Poems about Emptiness
#emptiness
Poems about emptiness; a barren, empty world with nothing at all. Poetry about feeling numb and a life lacking meaning. Poems about emptiness includes poetry about the absence of feelings and emotions, and poems about feeling although you don't have a purpose in life.
Nil
Nolan
Nolan
Poem Published
Yesterday 11:20pm
Yesterday 11:20pm
Mandatory Poetry
Everything is left.
Empty.
This frustration.
Doesn't end.
It haunts me.
A peculiar poltergeist.
As all my ambition.
Coalesces into feeble.
Poetry.
My metaphoric mantra.
To keep.
An impulse to write.
Empty.
This frustration.
Doesn't end.
It haunts me.
A peculiar poltergeist.
As all my ambition.
Coalesces into feeble.
Poetry.
My metaphoric mantra.
To keep.
An impulse to write.
#emptiness
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Nvmb
Poem Published
Yesterday 7:36pm
Yesterday 7:36pm
The First Fragments...
I. The First Prayer
It happens deep into the night, in the heavy dark that feels too thick to breathe through. A darkness that tastes of copper and dust, ancient and patient. His body betrays him first—stiff, useless, as if his bones have turned to iron and his lungs are filling with sand.
He tries to move. He cannot. He tries to scream. His mouth stays closed, locked by some unseen hand.
And then he sees it.
Someone at the foot of his bed. No, not someone—*something*, though that word is too small for the wrongness standing there. A figure that...
It happens deep into the night, in the heavy dark that feels too thick to breathe through. A darkness that tastes of copper and dust, ancient and patient. His body betrays him first—stiff, useless, as if his bones have turned to iron and his lungs are filling with sand.
He tries to move. He cannot. He tries to scream. His mouth stays closed, locked by some unseen hand.
And then he sees it.
Someone at the foot of his bed. No, not someone—*something*, though that word is too small for the wrongness standing there. A figure that...
#dark
#despair
#emptiness
#fear
#loneliness
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sophie_ericson
timelessseee
timelessseee
Poem Published
Yesterday 2:37pm
Yesterday 2:37pm
nothing
counting corners whilst missing every turn
choking on those lullabies that once wrote us a start
should we be chasing rainbows or crash stars?
life’s unending consent to break you
a conviction resting in feeble attempts to mend you
your defenses haunted by hero eyes
you are
we won't ever be
nothing more than a fleshy collision
choking on those lullabies that once wrote us a start
should we be chasing rainbows or crash stars?
life’s unending consent to break you
a conviction resting in feeble attempts to mend you
your defenses haunted by hero eyes
you are
we won't ever be
nothing more than a fleshy collision
#emptiness
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Mstrmnd1923
Poem Published
10th Mar 2025 1:49pm
10th Mar 2025 1:49pm
Killer's Inside
Sounds of pitter patter
Sneaking in for combat
I should have scattered
When I had a chance for that
I saw blood splatter
On the man with the black hat
Chunks of brain matter
Still stuck on the baseball bat
Heavily breathing
With emptiness in his eyes
Searching for meaning
Besides the rage he despised
My hearts rapid beating
Holding back tearful cries
I thought about leaving
But couldn't if I tried
Sometimes I'd get annoyed
Haunted by jealousy
Anxious and paranoid ...
Sneaking in for combat
I should have scattered
When I had a chance for that
I saw blood splatter
On the man with the black hat
Chunks of brain matter
Still stuck on the baseball bat
Heavily breathing
With emptiness in his eyes
Searching for meaning
Besides the rage he despised
My hearts rapid beating
Holding back tearful cries
I thought about leaving
But couldn't if I tried
Sometimes I'd get annoyed
Haunted by jealousy
Anxious and paranoid ...
#emptiness
#hate
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Hashman
Poem Published
10th Mar 2025 11:08am
10th Mar 2025 11:08am
me-you
something-somehow-somewhere
anywhere,anything,anytime
valleys and mountains
hearts that break
so freaking fragile
i'd give you all i got
hold your hand forever
never wanted to say goodbye
eyes i close
i see your smile
it will always B there
your smell,your touch,your love
anywhere-anytime
you're the one i love
today,tomorrow
never want to say goodbye ♥
anywhere,anything,anytime
valleys and mountains
hearts that break
so freaking fragile
i'd give you all i got
hold your hand forever
never wanted to say goodbye
eyes i close
i see your smile
it will always B there
your smell,your touch,your love
anywhere-anytime
you're the one i love
today,tomorrow
never want to say goodbye ♥
#emptiness
#love
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Mstrmnd1923
Poem Published
9th Mar 2025 8:34pm
9th Mar 2025 8:34pm
Pus
There's more depth to my words
Than the depths of my story's cuts
Words written to hide my inner burns
And scars filled with emotional pus
To you my words are graphic or tragic
But they really are a self exorcism
Trying to erase my demons with magic
Forgiveness and salvation my life's mission
I write about pain, fear, and terror
That tells a tale simple and storied
A reflection of my mirror's error
Not my memories dead and buried
They...
Than the depths of my story's cuts
Words written to hide my inner burns
And scars filled with emotional pus
To you my words are graphic or tragic
But they really are a self exorcism
Trying to erase my demons with magic
Forgiveness and salvation my life's mission
I write about pain, fear, and terror
That tells a tale simple and storied
A reflection of my mirror's error
Not my memories dead and buried
They...
#despair
#emptiness
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Nil
Nolan
Nolan
Poem Published
9th Mar 2025 7:37pm
9th Mar 2025 7:37pm
Horrible
And now.
The depression sets in.
As the SSRI leaves my body.
And in this muck, this helpless mire.
I feel the constant sensation.
Of wanting to die.
Hoplessness.
Dichotomous thinking.
A general feeling of dis-ease.
Guilt and a desire to punish.
Myself.
Sober?
Why?
So I can sleep all day.
Starve myself.
Self crit with self abuse?
Another psychotic break with reality?
It's not like I painted it all black.
It's more despair.
At the incompetence of my life choices.
It's just a...
The depression sets in.
As the SSRI leaves my body.
And in this muck, this helpless mire.
I feel the constant sensation.
Of wanting to die.
Hoplessness.
Dichotomous thinking.
A general feeling of dis-ease.
Guilt and a desire to punish.
Myself.
Sober?
Why?
So I can sleep all day.
Starve myself.
Self crit with self abuse?
Another psychotic break with reality?
It's not like I painted it all black.
It's more despair.
At the incompetence of my life choices.
It's just a...
#despair
#emptiness
#shame
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MalcolmG
Poem Published
7th Mar 2025 4:01pm
7th Mar 2025 4:01pm
The Narcissist Monologue - "God , King / Nothing"
I am the sun. They orbit me.
(They should.)
(They do.)
If they don’t—
(well. I fix that.)
What is truth but the story I tell?
What is memory but what I say happened?
What is love but control wrapped in silk?
(I am good.)
(I am kind.)
(I am the victim, aren’t I?)
—they’re so sensitive.
twist a word, they shatter.
say nothing, they shatter.
must I do everything?
they would be nothing without me.
they should thank me, really.
(they do. they should. they must.) ...
(They should.)
(They do.)
If they don’t—
(well. I fix that.)
What is truth but the story I tell?
What is memory but what I say happened?
What is love but control wrapped in silk?
(I am good.)
(I am kind.)
(I am the victim, aren’t I?)
—they’re so sensitive.
twist a word, they shatter.
say nothing, they shatter.
must I do everything?
they would be nothing without me.
they should thank me, really.
(they do. they should. they must.) ...
#anger
#dark
#denial #emptiness
#denial #emptiness
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MalcolmG
Poem Published
7th Mar 2025 3:53pm
7th Mar 2025 3:53pm
The Narcissist Victim - "Hollow Echo / Nothing"
stop. / no, wait— rewind. // it didn’t— happen— like that. / did it?
(no, you’re just sensitive.) / (I didn’t mean it like that.)
(but you said—) / but you said— / but—
… no, never mind. forget it. I’m sorry. I’m sorry. I’m—
(erase.)
I swear I used to have a voice. // a shape. a name.
but you pressed your hands into my skull, // said, No, you’re remembering wrong.
said, I love you. Don’t you trust me? / (the knife is in my hands now.)
I— / I don’t know anymore. / I—
(you don’t know anymore.)
(again.)
...
(no, you’re just sensitive.) / (I didn’t mean it like that.)
(but you said—) / but you said— / but—
… no, never mind. forget it. I’m sorry. I’m sorry. I’m—
(erase.)
I swear I used to have a voice. // a shape. a name.
but you pressed your hands into my skull, // said, No, you’re remembering wrong.
said, I love you. Don’t you trust me? / (the knife is in my hands now.)
I— / I don’t know anymore. / I—
(you don’t know anymore.)
(again.)
...
#anxiety
#apathy
#emptiness #frustration
#emptiness #frustration
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Nvmb
Poem Published
7th Mar 2025 4:59am
7th Mar 2025 4:59am
A Hymn From the Hollow
I dreamed I was whole once—
or something stitched from ash,
fingers tracing hollow names
down walls that never asked.
She moves beneath the skin,
a hymn behind my tongue,
whispers wrapped in copper wire—
"Stay... stay... come undone."
Am I still breathing—
or just the echo of her touch?
Carved beneath the surface,
a husk in love with rust.
Veins blooming through stone,
her voice in every crack,
the crows call out in distant tongues—
I know she's pulling me back.
I wear her weight...
or something stitched from ash,
fingers tracing hollow names
down walls that never asked.
She moves beneath the skin,
a hymn behind my tongue,
whispers wrapped in copper wire—
"Stay... stay... come undone."
Am I still breathing—
or just the echo of her touch?
Carved beneath the surface,
a husk in love with rust.
Veins blooming through stone,
her voice in every crack,
the crows call out in distant tongues—
I know she's pulling me back.
I wear her weight...
#dark
#despair
#emptiness
#loneliness
#sadness
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Hashman
Poem Published
7th Mar 2025 2:19am
7th Mar 2025 2:19am
Jackson 5
I only wanted
one A
one B
one C
that's all i ever wanted
as easy as 1-2-3
never wanted anything else
just you and me
A-B-C
1-2-3
but that's never been easy
always been hard
never gonna be
you and me
one A
one B
one C
that's all i ever wanted
as easy as 1-2-3
never wanted anything else
just you and me
A-B-C
1-2-3
but that's never been easy
always been hard
never gonna be
you and me
#emptiness
#heartbroken
#sadness
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BlackBox
Black Box
Black Box
Poem Published
7th Mar 2025 00:39am
7th Mar 2025 00:39am
And Goodbye for Good
On the last day I studied her face
Her supple lips greeting her cute button nose
Those gorgeous, piercing eyes
That somehow made me feel safe
I memorized every inch and contour
So I could always remember her
Like it was the last time I would see it
And I was right
Her supple lips greeting her cute button nose
Those gorgeous, piercing eyes
That somehow made me feel safe
I memorized every inch and contour
So I could always remember her
Like it was the last time I would see it
And I was right
#emptiness
#grief
#heartbroken
#sadness
#UnrequitedLove
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