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.
rowantree
Rowan E.
Rowan E.
Poem Published
Yesterday 5:57am
Yesterday 5:57am
leaving Mr. Habit
You think that you can strut yourself to the front door
and bang bang bang your pretty ass in,
But using you to use me to use you -
it's a circle that I'm done standing in.
Of course it feels good,
I mean, real good,
blissful as can be, initially -
no, it feels grand
when arms-o'-steel man
wraps you up, all warm in that first squeeze
but I'll be goddamned
if I ain't learned from those bruises! -
You incubus, sidling up to me
That you'll leave me alone and...
and bang bang bang your pretty ass in,
But using you to use me to use you -
it's a circle that I'm done standing in.
Of course it feels good,
I mean, real good,
blissful as can be, initially -
no, it feels grand
when arms-o'-steel man
wraps you up, all warm in that first squeeze
but I'll be goddamned
if I ain't learned from those bruises! -
You incubus, sidling up to me
That you'll leave me alone and...
#drugs
#addiction
#freedom #escape
#freedom #escape
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Harold-Weathervein
Poem Published
Yesterday 3:43am
Yesterday 3:43am
K.C to S.F, June. 20-- (barefoot)
there's a vague talk of balance
of leveling out
some want it to be the same as it was before
i dont remember what before was
or if it was better
short term happiness
distractions
on the move
on the go
in and out of cars
over state line borders
reaching city limits
making the escape
the holy escape
the holy tobacco
the holy bottle
the holy pills
the holy fasting
false gods under the falling sky on I-79
burning mind
burning eyes
burning sky
burning engine
the...
of leveling out
some want it to be the same as it was before
i dont remember what before was
or if it was better
short term happiness
distractions
on the move
on the go
in and out of cars
over state line borders
reaching city limits
making the escape
the holy escape
the holy tobacco
the holy bottle
the holy pills
the holy fasting
false gods under the falling sky on I-79
burning mind
burning eyes
burning sky
burning engine
the...
#anxiety
#travel
#confusion
#escape
#emotions
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JeanieShyrle83
Poem Published
4th Apr 2020 00:11am
4th Apr 2020 00:11am
In Chains
I die
Just... a little more. with each tempered thought
Knowing you don't mourn for anything we've lost
There must be someone knows that feeling...
It's the one that catches in your throat and explodes into your chest
Replaces Love with an empty void cuz the Queen of Hearts was not impressed
But
I accepted her blind fury. Ravaged yet, sublime
A masochistic wish for stars whose lights will never shine
So agitated with confusion, I fought to find a way
To deal with staying here. just suspended in a way
Just hanging on...
Just... a little more. with each tempered thought
Knowing you don't mourn for anything we've lost
There must be someone knows that feeling...
It's the one that catches in your throat and explodes into your chest
Replaces Love with an empty void cuz the Queen of Hearts was not impressed
But
I accepted her blind fury. Ravaged yet, sublime
A masochistic wish for stars whose lights will never shine
So agitated with confusion, I fought to find a way
To deal with staying here. just suspended in a way
Just hanging on...
#TimeHeals
#escape
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9 Comments
JeanieShyrle83
Poem Published
2nd Apr 2020 11:13am
2nd Apr 2020 11:13am
Treble Smoke
Pure dope. Liquid domain.
Lyrical high slippin into your vein
A melody of souls. A Chorus of pain
The sounds of our Silence chirping away
Wishes that unravel a tongue tied in Knots
Speaking beauty and strength into long suffered thoughts
Travel one single note. A vessel unseen
Your world in a thimble. Humility redeemed
Guilty pleasures lit. Treble Smoke in my lungs
The strings of a guitar and a Voiceless strum
Addicted and alone to fall into the beat,
Kick the world out, Purge your demons and breathe
Lyrical high slippin into your vein
A melody of souls. A Chorus of pain
The sounds of our Silence chirping away
Wishes that unravel a tongue tied in Knots
Speaking beauty and strength into long suffered thoughts
Travel one single note. A vessel unseen
Your world in a thimble. Humility redeemed
Guilty pleasures lit. Treble Smoke in my lungs
The strings of a guitar and a Voiceless strum
Addicted and alone to fall into the beat,
Kick the world out, Purge your demons and breathe
#music
#escape
28 reads
10 Comments
ImperfectedStone
The Gardener
The Gardener
Poem Published
1st Apr 2020 11:45am
1st Apr 2020 11:45am
Rockhollow Series: Lawn
#1 of 30
Rockhollow Series: Lawn
A conversation took place
between cut grass and my toes,
warm spring sky toasted ankles and calves,
bird song swam in pools of North-easterly breeze,
a bee-fly hovered over seas of forget me nots
and I rocked, for'd and back,
to and fro and to again,
on an aging swing
stationed on the huh.
A squirrel dashed across a rail of pine,
a large bumble burrowed confidently beside a trunk of privet,
the Persian snorted,
the toddler squealed on a run from an invisible play...
Rockhollow Series: Lawn
A conversation took place
between cut grass and my toes,
warm spring sky toasted ankles and calves,
bird song swam in pools of North-easterly breeze,
a bee-fly hovered over seas of forget me nots
and I rocked, for'd and back,
to and fro and to again,
on an aging swing
stationed on the huh.
A squirrel dashed across a rail of pine,
a large bumble burrowed confidently beside a trunk of privet,
the Persian snorted,
the toddler squealed on a run from an invisible play...
#nature
#uplifting
#freedom #escape
#freedom #escape
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5 Comments
Kaylor1967
Ruben
Ruben
Poem Published
29th Mar 2020 10:52am
29th Mar 2020 10:52am
Hiding Place.
With blackened feet.
We start to retreat.
Looking to find.
Some kind.....
....Of peace in this age.
An escape route from this cage.
You and me on a new frontier.
Far from harm, from fear.
To our hiding place.
Saving face.
Then to ride this out.
Figure what this is all about.
Safe as houses.
You're wearing the trousers.
Guiding us through.
I'm glad to be with you.
With downcast eyes.
We search deserted skies.
The loss of life taking our breath.
Please love me to death. ...
We start to retreat.
Looking to find.
Some kind.....
....Of peace in this age.
An escape route from this cage.
You and me on a new frontier.
Far from harm, from fear.
To our hiding place.
Saving face.
Then to ride this out.
Figure what this is all about.
Safe as houses.
You're wearing the trousers.
Guiding us through.
I'm glad to be with you.
With downcast eyes.
We search deserted skies.
The loss of life taking our breath.
Please love me to death. ...
#escape
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Countygal
Poem Published
25th Mar 2020 5:25am
25th Mar 2020 5:25am
A girl and her mare
With a click of the tongue
They set out in the early morn
Reigns hanging loosely
Her seat in the saddle is well worn
With a gentle squeeze of her knees
They move as one as the gait changes
She leans forward slightly
As they head for the ranges
Thundering hooves echoing
Dropping the reigns,arms wide spread
The mare free to fly
As she lets her have her head
Their freedom as one complete
The wind hitting her face
She leans back in the saddle
The mare slowing her pace
So gentle and strong
The bond they share...
They set out in the early morn
Reigns hanging loosely
Her seat in the saddle is well worn
With a gentle squeeze of her knees
They move as one as the gait changes
She leans forward slightly
As they head for the ranges
Thundering hooves echoing
Dropping the reigns,arms wide spread
The mare free to fly
As she lets her have her head
Their freedom as one complete
The wind hitting her face
She leans back in the saddle
The mare slowing her pace
So gentle and strong
The bond they share...
#happiness
#freedom
#escape
46 reads
6 Comments
0UTPUT_a_AURA
Poem Published
22nd Mar 2020 10:06am
22nd Mar 2020 10:06am
Drain me
I won’t
Lie to you
I won’t
Cheat on you
I won’t
I won’t Kill you
in you’re sleep
Because of you,I
Had to stop dreaming
Blood filled the sheets
Always wake up pretending
When I’m with you
Our Love is alive
I know deep down
Shes watching eyes
Dart opposite directions
Clues hints obvious lies
You can Take what you want
Is it my blood
Drain me
My Veins
Bank account
All Energy
You drain me
You Drain Me
Lie to you
I won’t
Cheat on you
I won’t
I won’t Kill you
in you’re sleep
Because of you,I
Had to stop dreaming
Blood filled the sheets
Always wake up pretending
When I’m with you
Our Love is alive
I know deep down
Shes watching eyes
Dart opposite directions
Clues hints obvious lies
You can Take what you want
Is it my blood
Drain me
My Veins
Bank account
All Energy
You drain me
You Drain Me
#depression
#dark
#honesty
#escape
#deception
67 reads
4 Comments
DestroyerOfUranus
Des.
Des.
Poem Published
14th Mar 2020 6:37pm
14th Mar 2020 6:37pm
Embrace
Wish of no feeling, or emotion.
Running these legs to the ground,
while these feelings run mind to rot.
The punishment doesn't even feel like anything compared to the mental anguish of feeling incomplete.
Legs been beaten,
Still doesn't hurt as much as the thought.
Been running away from self for 10 years or so.
Guess it's about time to run from.....
Alot more miles for this rattled mind,
A lot more hurt to dig through before Joy is discovered.
PAIN was proudly earned,
Rest may never be deserved.
It works enough it will...
Running these legs to the ground,
while these feelings run mind to rot.
The punishment doesn't even feel like anything compared to the mental anguish of feeling incomplete.
Legs been beaten,
Still doesn't hurt as much as the thought.
Been running away from self for 10 years or so.
Guess it's about time to run from.....
Alot more miles for this rattled mind,
A lot more hurt to dig through before Joy is discovered.
PAIN was proudly earned,
Rest may never be deserved.
It works enough it will...
#sadness
#depression
#escape #hurt
#escape #hurt
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kathyrivers
Kathy Rivers
Kathy Rivers
Poem Published
13th Mar 2020 6:58pm
13th Mar 2020 6:58pm
Why Can't I?
If the crisp autumn leaves
that fall swiftly from the trees
can be swept away on an October breeze...
why can't I?
If the bluebirds chirping happily
ever present in the morning sky
at any time they wanted to
could spread their wings and fly...
why can't I?
Inside of me there's a raging fire
that urges me to soar ever higher
as it threatens to consume me with it's flaming desire
and I ache to get away...
yet, when in my ear the call of freedom rings
and I begin to stretch my eager wings
like a kite,...
that fall swiftly from the trees
can be swept away on an October breeze...
why can't I?
If the bluebirds chirping happily
ever present in the morning sky
at any time they wanted to
could spread their wings and fly...
why can't I?
Inside of me there's a raging fire
that urges me to soar ever higher
as it threatens to consume me with it's flaming desire
and I ache to get away...
yet, when in my ear the call of freedom rings
and I begin to stretch my eager wings
like a kite,...
#dreams
#frustration
#despair
#escape
#FeelingTrapped
72 reads
2 Comments
miseryomy
Poem Published
7th Mar 2020 6:29pm
7th Mar 2020 6:29pm
That teen moment Pt.4
Seated in that piece of shit chair.
It’s like a fucking time out I swear.
But it’s my go to place to write.
Feeling blank as that paper white.
I really don’t know if I am ok.
Ask my drunken parents, proud they say.
They hardly know I exist. How could they have pride?
Here we are more scattered thoughts spilling from inside.
~The turbulence of a minds balance seized to exist without
Proper concentration.~
Looking back over, puzzled. What does that even mean?
99% of my writes will remain secret and die with me.
Oh...
It’s like a fucking time out I swear.
But it’s my go to place to write.
Feeling blank as that paper white.
I really don’t know if I am ok.
Ask my drunken parents, proud they say.
They hardly know I exist. How could they have pride?
Here we are more scattered thoughts spilling from inside.
~The turbulence of a minds balance seized to exist without
Proper concentration.~
Looking back over, puzzled. What does that even mean?
99% of my writes will remain secret and die with me.
Oh...
#sadness
#dark
#frustration
#escape
#fear
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MidlandAngel
L Conway
L Conway
Poem Published
7th Mar 2020 9:39am
7th Mar 2020 9:39am
The last laugh
You looked at me with
that glint in your eye
Most thought it love
But I knew the truth
It was the thought of another woman
That gave you that look and made you smile
though you said you loved me
I knew it wasn't true
You used me
took what you wanted then
Beat me unconscious and
Then sat there crying
You miserable excuse of a man
So I packed up my stuff and left
Although you begged and pleaded
I knew I couldn't stay
It was time for a new beginning
Days after I left,...
that glint in your eye
Most thought it love
But I knew the truth
It was the thought of another woman
That gave you that look and made you smile
though you said you loved me
I knew it wasn't true
You used me
took what you wanted then
Beat me unconscious and
Then sat there crying
You miserable excuse of a man
So I packed up my stuff and left
Although you begged and pleaded
I knew I couldn't stay
It was time for a new beginning
Days after I left,...
#anger
#breakup
#betrayal
#escape
#DomesticViolence
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