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.
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Mr. D
Mr. D
Poem Published
Yesterday 2:31am
Yesterday 2:31am
Blues in the Key of Covid
For three years now
I have avoided crowds,
Socially distancing
Cautiously masking
I have learned the names
Of Covid viral thugs
Longed for the vaccine
Which finally came like Jesus
Apologizing for the delay.
The 2d shot pierced
My old withered arm
And the only thing I felt was
Relief, quiet joy, as if I had been stalked
For a year by something darkly
Smiling a gnarly grin.
And then the graves opened
And Delta erupted
Like a trope from ...
I have avoided crowds,
Socially distancing
Cautiously masking
I have learned the names
Of Covid viral thugs
Longed for the vaccine
Which finally came like Jesus
Apologizing for the delay.
The 2d shot pierced
My old withered arm
And the only thing I felt was
Relief, quiet joy, as if I had been stalked
For a year by something darkly
Smiling a gnarly grin.
And then the graves opened
And Delta erupted
Like a trope from ...
#sadness
#despair
#apathy
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Vampyre497
Poem Published
3rd Feb 2023 1:31pm
3rd Feb 2023 1:31pm
Rains
Sunken stone sun; waiting impatient
I've supposedly won; fading lenient
I can't stay home; I don't feel safe
My mind alone; falling base
I should be happy; but I hate it all
Basic entropy; exasperated crawl
Tear-splitting pain; lying to leave
Personality maim; my joy bereave
When can I go away
I won't come back another day
Feeling lost, sliding astray
Long-term cost of mental decay
Cracking teeth; fractured eyes
Lying least; maturity flies
Falling fast; dying quick
Forgetting past; ties that stick
...
I've supposedly won; fading lenient
I can't stay home; I don't feel safe
My mind alone; falling base
I should be happy; but I hate it all
Basic entropy; exasperated crawl
Tear-splitting pain; lying to leave
Personality maim; my joy bereave
When can I go away
I won't come back another day
Feeling lost, sliding astray
Long-term cost of mental decay
Cracking teeth; fractured eyes
Lying least; maturity flies
Falling fast; dying quick
Forgetting past; ties that stick
...
#anger
#anxiety
#SelfHarm
#despair
#SelfWorth
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AaronBraveHeart
Poem Published
2nd Feb 2023 5:01pm
2nd Feb 2023 5:01pm
Catsong
~ Written on the 24th of October 2008 ~~
A never-ending autumn is living in my head.
My soul's empty and my world is blackened.
I'm living in a desert, and a desert's living in,
It feels like the song of the lonely wind,
like the birds on the live wire, like a strange drawing.
It looks like I'm staying, but actually I'm crawling.
I'm far away from people, I live in a different place.
There's ghost mist in my soul and mist in my face.
Deeper is my pleasure, deeper are my feelings,
I'm just a living sleeper, a paper doll who...
A never-ending autumn is living in my head.
My soul's empty and my world is blackened.
I'm living in a desert, and a desert's living in,
It feels like the song of the lonely wind,
like the birds on the live wire, like a strange drawing.
It looks like I'm staying, but actually I'm crawling.
I'm far away from people, I live in a different place.
There's ghost mist in my soul and mist in my face.
Deeper is my pleasure, deeper are my feelings,
I'm just a living sleeper, a paper doll who...
#loneliness
#cats
#tragedy
#despair
#emptiness
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Wired6
Poem Published
2nd Feb 2023 11:29am
2nd Feb 2023 11:29am
We'll Never Stop Dancing.
We WONT,
RUN Away,
No!
No!
No!
The Community,
Our Dancing Family,
Take Pleasure,
On The Dance Floor.
There's No,
Space 4 Thinking,
No Thoughts,
2 Show.
Its Our Feet,
That Do The Thinking,
As We Unite,
On The Dance Floor.
We'll Never Stop Dancing.
©Wired6. 31/1/2023.
RUN Away,
No!
No!
No!
The Community,
Our Dancing Family,
Take Pleasure,
On The Dance Floor.
There's No,
Space 4 Thinking,
No Thoughts,
2 Show.
Its Our Feet,
That Do The Thinking,
As We Unite,
On The Dance Floor.
We'll Never Stop Dancing.
©Wired6. 31/1/2023.
#love
#grief
#courage
#TimeHeals
#despair
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Casted_Runes
Mr Karswell
Mr Karswell
Poem Published
31st Jan 2023 10:56pm
31st Jan 2023 10:56pm
Joy Exhibition
he died eleven years before I was born
aged only twenty-three
even younger than Keats
when his name was writ in water
yet Curtis fascinated me
when I was young and strange
(and now just old and strange)
the legend that he once
writhed on a bed of broken glass
the spasmodic grace of his dance...
my Catholic Saint
my Saint Teresa…
I do not venerate the dead
who die by suicide
as if their last despair
was all they had to give
but sometimes mood
is captured like a...
aged only twenty-three
even younger than Keats
when his name was writ in water
yet Curtis fascinated me
when I was young and strange
(and now just old and strange)
the legend that he once
writhed on a bed of broken glass
the spasmodic grace of his dance...
my Catholic Saint
my Saint Teresa…
I do not venerate the dead
who die by suicide
as if their last despair
was all they had to give
but sometimes mood
is captured like a...
#teens
#music
#despair #culture
#despair #culture
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Results_May_Vary
Seth_
Seth_
Poem Published
31st Jan 2023 3:17pm
31st Jan 2023 3:17pm
Nosferatu
Staring out from the darkness
How I long to be with you
But you will never see me
Blind to everything impure
Glaring into the light
How I’d love to steal this from you
This curse of purity
Forgiven of your mortal sin
As I lie awake every day
Drowning in my own
I've lost so much time
It feels like centuries
But time is endless for me
Until your face stopped the moon
I thought I was staring into the sun
I felt my skin warm whilst in your presence
As I linger in these frozen shadows
Then you...
How I long to be with you
But you will never see me
Blind to everything impure
Glaring into the light
How I’d love to steal this from you
This curse of purity
Forgiven of your mortal sin
As I lie awake every day
Drowning in my own
I've lost so much time
It feels like centuries
But time is endless for me
Until your face stopped the moon
I thought I was staring into the sun
I felt my skin warm whilst in your presence
As I linger in these frozen shadows
Then you...
#love
#grief
#vampires #despair
#vampires #despair
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Gayo
Poem Published
30th Jan 2023 8:36pm
30th Jan 2023 8:36pm
MYSTERY
You are a mystery
The most mysterious
of all the mysteries
To have existed
You look calm
yet deep down so weird
You look humble
But deep down i feel contempt
And disgust for me
I know you dont love me
But why do you hate me
Why are you never excited to have me
Why dont you long to see me
Am i not worth it?
My only mistake
Was to like you
Your aura charmed me
Your presence tickles me
I enjoy your company
I try my best to not fall in love
But the path is slippery
Am slipping in the mud ...
The most mysterious
of all the mysteries
To have existed
You look calm
yet deep down so weird
You look humble
But deep down i feel contempt
And disgust for me
I know you dont love me
But why do you hate me
Why are you never excited to have me
Why dont you long to see me
Am i not worth it?
My only mistake
Was to like you
Your aura charmed me
Your presence tickles me
I enjoy your company
I try my best to not fall in love
But the path is slippery
Am slipping in the mud ...
#anger
#heartbroken
#despair
#disappointment
#emptiness
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Rory
Poem Published
29th Jan 2023 9:06am
29th Jan 2023 9:06am
Another cut
Right as the rain
Am I really though.
Clothed in pain.
Half tattered soul.
Is what it is
Just another notch in the belt
Another line running my wrist.
So much it's no longer felt.
Bath water blatant red.
Feeling woozy light in head.
Lay back enjoy this poem
Remember what I've said.
Am I really though.
Clothed in pain.
Half tattered soul.
Is what it is
Just another notch in the belt
Another line running my wrist.
So much it's no longer felt.
Bath water blatant red.
Feeling woozy light in head.
Lay back enjoy this poem
Remember what I've said.
#anxiety
#hate
#grief
#despair
#emptiness
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KristinaX
Poem Published
27th Jan 2023 9:00pm
27th Jan 2023 9:00pm
Haunted house in my mind (with Reading)
Broken windows and old walls,
The dust has already decayed on the glass.
Terrible view and carries ashes,
Being pulled inside by dark forces
The cursed house stands before me,
Overgrown with weeds and reeds.
Here everything is so gloomy, it smells of darkness,
Corpses of cats are at enmity with ghostly mice.
For spirits, I think, it would be quite suitable,
But not for a human-living being.
Ordinary people would immediately depart,
After all, this house, you see, is for witchcraft.
For carrying out any rituals, ...
The dust has already decayed on the glass.
Terrible view and carries ashes,
Being pulled inside by dark forces
The cursed house stands before me,
Overgrown with weeds and reeds.
Here everything is so gloomy, it smells of darkness,
Corpses of cats are at enmity with ghostly mice.
For spirits, I think, it would be quite suitable,
But not for a human-living being.
Ordinary people would immediately depart,
After all, this house, you see, is for witchcraft.
For carrying out any rituals, ...
#sadness
#depression
#death
#despair
#witches
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rubyredheart
Poem Published
26th Jan 2023 6:40am
26th Jan 2023 6:40am
The Fall
My heart is collapsing
in on itself
breaking
from the inside out
all I see
All that remains
Are the dark salty waters of
NEVERMORE
NEVER WAS
Imprisoned in a tear
I fear
You are taking another step
Away
in on itself
breaking
from the inside out
all I see
All that remains
Are the dark salty waters of
NEVERMORE
NEVER WAS
Imprisoned in a tear
I fear
You are taking another step
Away
#despair
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rubyredheart
Poem Published
25th Jan 2023 10:24pm
25th Jan 2023 10:24pm
I cried today
Too many memories
Too many moments missed
Too many regrets
Too many questions with no answers
Too many empty hollows
Too many impossible wishes
All compressed into
Drops of salt & water
Expelled in sounds of sadness
Dripping trickling into
Nowhere
Too many moments missed
Too many regrets
Too many questions with no answers
Too many empty hollows
Too many impossible wishes
All compressed into
Drops of salt & water
Expelled in sounds of sadness
Dripping trickling into
Nowhere
#sadness
#despair
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oskar
Poem Published
25th Jan 2023 9:44am
25th Jan 2023 9:44am
Gaza
Gaza
Ocean’s breakers rule the coastline that guards
The land from sliding into the sea
Shallow water and sand dunes were once lands
The sea dastardly pilfered and demanded.
The breakers have broken all, yet want more
The foam of greed is in the breakers’ soul
Ocean’s breakers rule the coastline that guards
The land from sliding into the sea
Shallow water and sand dunes were once lands
The sea dastardly pilfered and demanded.
The breakers have broken all, yet want more
The foam of greed is in the breakers’ soul
#dark
#despair
#disappointment
#denial
#emptiness
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