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.
kathyrivers
Kathy Rivers
Kathy Rivers
Poem Published
Today 5:10pm
Today 5:10pm
Drawing LInes
It's nighttime now...
the sun has said its goodbyes
and disappeared beneath the ground
now...
as the moon rises in a coal-black sky
and the beauty of the stars
is blurred by the water in my eyes
I lay here...
with tears running down my face
my breathing ragged
as I try to calm my racing thoughts
and battle the tsunami inside
carrying monsters
with all-too-familiar names...
depression
anxiety
self-hatred
low esteem
guilt
shame...
telling me lie after lie
but like the idiot i am
i...
the sun has said its goodbyes
and disappeared beneath the ground
now...
as the moon rises in a coal-black sky
and the beauty of the stars
is blurred by the water in my eyes
I lay here...
with tears running down my face
my breathing ragged
as I try to calm my racing thoughts
and battle the tsunami inside
carrying monsters
with all-too-familiar names...
depression
anxiety
self-hatred
low esteem
guilt
shame...
telling me lie after lie
but like the idiot i am
i...
#sadness
#grief
#dark
#shame
#despair
7 reads
2 Comments
kathyrivers
Kathy Rivers
Kathy Rivers
Poem Published
Today 4:46pm
Today 4:46pm
Breathe
Standing on the edge of the crowd
racing mind, sweaty hands
trying to calm down but
you're scared & you can't
your heart beats faster
the voices get louder
the lights start spinning
you're getting dizzy
and you just...
can't seem to...
breathe
Sitting in the crowded lunchroom
self-conscious & afraid
Are they judging me?
Can they somehow see?
My panicked face?
My heartbeat race?
or the anxiety,
taking hold of me,
until I...
just cannot...
breathe? ...
racing mind, sweaty hands
trying to calm down but
you're scared & you can't
your heart beats faster
the voices get louder
the lights start spinning
you're getting dizzy
and you just...
can't seem to...
breathe
Sitting in the crowded lunchroom
self-conscious & afraid
Are they judging me?
Can they somehow see?
My panicked face?
My heartbeat race?
or the anxiety,
taking hold of me,
until I...
just cannot...
breathe? ...
#anxiety
#despair
10 reads
2 Comments
Wh1skeySwagger
Swagger
Swagger
Poem Published
Today 1:06pm
Today 1:06pm
Love Shouldn't Hurt
DISGUSTED
enchanted
ASHAMED
proud
You CAN'T do it
i know you can
DUMB
bright
Worthless
helpful
Your ALWAYS IN THE WAY
your always on my mind
IRRESPONSIBLE
trustworthy
FOOLISH
sensible
I HATE you
i love you
FAILURE
fulfilling
INCOMPETENT
adept
You DISAPPOINT me
you amaze me
LAZY
helpful
WEIRDO
DON'T talk to me
time with me
INFERIOR
leader
UGLY
beautiful
NEVER with you
always with you
RIDICULOUS
rational
USELESS ...
enchanted
ASHAMED
proud
You CAN'T do it
i know you can
DUMB
bright
Worthless
helpful
Your ALWAYS IN THE WAY
your always on my mind
IRRESPONSIBLE
trustworthy
FOOLISH
sensible
I HATE you
i love you
FAILURE
fulfilling
INCOMPETENT
adept
You DISAPPOINT me
you amaze me
LAZY
helpful
WEIRDO
DON'T talk to me
time with me
INFERIOR
leader
UGLY
beautiful
NEVER with you
always with you
RIDICULOUS
rational
USELESS ...
#regret
#rejection
#heartbroken
#shame
#despair
26 reads
2 Comments
Unredeemed
Vickie
Vickie
Poem Published
Today 3:46am
Today 3:46am
Whispered thoughts
I've been alone in thought and life
In troubles bound by family strife
I've been undone by hearts of ice
In darkness bled with unheard cries
I've lived my life and tried to care
For those who've felt thier own despair
I've learned that I can't help to bare
The hurts that hide in their nightmares
I've lost myself and lost my hope
I've used a hundred ways to cope
I've lost my dreams now dream of ropes
In dreams I hang my heart and float
To pull the trigger would be bliss
No wound too deep for heavens...
In troubles bound by family strife
I've been undone by hearts of ice
In darkness bled with unheard cries
I've lived my life and tried to care
For those who've felt thier own despair
I've learned that I can't help to bare
The hurts that hide in their nightmares
I've lost myself and lost my hope
I've used a hundred ways to cope
I've lost my dreams now dream of ropes
In dreams I hang my heart and float
To pull the trigger would be bliss
No wound too deep for heavens...
#despair
16 reads
4 Comments
Mayumi
Poem Published
Yesterday 3:47pm
Yesterday 3:47pm
Reality
Like shards of glass
Into these hands
I hold your memories
Deep unto my core
Precious pieces of your whole
That compliments my delicate and pure
Yet. . .
The more i cling unto it
The more i come near
My very death
For you are the same person
Interchanging love and life
with a hate and death
(C)mai01.22.20
Into these hands
I hold your memories
Deep unto my core
Precious pieces of your whole
That compliments my delicate and pure
Yet. . .
The more i cling unto it
The more i come near
My very death
For you are the same person
Interchanging love and life
with a hate and death
(C)mai01.22.20
#regret
#grief
#heartbroken
#despair
#emptiness
22 reads
7 Comments
Joshuaberry
Ancestor
Ancestor
Poem Published
21st Jan 2020 4:46am
21st Jan 2020 4:46am
Bounty Bicycle Belched
bounty bicycle belched
in crimson crest
wielding moaning wheels
of saucy spree:
taunted tracks moan
tainted tyre's moor
fiery feelings fondling
per punctured pills
merging mystic mist
hideous hood hankering
with halts shuddering
like triturated tits
"roll'n rustic rims
felon wind riding."
'20:01:21:05:33
in crimson crest
wielding moaning wheels
of saucy spree:
taunted tracks moan
tainted tyre's moor
fiery feelings fondling
per punctured pills
merging mystic mist
hideous hood hankering
with halts shuddering
like triturated tits
"roll'n rustic rims
felon wind riding."
'20:01:21:05:33
#dark
#despair
8 reads
0 Comments
Oliviahoney
Poem Published
21st Jan 2020 00:10am
21st Jan 2020 00:10am
The death of a dream
The key to unlocking me was buried long ago, interred in the ground with my heart.
The once exuberant, vibrant, giggling girl is replaced with ashes.
Speak softly, walk lightly, you will never be noticed.
I traipse through life never feeling, feeling everything.
Looking through eyes with blinders, scared to see what is looking back at me.
Soul corrupted and crippled, hidden behind a façade of indifference.
Always running from someone or something,
Never really escaping anything because you are running from yourself. ...
The once exuberant, vibrant, giggling girl is replaced with ashes.
Speak softly, walk lightly, you will never be noticed.
I traipse through life never feeling, feeling everything.
Looking through eyes with blinders, scared to see what is looking back at me.
Soul corrupted and crippled, hidden behind a façade of indifference.
Always running from someone or something,
Never really escaping anything because you are running from yourself. ...
#grief
#heartbroken
#despair #emptiness
#despair #emptiness
34 reads
3 Comments
Sky_dancer
Poem Published
20th Jan 2020 10:05pm
20th Jan 2020 10:05pm
The Family Unit
Held together
with duct tape
until one day
it broke
with duct tape
until one day
it broke
#childhood
#despair
41 reads
8 Comments
Valeriya
Poem Published
20th Jan 2020 7:02am
20th Jan 2020 7:02am
Sweet Nasty Gutterslut
Her mind sweet,and
nasty
delicately stained like
a reluctant corpse.
Her lips, sickened with
a plague of darkness.
She creeps,
alone counting blood clots
before she drifts off to
derelict ruins.
Peach-colored windows
stare, like unpunished eyes
at the shoreline.
Her smudged mascara face
cracks,
as she smiles at the edge
of yesterdays grave.
Dirt piled high
for tomorrows sorrowful rain, pouring into a skyless void.
She waits
with needle and thread to
mend the torn...
nasty
delicately stained like
a reluctant corpse.
Her lips, sickened with
a plague of darkness.
She creeps,
alone counting blood clots
before she drifts off to
derelict ruins.
Peach-colored windows
stare, like unpunished eyes
at the shoreline.
Her smudged mascara face
cracks,
as she smiles at the edge
of yesterdays grave.
Dirt piled high
for tomorrows sorrowful rain, pouring into a skyless void.
She waits
with needle and thread to
mend the torn...
#drugs
#despair
38 reads
1 Comment
Kinkpoet
Poem Published
18th Jan 2020 3:21pm
18th Jan 2020 3:21pm
Litost
the mantra drones on
as if
from
an outside source
although
originating
from his own
lungs
eyes closed
swirls of rainbow
color
flood his vision
vague shapes
and formless clouds
drifting floating
in that state
of being
and
non being
his spirit
rises
hovering circling
above the corpus
observing
old man below
arthritic
desiccated
gnarled
by age
and regrets
engulfed
with
litost
his...
as if
from
an outside source
although
originating
from his own
lungs
eyes closed
swirls of rainbow
color
flood his vision
vague shapes
and formless clouds
drifting floating
in that state
of being
and
non being
his spirit
rises
hovering circling
above the corpus
observing
old man below
arthritic
desiccated
gnarled
by age
and regrets
engulfed
with
litost
his...
#sadness
#regret
#despair
20 reads
0 Comments
Heart_symphony
Poem Published
18th Jan 2020 6:45am
18th Jan 2020 6:45am
Right down to the minute, right down to the second
Time passes so slowly
Each grain of sand
Creeps down the hourglass
Feeling the depth of each breath
The air is heavy
It drowns
Trembling finger tips and toes
The sensation crawling
Into your nerves
Every blink
Shutters in slow motion
Lights glare through
The light illuminates your fingertips
Orange skin
Outlined with translucent edges
...
Each grain of sand
Creeps down the hourglass
Feeling the depth of each breath
The air is heavy
It drowns
Trembling finger tips and toes
The sensation crawling
Into your nerves
Every blink
Shutters in slow motion
Lights glare through
The light illuminates your fingertips
Orange skin
Outlined with translucent edges
...
#love
#heartbroken
#breakup
#FallingInLove
#despair
33 reads
0 Comments
kxdija
kxdija .H
kxdija .H
Poem Published
18th Jan 2020 3:48am
18th Jan 2020 3:48am
Make u fall in love
Can I make u fall in love with me
Lust with me
Come fuck with me
Make love to me
I just want u in love with me
What I gotta do to make you fall?
Who I gotta call?
do I gotta talk a type way
Walk a type way
What's gonna make u sway?
What I gotta do to make you fall lin love me?
Lust with me
Come fuck with me.
Lust with me
Come fuck with me
Make love to me
I just want u in love with me
What I gotta do to make you fall?
Who I gotta call?
do I gotta talk a type way
Walk a type way
What's gonna make u sway?
What I gotta do to make you fall lin love me?
Lust with me
Come fuck with me.
#love
#hope
#frustration
#confusion
#despair
33 reads
0 Comments
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