Poems About Hurt by Top Critiquers
#hurt
Poems about hurt by top critiquers. Poems written by members who have given lots of feedback to other poets this month.
Betty
Poem Published
16th Jul 2022 2:04pm
16th Jul 2022 2:04pm
He left this body here for you
He left me
dressed
in black,
hands bound,
blindfolded,
so that I
couldn’t
reach for him
couldn’t look for him;
so that when my
spine crumbled
all I could do was
whisper
‘don’t’ as I
heard the door
pull shut.
He left
with cruel
words wrapped
in kindness
He told me to
find another
playmate
...
dressed
in black,
hands bound,
blindfolded,
so that I
couldn’t
reach for him
couldn’t look for him;
so that when my
spine crumbled
all I could do was
whisper
‘don’t’ as I
heard the door
pull shut.
He left
with cruel
words wrapped
in kindness
He told me to
find another
playmate
...
#grief
#shadows
#hurt #obsession
#hurt #obsession
215 reads
9 Comments
deliabear
Debbie
Debbie
Poem Published
23rd Feb 2023 3:45pm
23rd Feb 2023 3:45pm
Never More
When the object of a sweet obsession is gone,
existing never more.
The onset of feeling emotionally deceived begins.
A heart believes what it wants to believe,
despite life's neon flashing signs.
A heart wants to believe it was truly wanted, deeply wanted, that it was truly love.
Because heartache is a deep abyss of pain,
the brain would rather not feel on its rational terrain.
Even the sound of your name, hurts like a sledge hammer slicing through the central core of my soul.
Every lingering thought of you just deeper carves the hole.
existing never more.
The onset of feeling emotionally deceived begins.
A heart believes what it wants to believe,
despite life's neon flashing signs.
A heart wants to believe it was truly wanted, deeply wanted, that it was truly love.
Because heartache is a deep abyss of pain,
the brain would rather not feel on its rational terrain.
Even the sound of your name, hurts like a sledge hammer slicing through the central core of my soul.
Every lingering thought of you just deeper carves the hole.
#breakup
#hurt
80 reads
9 Comments
Bluevelvete
Poem Published
13th Aug 2022 1:40pm
13th Aug 2022 1:40pm
fairweather
in giving you... me
thought it meant something, in kind
such a fool am I
thought it meant something, in kind
such a fool am I
#sadness
#senryu
#disappointment
#hurt
#NoPoo
443 reads
36 Comments
PoetSpeak
Poem Published
18th Dec 2022 4:30pm
18th Dec 2022 4:30pm
let the singe of my love burn you through and through
we've hurt each other
over and over again
it's our normal
outsiders looking in
shaking their head
disapproval
nobody asked you
stay on the sidelines
placid is for others
your world is beige
the pain invigorates
acute suffering
longing
despair
molten lava desire
we use each other
set up for a fall
singed
sanctified
thrilling
over and over again
it's our normal
outsiders looking in
shaking their head
disapproval
nobody asked you
stay on the sidelines
placid is for others
your world is beige
the pain invigorates
acute suffering
longing
despair
molten lava desire
we use each other
set up for a fall
singed
sanctified
thrilling
#love
#dark
#despair
#crush
#hurt
245 reads
32 Comments
Mrblack616
MrBlack
MrBlack
Poem Published
Today 4:20am
Today 4:20am
To You
In the shadow of the night, I lay,
Haunted by memories that won't go away.
Suppressed by fear and endless sorrow,
My heart crippled, its depths I cannot borrow.
Your presence lingers, a ghostly intrusion,
A constant reminder of my own confusion.
I begged for you to leave, to set me free,
But you stayed, relentless, haunting me.
These wounds, they fester and never heal,
Pain that's too raw, too much to conceal.
Time, my greatest foe, cannot erase,
The hurt that consumes, a never-ending chase.
Once you captivated me...
Haunted by memories that won't go away.
Suppressed by fear and endless sorrow,
My heart crippled, its depths I cannot borrow.
Your presence lingers, a ghostly intrusion,
A constant reminder of my own confusion.
I begged for you to leave, to set me free,
But you stayed, relentless, haunting me.
These wounds, they fester and never heal,
Pain that's too raw, too much to conceal.
Time, my greatest foe, cannot erase,
The hurt that consumes, a never-ending chase.
Once you captivated me...
#sadness
#love
#emotional #hurt
#emotional #hurt
60 reads
2 Comments
crimsin
Unveiling
Unveiling
Poem Published
22nd Feb 2023 7:57pm
22nd Feb 2023 7:57pm
melancholy blues
I ache in the shadow of regret
I hurt for yesterdays of sorrow
neglected feelings pushed down
where tears can't alter and the sun doesn't touch
my pain festers
it bears demons of rage
they stir inside me
rising to the surface
burning my tongue until they spill out as hate
this venom is promised for the hurt I buried today
deep within the well of sadness
where I am a prisoner
melancholy blues are the colors I wear
I seek the light just to be cast down
into the depths of misery
where I am bound
...
I hurt for yesterdays of sorrow
neglected feelings pushed down
where tears can't alter and the sun doesn't touch
my pain festers
it bears demons of rage
they stir inside me
rising to the surface
burning my tongue until they spill out as hate
this venom is promised for the hurt I buried today
deep within the well of sadness
where I am a prisoner
melancholy blues are the colors I wear
I seek the light just to be cast down
into the depths of misery
where I am bound
...
#sadness
#LifeStruggles
#hurt
131 reads
12 Comments
wallyroo92
Poem Published
26th Mar 2021 2:49am
26th Mar 2021 2:49am
Good Enough
Almost every day the question comes to mind
Was I ever good enough to him?
Dealing with the struggle of a shared custody
As the years passed by, the situation got grim
Little by little I gave up more of my time
It seemed like the thing to do rationally
She’d be a better parent than I could be
All the while I had started another family
I could always see the hurt in his eyes
Even as he smiled and laughed happily
But as he got older I got all the blame
As the shame weighed so substantially
And for many years I carried...
Was I ever good enough to him?
Dealing with the struggle of a shared custody
As the years passed by, the situation got grim
Little by little I gave up more of my time
It seemed like the thing to do rationally
She’d be a better parent than I could be
All the while I had started another family
I could always see the hurt in his eyes
Even as he smiled and laughed happily
But as he got older I got all the blame
As the shame weighed so substantially
And for many years I carried...
#relationships
#forgiveness
#acceptance
#hurt
#fatherhood
479 reads
12 Comments
Phantom2426
Poem Published
20th May 2020 4:19am
20th May 2020 4:19am
Mistress of the World
The world is our mistress
You explore it with
Everything you got
It hurts you and
You hurt it with your
Pollution and dumping of
toxic chemicals into
the blue oceans
So make sure to love
Your mistress as if she
was your woman
Making sure to keep
her clean and
out of trouble
with the law
You explore it with
Everything you got
It hurts you and
You hurt it with your
Pollution and dumping of
toxic chemicals into
the blue oceans
So make sure to love
Your mistress as if she
was your woman
Making sure to keep
her clean and
out of trouble
with the law
#women
#pollution
#travel
#hurt
#risk
408 reads
10 Comments
Her
Poem Published
24th Mar 2023 8:04pm
24th Mar 2023 8:04pm
The Women Before Me
I had about five minutes to figure out
That you’re jaded by sincerity
You’re bruised by compassion
You’re over love
No wonder I can’t see you anymore
Because of the women before me
You look nothing like the Him I used to know
That you’re jaded by sincerity
You’re bruised by compassion
You’re over love
No wonder I can’t see you anymore
Because of the women before me
You look nothing like the Him I used to know
#love
#heartbroken
#lover
#nostalgia
#hurt
83 reads
4 Comments
averageJoe69
Ron Summers
Ron Summers
Poem Published
Today 1:07am
Today 1:07am
Broken heart
Broken heart
Has you opened up your hands, I lay in them my fractured heart, now in many pieces it was whole once at the start
Whole on that fateful day, when it was full of joy and hope, then she dashed it on such stormy rocks but I managed to move on and cope
Slowly I rebuilt my heart, then I learned to trust again, helped by those around me, I got passed my fear and pain
Slowly like a emerging butterfly I began to spread my wings, there support gave me flight and all the joys that brings
But sadly I flew to high like Icarus I got...
Has you opened up your hands, I lay in them my fractured heart, now in many pieces it was whole once at the start
Whole on that fateful day, when it was full of joy and hope, then she dashed it on such stormy rocks but I managed to move on and cope
Slowly I rebuilt my heart, then I learned to trust again, helped by those around me, I got passed my fear and pain
Slowly like a emerging butterfly I began to spread my wings, there support gave me flight and all the joys that brings
But sadly I flew to high like Icarus I got...
#love
#loneliness
#hurt
34 reads
2 Comments
brokentitanium
k.
k.
Poem Published
16th Mar 2023 2:46am
16th Mar 2023 2:46am
Variable rewards
Once upon a time, it happened.
I shared my heart, and I felt it --
connection - deep and true
intense, exhilarating
I was seen
beheld
beloved.
Once is all it took
to get me hooked.
It's my secret addiction now.
No one knows,
(because the tears fall in silence)
and I can do it with a straight face.
This emotional risk-taking --
casually cutting out,
carelessly handing over
a sliver of my very soul
just for the chance of connecting again.
They say variable rewards
are the driver of...
I shared my heart, and I felt it --
connection - deep and true
intense, exhilarating
I was seen
beheld
beloved.
Once is all it took
to get me hooked.
It's my secret addiction now.
No one knows,
(because the tears fall in silence)
and I can do it with a straight face.
This emotional risk-taking --
casually cutting out,
carelessly handing over
a sliver of my very soul
just for the chance of connecting again.
They say variable rewards
are the driver of...
#love
#confessional
#LifeAsAWriter
#addiction
#hurt
120 reads
18 Comments
buddhakitty
Poem Published
23rd Mar 2023 2:00am
23rd Mar 2023 2:00am
she kills pretty things
she kills pretty
things...
the birth of breath
in the flowers of
the morning
the Vivaldi of birds
singing from the
tree
the sun shining
down on a glittering
field of broken
glass
she kills pretty
things
like pulling the wings
off of moths in the
bedroom at midnight
by candle light
roses shiver in
terror
cats become
liquid and pour
into tiny spaces
to hide
love escapes out
the backdoor
but there is no ...
things...
the birth of breath
in the flowers of
the morning
the Vivaldi of birds
singing from the
tree
the sun shining
down on a glittering
field of broken
glass
she kills pretty
things
like pulling the wings
off of moths in the
bedroom at midnight
by candle light
roses shiver in
terror
cats become
liquid and pour
into tiny spaces
to hide
love escapes out
the backdoor
but there is no ...
#sadness
#hurt
60 reads
4 Comments
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