Poems about Despair and Hopelessness
#despair
Poems about despair and hopelessness, poetry about when all hope has been abandoned. Poems about despair due to challenges in life, difficult relationship situations and grief. Emotional poems about losing hope.
Liziantus-Marantus
Poem Published
Today 10:57am
Today 10:57am
No Path
I was walking down a grassy path.
The sign told me,go on and you'll escape its wrath.
The sign led me to a path far away.
The people told me,follow it,and your woes will go away.
As I kept walking,flowers grew.
Birds flew and sun is anew.
Yet ,something felt odd about this path.
Was it the right choice?
And did I escape pain and all its wrath?
The flowers were colorful.
And the birds were wild,free.
The rabbits were happy.
But somehow,it wasn't for me.
As I was halfway through that path.
I felt the...
The sign told me,go on and you'll escape its wrath.
The sign led me to a path far away.
The people told me,follow it,and your woes will go away.
As I kept walking,flowers grew.
Birds flew and sun is anew.
Yet ,something felt odd about this path.
Was it the right choice?
And did I escape pain and all its wrath?
The flowers were colorful.
And the birds were wild,free.
The rabbits were happy.
But somehow,it wasn't for me.
As I was halfway through that path.
I felt the...
#dark
#despair
#hope
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missjem56
Poem Published
Yesterday 6:55pm
Yesterday 6:55pm
Broken Silk
Because why, or who
Have all my writings
Gone askew
Tunneled
Unhappy
Lost
All consuming
Soon
An appointment with destiny
Lies lurking
Hovering
Waiting
An re-enactment
In words
Echoes
Of unwanted memories
The past
Re-united with the present
Re-animated
Triggers that haunt
Pirouetting anxieties
As my butterfly wings
Are caught within a whirlwind
Of despair
As i am blown
Towards a spiders web
Then wrapped
In broken silk
by Jemia
Have all my writings
Gone askew
Tunneled
Unhappy
Lost
All consuming
Soon
An appointment with destiny
Lies lurking
Hovering
Waiting
An re-enactment
In words
Echoes
Of unwanted memories
The past
Re-united with the present
Re-animated
Triggers that haunt
Pirouetting anxieties
As my butterfly wings
Are caught within a whirlwind
Of despair
As i am blown
Towards a spiders web
Then wrapped
In broken silk
by Jemia
#anxiety
#despair
#LifeAsAWriter
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Lilliputian
Poem Published
5th Apr 2025 11:12am
5th Apr 2025 11:12am
Back to the Start
Am I sinking in a loop?
For every time I take a step forward,
My feet take two steps backward.
I restart,
Climbing rugged hills,
But my hands give out, and I tumble.
I restart,
Moving ahead,
Only to fall again, back to square one.
I restart,
And just as I catch a glimpse
Of the chequered flag,
I stumble down.
Every road I take,
Leads me back to the start.
I am sinking in a loop.
…
#despair
#LifeStruggles
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TellyLace88
I_Am_Her
I_Am_Her
Poem Published
5th Apr 2025 4:31am
5th Apr 2025 4:31am
Untitled
Everybody keeps telling me it will get better
yet I am startng to doubt that it ever actually will
Every time I get back on my own 2 feet and do good
the drugs and toxicity pull me back in
I can never seem to get my fill
12 years sober
12 motherfucken years sober
And here I am, full circle
back in this nightmare, perforating my skin
Syringes full of poison that consumes me in the worst ways
Despite that, here I am as if I've forgotten the heartbreak of addiction
As if I've forgotten where I've been
Sober me and in recovery has this...
yet I am startng to doubt that it ever actually will
Every time I get back on my own 2 feet and do good
the drugs and toxicity pull me back in
I can never seem to get my fill
12 years sober
12 motherfucken years sober
And here I am, full circle
back in this nightmare, perforating my skin
Syringes full of poison that consumes me in the worst ways
Despite that, here I am as if I've forgotten the heartbreak of addiction
As if I've forgotten where I've been
Sober me and in recovery has this...
#acceptance
#addiction
#confessional #despair
#confessional #despair
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Stoney223
WOLF BAY33
WOLF BAY33
Poem Published
5th Apr 2025 3:26am
5th Apr 2025 3:26am
Water Over Rocks
Sometimes we find ourselves involved in creating, the wrong kind of a relationship, that will eventually create an environment of despair, and loneliness with emptyness. But yet it's not a situation that you can make it right when it has been wrong. Sometimes a relationship is like water over to rocks running smoothly like water over glass. YET it's appears as thought everything was fine, but yet behind close doors 🚪 As Hell has no fury like the feelings of a lost love, due to deception filled with anger and hatred and self destruction. For the worst thing you can do to someone, is...
#despair
#emptiness
#hurt
#loneliness
#suicide
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Lilliputian
Poem Published
5th Apr 2025 00:35am
5th Apr 2025 00:35am
Quieting Void
I’ve let that flicker in my eyes die
with every hour I spent waiting
for someone else’s match to ignite mine,
until it burned me into ashes,
the flame faded,
and the match shriveled
into nothing.
The darkness welcomed me,
each time with no interlude.
Embracing what was left of me,
promising a way out of the matchbox,
a way to the quieting void.
with every hour I spent waiting
for someone else’s match to ignite mine,
until it burned me into ashes,
the flame faded,
and the match shriveled
into nothing.
The darkness welcomed me,
each time with no interlude.
Embracing what was left of me,
promising a way out of the matchbox,
a way to the quieting void.
#dark
#despair
#hurt #SelfWorth
#hurt #SelfWorth
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Billy_Snagg
Jizzman
Jizzman
Poem Published
4th Apr 2025 5:01pm
4th Apr 2025 5:01pm
TRUMP IS BACK!
Trump is back, oh yeah baby...
DRILL BABY DRILL!
You said 'baby' already!
Yeah but I'm here for the thrill...
Mr Vance!
Trump is back...
He’s gonna save your back,
Your reputation -
(Even though it's in the shitter)
Ala, ala... my baby's back!
He wants everyone sacked.
If I were you,
I'd take a permanent vacation...
To Ukraine!
Ala ala Trump -
Alas, you know he’s been lyin',
No matter what Musk is tryin'.
He shoulda stayed gone for good!
Ah wooo, ah wooo.
Now Zelenski wants to kick...
DRILL BABY DRILL!
You said 'baby' already!
Yeah but I'm here for the thrill...
Mr Vance!
Trump is back...
He’s gonna save your back,
Your reputation -
(Even though it's in the shitter)
Ala, ala... my baby's back!
He wants everyone sacked.
If I were you,
I'd take a permanent vacation...
To Ukraine!
Ala ala Trump -
Alas, you know he’s been lyin',
No matter what Musk is tryin'.
He shoulda stayed gone for good!
Ah wooo, ah wooo.
Now Zelenski wants to kick...
#anger
#anxiety
#bittersweet
#confusion
#despair
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PencilScribbles
Scribbles
Scribbles
Poem Published
3rd Apr 2025 2:45pm
3rd Apr 2025 2:45pm
Too Late (Unpublished Draft #5; May 22, 2024)
I dreamt of you 3 nights ago,
It was so real that I was solemn most of the day,
You were here, so close, and so far away....
Time was limited,
You were scheduled to catch a bus,
That would erase any trace of us.
Again, you were unexpected.
Again, I was too afraid to leave.
If I was given a notice before you came,
Perhaps it would have been a different debate.
But even when dreaming, I was too afraid to leave. ...
It was so real that I was solemn most of the day,
You were here, so close, and so far away....
Time was limited,
You were scheduled to catch a bus,
That would erase any trace of us.
Again, you were unexpected.
Again, I was too afraid to leave.
If I was given a notice before you came,
Perhaps it would have been a different debate.
But even when dreaming, I was too afraid to leave. ...
#confusion
#despair
#love #rejection
#love #rejection
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Indie
Miss Indie
Miss Indie
Poem Published
3rd Apr 2025 00:37am
3rd Apr 2025 00:37am
no, Google, I'm not suicidal
I googled
"what to do
when you've given up
on life"
and it gave me a list
of suicide hotlines
and articles on positive
mental health practices
I didn't know how
to explain to a search engine
that I'm not suicidal
I'm not looking for that kind of exit
I'm lost
I'm lonely
I'm aimless
Everything feels pointless
I've hit the edge of depression
and kept going into the abyss
instead of pulling back
like I was supposed to
I scroll through the...
"what to do
when you've given up
on life"
and it gave me a list
of suicide hotlines
and articles on positive
mental health practices
I didn't know how
to explain to a search engine
that I'm not suicidal
I'm not looking for that kind of exit
I'm lost
I'm lonely
I'm aimless
Everything feels pointless
I've hit the edge of depression
and kept going into the abyss
instead of pulling back
like I was supposed to
I scroll through the...
#depression
#despair
#emptiness #MentalHealth
#emptiness #MentalHealth
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NANCY_RDZ_STORIES
Poem Published
1st Apr 2025 10:14pm
1st Apr 2025 10:14pm
"The Winter Warsaw Wladyslaw"
Władysław Szpilman’s world, a vibrant tapestry of music and camaraderie, was shattered in September 1939 with the Nazi invasion of Poland.
His beloved Warsaw, a city pulsating with life and art, became a prison, its streets echoing with the boots of oppression. The loss was immediate and devastating: his radio station, his livelihood, his sense of normalcy, all stripped away.
The gradual erosion of their humanity, the forced relocation to the Warsaw Ghetto, the constant fear, the daily horrors—these were the losses that chipped away at his soul. He witnessed...
His beloved Warsaw, a city pulsating with life and art, became a prison, its streets echoing with the boots of oppression. The loss was immediate and devastating: his radio station, his livelihood, his sense of normalcy, all stripped away.
The gradual erosion of their humanity, the forced relocation to the Warsaw Ghetto, the constant fear, the daily horrors—these were the losses that chipped away at his soul. He witnessed...
#abuse
#despair
#fear
#loneliness
#suffering
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oskar
Poem Published
1st Apr 2025 8:51am
1st Apr 2025 8:51am
we should have seen
we had it coming
looking at pictures of an empty Piccadilly Circus
or the Eifel Tower in Paris is empty of life except
for police cars cruising to fine anyone breaking the law.
The emptiness is enormous and frightening to think
how quickly humankind can disappear forever
When the pandemic is over, there might be another one.
Millions of people all over the world rotting in their homes
the disappearance of humans is a near reality.
The only hope is that we lived a tolerable good life.
The future will consist of animals hunting each other. ...
looking at pictures of an empty Piccadilly Circus
or the Eifel Tower in Paris is empty of life except
for police cars cruising to fine anyone breaking the law.
The emptiness is enormous and frightening to think
how quickly humankind can disappear forever
When the pandemic is over, there might be another one.
Millions of people all over the world rotting in their homes
the disappearance of humans is a near reality.
The only hope is that we lived a tolerable good life.
The future will consist of animals hunting each other. ...
#anxiety
#apathy
#bittersweet
#denial
#despair
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missjem56
Poem Published
31st Mar 2025 9:06pm
31st Mar 2025 9:06pm
The Town Decryer...
Picked up new specs No Speculation
Popped into a bar, or two
final destination plentiful
a platitude of postcards a'plenty
No signs of stalker Dark moon walker
I left postcards, poste haste
Aware of dangers i may face
But not watching, where i place my feet
Tripping over a curb, which did disturb
My lost equilibrium,now complete
As i fell upon my face, in disgrace
My new specs, literally then
Making an impression
By bruising, not cruising, my bridge
Pavement shrapnel
Imbedded into my hands
I felt...
Popped into a bar, or two
final destination plentiful
a platitude of postcards a'plenty
No signs of stalker Dark moon walker
I left postcards, poste haste
Aware of dangers i may face
But not watching, where i place my feet
Tripping over a curb, which did disturb
My lost equilibrium,now complete
As i fell upon my face, in disgrace
My new specs, literally then
Making an impression
By bruising, not cruising, my bridge
Pavement shrapnel
Imbedded into my hands
I felt...
#despair
#LifeAsAWriter
#transgender #TruthOfLife
#transgender #TruthOfLife
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