Poems about Manipulation
#manipulation
Here you'll find poems about manipulation and manipulative behaviour. Poetry about feeling manipulated by another persons clever and devious mind games. Also poems about shamelessly manipulating other people for pleasure or gain. Poetry exploring the effects and repercussions of unscrupulous manipulation.
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Bella C.
Bella C.
Poem Published
12th May 2022 6:52pm
12th May 2022 6:52pm
A Sonnet to My Killer
There’s something about crying
In the arms of the person who hurt you.
If you were dying,
Would you crave the warmth of your killer, too?
Would your last breath
Be heavy with his name,
Though he was unphased by your death?
While you took the blame.
Would you cradle his head
As he filled your wounds with salt
Or would you see red
As he told you it was your fault.
Would you still desire him so,
If you hadn’t let all the pain go?
In the arms of the person who hurt you.
If you were dying,
Would you crave the warmth of your killer, too?
Would your last breath
Be heavy with his name,
Though he was unphased by your death?
While you took the blame.
Would you cradle his head
As he filled your wounds with salt
Or would you see red
As he told you it was your fault.
Would you still desire him so,
If you hadn’t let all the pain go?
#heartbroken
#bittersweet
#manipulation
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Casted_Runes
Poem Published
10th May 2022 11:22am
10th May 2022 11:22am
Little Cruelties
I used to think a lot
about killing him,
not serious, just fantasy,
to make him see
what it was like
to crawl backwards in sheer terror
as hands outstretched and mask in place
towards you walk with murderous intent.
Or when he held my throat and head
across the bathtub as the water gushed
and all that I could think was “this is it;
he’s finally done, or going to do,
the thing that I deserve, and am.”
I thought of killing him,
with chair and knife and implement extreme.
To switch our bodies, boy to man ...
about killing him,
not serious, just fantasy,
to make him see
what it was like
to crawl backwards in sheer terror
as hands outstretched and mask in place
towards you walk with murderous intent.
Or when he held my throat and head
across the bathtub as the water gushed
and all that I could think was “this is it;
he’s finally done, or going to do,
the thing that I deserve, and am.”
I thought of killing him,
with chair and knife and implement extreme.
To switch our bodies, boy to man ...
#abuse
#bullying
#DomesticViolence #manipulation
#DomesticViolence #manipulation
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wallyroo92
Poem Published
9th May 2022 7:46pm
9th May 2022 7:46pm
Hypocritical Abyss
She always argues that she’s right
Even if she’s wrong she’ll never agree
She’ll bicker even if it takes all night
Her view is the only that matters
And the only one she sees
She’ll scream to get her point across
Louder and louder until she’s heard
It just might explain the hearing loss
Unable to hear or understand
Someone else's word
She lacks a sense of true compassion
The apathy makes her turns a blind eye
Living life in a such a closed off fashion
And anything outside the circle
Will be seen as a lie
...
Even if she’s wrong she’ll never agree
She’ll bicker even if it takes all night
Her view is the only that matters
And the only one she sees
She’ll scream to get her point across
Louder and louder until she’s heard
It just might explain the hearing loss
Unable to hear or understand
Someone else's word
She lacks a sense of true compassion
The apathy makes her turns a blind eye
Living life in a such a closed off fashion
And anything outside the circle
Will be seen as a lie
...
#kindness
#manipulation
#deception
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APissPoorShaman
Ryszard
Ryszard
Poem Published
9th May 2022 4:59pm
9th May 2022 4:59pm
The war for our souls
be this
do that
you
are not you
until
you do
what we say
how dare you
think
for yourself
join the herd
act
like every one else
recite the rosery
or
preach Alinsky
you
don't
belong
and never will
only existing
within the cause
our cause
we are hypnotized
by CNN
coerced
by Fox
LEAVE MY MIND ALONE
I hold
my own morality
I am sick
of this war for my soul
that is tearing me in two
I AM ME
and quite frankly
I just don't...
do that
you
are not you
until
you do
what we say
how dare you
think
for yourself
join the herd
act
like every one else
recite the rosery
or
preach Alinsky
you
don't
belong
and never will
only existing
within the cause
our cause
we are hypnotized
by CNN
coerced
by Fox
LEAVE MY MIND ALONE
I hold
my own morality
I am sick
of this war for my soul
that is tearing me in two
I AM ME
and quite frankly
I just don't...
#anger
#lies
#apathy
#manipulation
#deception
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MartenHoyle
Poem Published
4th May 2022 7:55pm
4th May 2022 7:55pm
Tell it to my Tears
Tell it to My Tears”
Tell it all to my tears,
My heart no longer hears
Your words from where you sing.
The same lies you’ve been telling
To God knows who you sleep beside—
Those oaths you have justified:
Because once someone hurt you
It is alright to kill me, too.
Tell it all to my tears
When your lover disappears.
Tell me how you always knew
I was the only one for you.
Say such things as it was meant to be
As if there’s no such thing as memory.
It’s all well and good to say, “No”
When you are not here...
Tell it all to my tears,
My heart no longer hears
Your words from where you sing.
The same lies you’ve been telling
To God knows who you sleep beside—
Those oaths you have justified:
Because once someone hurt you
It is alright to kill me, too.
Tell it all to my tears
When your lover disappears.
Tell me how you always knew
I was the only one for you.
Say such things as it was meant to be
As if there’s no such thing as memory.
It’s all well and good to say, “No”
When you are not here...
#love
#lies
#betrayal
#manipulation
#deception
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Bluevelvete
Poem Published
30th Apr 2022 6:16pm
30th Apr 2022 6:16pm
The hidden language weeping willows speak
O'temp you dark skies
spill forth sins of bloody ink
so repeats the disguise
spill forth sins of bloody ink
so repeats the disguise
#lies
#TruthOfLife
#WritingPoetry
#senryu
#manipulation
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DreamIllusions
Poem Published
28th Apr 2022 6:49pm
28th Apr 2022 6:49pm
Things No One Tells You
What it feels like to burn alive
When you’re drowning inside
In a room full of tears
You built for yourself
How hard it is
To take another step forward
Knowing it means
He’s another step back
What it feels like to be denied
When all you want for him to know you tried
In a letter full of fears
You wrote yourself
How hard it is
To look at that face
And try to remember anything but
The anger, distrust, disgrace
What it feel like to be swallowed by the tide
When you’ve nowhere to hide ...
When you’re drowning inside
In a room full of tears
You built for yourself
How hard it is
To take another step forward
Knowing it means
He’s another step back
What it feels like to be denied
When all you want for him to know you tried
In a letter full of fears
You wrote yourself
How hard it is
To look at that face
And try to remember anything but
The anger, distrust, disgrace
What it feel like to be swallowed by the tide
When you’ve nowhere to hide ...
#anger
#conflict
#separation
#DomesticViolence
#manipulation
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fieryangelsouljia
M6rr6g6n
M6rr6g6n
Poem Published
27th Apr 2022 11:11pm
27th Apr 2022 11:11pm
Because Witches are the Bad Guys, Right?
Blood
love without trust
a sun that sets
behind such eyes
Such gilded eyes
Breathing souls
into your lungs
tasting veins
with a greedy
tongue
Your light was fake
and when no glow is left
you're stranded in the shade
and though your hands
reach out to touch my own
I already hold the blade
The blood I waste
from those who
claim my home
don't know my ways
and if that's all it takes
for them to whisper
to throw their stones
and seal my fate
...
love without trust
a sun that sets
behind such eyes
Such gilded eyes
Breathing souls
into your lungs
tasting veins
with a greedy
tongue
Your light was fake
and when no glow is left
you're stranded in the shade
and though your hands
reach out to touch my own
I already hold the blade
The blood I waste
from those who
claim my home
don't know my ways
and if that's all it takes
for them to whisper
to throw their stones
and seal my fate
...
#women
#abuse
#feminism
#witches
#manipulation
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DreamIllusions
Poem Published
27th Apr 2022 5:44pm
27th Apr 2022 5:44pm
Quicksand
I know you had love
That you think, was wasted
And you can’t look
Into my face yet
All you see is
The dark places
You never would
Never would
Visit
You took me there
You held my hand
You whispered soft
Here is where you land
But when I crashed
Through your quicksand
You let go
Of my hand
I know you have love
That you think I wasted
Threw away years
Like your ex did
But you can’t see
The dark places
You threw me into
Into
Then erased them
You took...
That you think, was wasted
And you can’t look
Into my face yet
All you see is
The dark places
You never would
Never would
Visit
You took me there
You held my hand
You whispered soft
Here is where you land
But when I crashed
Through your quicksand
You let go
Of my hand
I know you have love
That you think I wasted
Threw away years
Like your ex did
But you can’t see
The dark places
You threw me into
Into
Then erased them
You took...
#relationships
#breakup
#secrets
#DomesticViolence
#manipulation
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fieryangelsouljia
M6rr6g6n
M6rr6g6n
Poem Published
27th Apr 2022 4:57pm
27th Apr 2022 4:57pm
Why Are They All the Same?
I fell for the men
who could use their hands
who could use their words
who promised to take
the chance
I'm so easily swayed
easy to please-
So appease me
with a lovely flower
on a rainy day
Use your hands to love
let me watch you play,
let your fingers strum
the song that keeps
my tears away
Use your words to charm
lead me where you may
I'll think you mean no harm
so take me anywhere,
and make me think
you'll stay
once more,
please promise me...
...
who could use their hands
who could use their words
who promised to take
the chance
I'm so easily swayed
easy to please-
So appease me
with a lovely flower
on a rainy day
Use your hands to love
let me watch you play,
let your fingers strum
the song that keeps
my tears away
Use your words to charm
lead me where you may
I'll think you mean no harm
so take me anywhere,
and make me think
you'll stay
once more,
please promise me...
...
#grief
#lies
#despair
#manipulation
#deception
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Onceler123
Oncerler
Oncerler
Poem Published
27th Apr 2022 3:20am
27th Apr 2022 3:20am
Keep my secrets and make me one too
You told me your secrets
And I told you mine
We trusted each other
But your secrets were lies
My fountain of innocence
Your interest in me
You drank from my fountain
I begged you to leave
You stood at the limelight
And gathered a crowd
You opened your mouth
My secrets were loud
And I told you mine
We trusted each other
But your secrets were lies
My fountain of innocence
Your interest in me
You drank from my fountain
I begged you to leave
You stood at the limelight
And gathered a crowd
You opened your mouth
My secrets were loud
#lies
#betrayal
#devil
#manipulation
#deception
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DreamIllusions
Poem Published
26th Apr 2022 8:55pm
26th Apr 2022 8:55pm
Promised
The rains are here
Just like you promised
Shall I cry with them
Or remember
At least in this, you were honest
Just like you promised
Shall I cry with them
Or remember
At least in this, you were honest
#secrets
#MovingOn
#DomesticViolence
#bittersweet
#manipulation
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