
#regret
#grief
#death
#acceptance
#denial
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1 Comment
My Darling
Adelaide had woken up
And started off her day
Fred was left in bed
By him, some coffee and a plate
He took his time, waking up slow
Got up and made the bed
As Adelaide would write downstairs
Fred sipped and ate and read
He sat up and he stretched in place
And opened up the curtains
The birds they sang, the sun beat through
What’s today? He wasn’t certain
He thought today was special
Perhaps a birthday or a date
An evening planned out with his love
What does his day await?
He had no...
And started off her day
Fred was left in bed
By him, some coffee and a plate
He took his time, waking up slow
Got up and made the bed
As Adelaide would write downstairs
Fred sipped and ate and read
He sat up and he stretched in place
And opened up the curtains
The birds they sang, the sun beat through
What’s today? He wasn’t certain
He thought today was special
Perhaps a birthday or a date
An evening planned out with his love
What does his day await?
He had no...
#sadness
#relationships
#romantic
#death
#FallingInLove
103 reads
2 Comments
The Bridge
#childhood
#family
#abuse
#death
#DomesticViolence
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0 Comments
Next up
I've been waiting a long time
Nothing but patience
To commit just the right crimes
To be shocking the nation
I'm preparing the quicklime
For my grim infatuation
Take all your stations, because
The show's about to start
I've prepared with boots and gloves
I'm aiming for the heart
This valentine's day
I plan to steal it away
I'll shoot an arrow straight through it
I'm cupids harrowing druid
There's nothing keeping me hinged ...
Nothing but patience
To commit just the right crimes
To be shocking the nation
I'm preparing the quicklime
For my grim infatuation
Take all your stations, because
The show's about to start
I've prepared with boots and gloves
I'm aiming for the heart
This valentine's day
I plan to steal it away
I'll shoot an arrow straight through it
I'm cupids harrowing druid
There's nothing keeping me hinged ...
#dark
#murder
#death
#evil
#horror
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Death!!
One by one, they disappear from your life.
Mom or dad, husband or wife..
Gramma or papa, you uncle or aunt .
You try to get thru it but at first you just can't.
A brother or sister, someone you adore,
A pastor, a teacher. The old lady next door.
A small child ,a mentor, a lifelong friend...
it just keeps going an going and when does it end?
Yeah I know that its just part of life....
One day your married , husband n wife..
The next yoir a widow and your all on your own.
No reason or warning ...u wake...
Mom or dad, husband or wife..
Gramma or papa, you uncle or aunt .
You try to get thru it but at first you just can't.
A brother or sister, someone you adore,
A pastor, a teacher. The old lady next door.
A small child ,a mentor, a lifelong friend...
it just keeps going an going and when does it end?
Yeah I know that its just part of life....
One day your married , husband n wife..
The next yoir a widow and your all on your own.
No reason or warning ...u wake...
#grief
#death
#emotions
138 reads
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Mommy Dearest
I understand
I’ve let you off the hook
Not that you’ve ever
Wanted, needed nor required
That I do so
You’ve never experienced joy
My birth didn’t give you
The joy and love you expected
Needed and required
You weren’t equipped
It wasn’t your fault
You couldn’t give
What was never given to you
A lifetime of hurt
Didn’t do either of us
Any favors
Your long sleep is approaching
May you go peacefully
Without the anger
That...
I’ve let you off the hook
Not that you’ve ever
Wanted, needed nor required
That I do so
You’ve never experienced joy
My birth didn’t give you
The joy and love you expected
Needed and required
You weren’t equipped
It wasn’t your fault
You couldn’t give
What was never given to you
A lifetime of hurt
Didn’t do either of us
Any favors
Your long sleep is approaching
May you go peacefully
Without the anger
That...
#mother
#forgiveness
#abuse #death
#abuse #death
170 reads
5 Comments
David's Apartment # 2 (continued from Meeting David for Coffee. My imagination goes to dark places.)
#dark
#sex
#death
71 reads
2 Comments
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