Escape Poems
#escape
Escape poems, poems about liberation and escape. Poetry about breaking free from confinement or control. Poems about freedom from oppression, imprisonment, or limits and expectations on our thoughts or behaviour. Escape poems includes poetry about escapism and running away from challenging life situations.
ImperfectedStone
The Gardener
The Gardener
Poem Published
19th Aug 2019 8:29pm
19th Aug 2019 8:29pm
Water: Demons
When I lay upon a rock in the river to mourn
the sun blisters my eyes,
the slate cuts my toes
and you run over me, my stomach and neck,
you run over me, lashing, fast and away.
As I lay, contemplating the calm of a storm,
as I lay, appreciating the fatality of peace, where peace can be found,
and where it erodes,
dragonflies rest on my nose and my chest.
The day drifts away on cascading noise,
building weight on my skin and my bones,
without...
the sun blisters my eyes,
the slate cuts my toes
and you run over me, my stomach and neck,
you run over me, lashing, fast and away.
As I lay, contemplating the calm of a storm,
as I lay, appreciating the fatality of peace, where peace can be found,
and where it erodes,
dragonflies rest on my nose and my chest.
The day drifts away on cascading noise,
building weight on my skin and my bones,
without...
#identity
#water
#freedom #escape
#freedom #escape
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2 Comments
cabcool
Poem Published
19th Aug 2019 5:07am
19th Aug 2019 5:07am
happy endings
when i was a poet
i lived not
in a world
of actual people
convenience
draped from my fingers
words describing
gentile characters
i should never meet
face to face
but i had a handle
on the night
whose darkness
i repressed
with forest fires
a connoisseur
of happy endings
i learned to
write my wrongs
in inks that blended
disordered fragments
into prosaic syntheses
of rhymes
and rhythms
and conscious notions
that enticed the
living daylights ...
i lived not
in a world
of actual people
convenience
draped from my fingers
words describing
gentile characters
i should never meet
face to face
but i had a handle
on the night
whose darkness
i repressed
with forest fires
a connoisseur
of happy endings
i learned to
write my wrongs
in inks that blended
disordered fragments
into prosaic syntheses
of rhymes
and rhythms
and conscious notions
that enticed the
living daylights ...
#sadness
#LifeAsAWriter
#WritingPoetry #escape
#WritingPoetry #escape
21 reads
4 Comments
Juvenalis66
Juvenalis
Juvenalis
Bumped 18th Aug 2019 4:38am
26th Jul 2019 11:21pm
26th Jul 2019 11:21pm
Euthanasia
Let me melt away;
final shivers
down my spine.
Respite for the dead
as the living look on.
One final torment,
sweet euthanasia,
self given sentence,
no one else to decide.
True compassionate mercy,
given to man;
freedom to his final journey,
no torture to withstand.
I don’t care about pity,
nor will your well thinking mockery
make me feel less than I am.
Your perfect, social rules,
have made fools
out of free thinkers' dignity,
imposing chains
over sensitive souls
who...
final shivers
down my spine.
Respite for the dead
as the living look on.
One final torment,
sweet euthanasia,
self given sentence,
no one else to decide.
True compassionate mercy,
given to man;
freedom to his final journey,
no torture to withstand.
I don’t care about pity,
nor will your well thinking mockery
make me feel less than I am.
Your perfect, social rules,
have made fools
out of free thinkers' dignity,
imposing chains
over sensitive souls
who...
#death
#LifeStruggles
#freedom
#escape
#choices
119 reads
7 Comments
Vamps
Poem Published
14th Aug 2019 00:35am
14th Aug 2019 00:35am
King Kong
The truth is
you just like to put me down
only happy
when you see me frown
it makes you feel better
to see others in trouble
a home destroyed
covered in rubble
get pleasure
from watching me stumble.
It gives you peace of mind
That's the ethos of your kind
Somehow
you feel better about yourself
When others are struggling
With unhealthy mental health
It gives you a sense of purpose
When you see shit bubble
above the surface ...
you just like to put me down
only happy
when you see me frown
it makes you feel better
to see others in trouble
a home destroyed
covered in rubble
get pleasure
from watching me stumble.
It gives you peace of mind
That's the ethos of your kind
Somehow
you feel better about yourself
When others are struggling
With unhealthy mental health
It gives you a sense of purpose
When you see shit bubble
above the surface ...
#escape
30 reads
4 Comments
elsiesan
Poem Published
2nd Aug 2019 1:40pm
2nd Aug 2019 1:40pm
Attempts at Freedom
Attempts at freedom
Fleeing in time
Tears of pain
Rolling, gushing
Creasing my skin
From a 1000 years
Of flowing waters
Of attempts at freedom
To be where
I am
Fleeing in time
Tears of pain
Rolling, gushing
Creasing my skin
From a 1000 years
Of flowing waters
Of attempts at freedom
To be where
I am
#sadness
#identity
#freedom
#escape
#SelfDiscovery
28 reads
2 Comments
darlingxxdesolate
Poem Published
2nd Aug 2019 3:10am
2nd Aug 2019 3:10am
No goodbyes (I hate YOU)
You are the reason I am this way
You are the source of all my pain
You are the one that keeps me awake every night
Tossing and turning in panic and fright
You have pushed away all those who were close
You are the one who needs me the most
You are the one that has brought me disease
You are the one who brings me to my knees
You love to watch me suffer
You love to watch me scream
You are the one who has taken control over me
You are the tumor infecting me
Tonight is the night I set you free
But I'm over this shit...
You are the source of all my pain
You are the one that keeps me awake every night
Tossing and turning in panic and fright
You have pushed away all those who were close
You are the one who needs me the most
You are the one that has brought me disease
You are the one who brings me to my knees
You love to watch me suffer
You love to watch me scream
You are the one who has taken control over me
You are the tumor infecting me
Tonight is the night I set you free
But I'm over this shit...
#dark
#suicide
#peace #escape
#peace #escape
49 reads
0 Comments
Quizzy29
Tangis ellis
Tangis ellis
Poem Published
26th Jul 2019 8:11am
26th Jul 2019 8:11am
Did I not care enough
I made your heart the paradise hotel. I stayed when I wanted & left when I wanted. The key was mine but I always left it for someone else. I played around with the wires that kept you grounded. I lost the reason why I was there. You remodeled anything I asked. Intentionally I broke things to see If you were patient with me. I kept you hidden in a world that already knew you. You became vicious to anyone that tried to harm me. Even though I didn't do the same. I let my pride dictate my vision of you. I let the voices choose my decision to give up. You were so good at being good that I was...
#breakup
#conflict
#escape
#revenge
#separation
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Honoria
Poem Published
25th Jul 2019 5:09pm
25th Jul 2019 5:09pm
Oh, so Restless!
Manic thoughts rushing my field of vision.
Physical pain impeding my ability to run.
Invisible duty contracts me to remain.
I’m stuck in this quagmire.
Violently wishing to go.
Fantasy ruling the day.
You’d be happier,
I’d be what?
Every sinew in my body ready to snap.
So agitated and raw.
No more dependance on numbing agents.
Facing this head-on means just that.
Oh, so...
Physical pain impeding my ability to run.
Invisible duty contracts me to remain.
I’m stuck in this quagmire.
Violently wishing to go.
Fantasy ruling the day.
You’d be happier,
I’d be what?
Every sinew in my body ready to snap.
So agitated and raw.
No more dependance on numbing agents.
Facing this head-on means just that.
Oh, so...
#sadness
#conflict
#escape
38 reads
3 Comments
AfterAsh
Poem Published
22nd Jul 2019 7:01pm
22nd Jul 2019 7:01pm
Stealing visions
I ain't tryin to but my minds been roamin'
I tried to catch her but she smiled and just kept on goin
She looks back at me to make sure I'm still watchin
Cause once I look away she knows that theres no stopping
No theres no stopping.
And now it's been some time since I last seen her
She quit looking for me once she could conquer
I could hear her cry through smiles at night
Though she took my eyes she still lost her sight.
But theres no stopping,
But not cause I quit watching.
I'd listen to her breaths shed take, ...
I tried to catch her but she smiled and just kept on goin
She looks back at me to make sure I'm still watchin
Cause once I look away she knows that theres no stopping
No theres no stopping.
And now it's been some time since I last seen her
She quit looking for me once she could conquer
I could hear her cry through smiles at night
Though she took my eyes she still lost her sight.
But theres no stopping,
But not cause I quit watching.
I'd listen to her breaths shed take, ...
#identity
#MentalHealth
#escape
61 reads
6 Comments
cabcool
Poem Published
12th Jul 2019 4:35am
12th Jul 2019 4:35am
pentametric paradigms @ work
ode to the weekend
Monday
Monday is the day
weekends lose their sway.
what an awful fray,
just to break away
from the cabaret!
Tuesday
Tuesday, gone the edge
of lethargic sledge.
Monday-Wednesday wedge
brings a vibrant pledge
from my lame cortège.
Wednesday
Wednesday, middle week,
perfectly oblique:
come the joys i seek,
with a brief sneak peek
of weekend mystique.
Thursday
Thursday, working late, ...
Monday
Monday is the day
weekends lose their sway.
what an awful fray,
just to break away
from the cabaret!
Tuesday
Tuesday, gone the edge
of lethargic sledge.
Monday-Wednesday wedge
brings a vibrant pledge
from my lame cortège.
Wednesday
Wednesday, middle week,
perfectly oblique:
come the joys i seek,
with a brief sneak peek
of weekend mystique.
Thursday
Thursday, working late, ...
#escape
#responsibility
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javalini
Poem Published
10th Jul 2019 2:46pm
10th Jul 2019 2:46pm
escape
he dreamed there were two,
one here and one there
and he escaped that way,
slipping through the sutures of the skull,
leaving a ghost to steer his crooked ship
and pay homage to the clock
and fix the car
and seal the leaks
and make sure she still had plenty.
he dreamed they shook it all out, him and her
and it was carried by a breeze soft and cool as fog
but he was gone by then
blissful, dying,
his words holy, etched in bone, rattling the incus
with the miles flying underneath
and the tires holding ...
one here and one there
and he escaped that way,
slipping through the sutures of the skull,
leaving a ghost to steer his crooked ship
and pay homage to the clock
and fix the car
and seal the leaks
and make sure she still had plenty.
he dreamed they shook it all out, him and her
and it was carried by a breeze soft and cool as fog
but he was gone by then
blissful, dying,
his words holy, etched in bone, rattling the incus
with the miles flying underneath
and the tires holding ...
#escape
29 reads
3 Comments
Longblackhair6
Poem Published
6th Jul 2019 7:35am
6th Jul 2019 7:35am
Crywolf Disappearing Act
Fall into the insanity,
Of the screaming circus.
Think of a time
Of maybe when things were perfect...
Wrong!
There's no such thing there?
My name popping in fake fireworks,
Everyone is fully aware.
But I'm not...
Just trying to get away from these clowns,
I'm crying for help.
I'm like the elephant in the next act,
I could never forget the things I've felt.
I'm tired of wearing a mask,
Putting on a show.
Ready to rip my tent apart.
I'm done being "sick" and I'm ready to go.
They've tried to trick me,
In...
Of the screaming circus.
Think of a time
Of maybe when things were perfect...
Wrong!
There's no such thing there?
My name popping in fake fireworks,
Everyone is fully aware.
But I'm not...
Just trying to get away from these clowns,
I'm crying for help.
I'm like the elephant in the next act,
I could never forget the things I've felt.
I'm tired of wearing a mask,
Putting on a show.
Ready to rip my tent apart.
I'm done being "sick" and I'm ready to go.
They've tried to trick me,
In...
#escape
#determination
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1 Comment
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