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.
buddhakitty
Poem Published
26th Apr 2025 4:00am
26th Apr 2025 4:00am
the full ten rounds
the world is full of
dirty rotten snipers
and landmines
and it's a dirty rotten
game we have to play
as long as we
have something
somebody else wants
have have to keep
bobbing and weaving
make back to
our corner
and come out
fighting again
dirty rotten snipers
and landmines
and it's a dirty rotten
game we have to play
as long as we
have something
somebody else wants
have have to keep
bobbing and weaving
make back to
our corner
and come out
fighting again
#anger
#manipulation
95 reads
8 Comments
KristinaX
Poem Published
17th Apr 2025 8:00pm
17th Apr 2025 8:00pm
I Waited With the Match
I never begged to be loved.
I only ever learned
how to be wanted.
How to breathe pretty
and smile soft,
how to keep my pain
polished and palatable
so no one would ask
why I never flinched
when hands reached for me
like I was already theirs.
I was the match
they lit themselves on,
then cursed for burning.
And still-
I stayed close.
Because deep down,
I believed if someone
just stood still long enough,
they might see me.
Not the show.
Not the skin. ...
I only ever learned
how to be wanted.
How to breathe pretty
and smile soft,
how to keep my pain
polished and palatable
so no one would ask
why I never flinched
when hands reached for me
like I was already theirs.
I was the match
they lit themselves on,
then cursed for burning.
And still-
I stayed close.
Because deep down,
I believed if someone
just stood still long enough,
they might see me.
Not the show.
Not the skin. ...
#abuse
#lust
#manipulation
#passion
#relationships
341 reads
37 Comments
anandosen
Poem Published
13th Apr 2025 4:09pm
13th Apr 2025 4:09pm
RockBand
Once crowded now but earthen
Stood there “RockBand” in the middle of the fountain
Dark Knight artistes once waved their fans
An era undefeated to fail all bands.
No strange could happen worst than them
Nobody survived to claim their fame.
Stood there “RockBand” killed in the “Game”
Some jealous merchants spoiled their name.
The dance of the demons in the bloodbath fountain
Raped their organs in the middle of the rain.
(Coming Soon: “Game”)
Stood there “RockBand” in the middle of the fountain
Dark Knight artistes once waved their fans
An era undefeated to fail all bands.
No strange could happen worst than them
Nobody survived to claim their fame.
Stood there “RockBand” killed in the “Game”
Some jealous merchants spoiled their name.
The dance of the demons in the bloodbath fountain
Raped their organs in the middle of the rain.
(Coming Soon: “Game”)
#dark
#death
#evil
#hypocrisy
#manipulation
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BatPowers
Bat Powers
Bat Powers
Bumped 8th Apr 2025 1:23am
4th May 2024 4:07am
4th May 2024 4:07am
Tall Grass
In the tall grass
above the creek line
i pop a zoloft
for some calm
walk down to the bank
put my toes in the water
wait for relief
my brain on fire
i think back to sodomy
and anger management
blowjobs and explanations
the water is cool
my hands shake
religion and tradition
Steve McQueen
the great escape
he didn't
neither did i
above the creek line
i pop a zoloft
for some calm
walk down to the bank
put my toes in the water
wait for relief
my brain on fire
i think back to sodomy
and anger management
blowjobs and explanations
the water is cool
my hands shake
religion and tradition
Steve McQueen
the great escape
he didn't
neither did i
#betrayal
#DomesticViolence
#manipulation
203 reads
4 Comments
Indie
Miss Indie
Miss Indie
Poem Published
6th Apr 2025 3:05am
6th Apr 2025 3:05am
egg shells for you
We break porcelain eggshells
leave shards on the floor
slice through the skin of our feet
as we walk around each other
fighters
bloodied and bruised
I hide
you follow
I lock the door
you wait
mouth full of knives
hell is waiting on the other side
I'm the problem
you're the problem
we're the problem
everything is always
someone else fault
We try to speak
but no one is listening
you talk over me
I talk over you
you hate it when I yell
I hate it when...
leave shards on the floor
slice through the skin of our feet
as we walk around each other
fighters
bloodied and bruised
I hide
you follow
I lock the door
you wait
mouth full of knives
hell is waiting on the other side
I'm the problem
you're the problem
we're the problem
everything is always
someone else fault
We try to speak
but no one is listening
you talk over me
I talk over you
you hate it when I yell
I hate it when...
#abuse
#anger
#manipulation #relationships
#manipulation #relationships
91 reads
6 Comments
Indie
Miss Indie
Miss Indie
Poem Published
1st Apr 2025 3:53am
1st Apr 2025 3:53am
ricochet
You tell me I live for the misery
I'm so addicted to suffering
I don't want to taste happiness
on my tongue
and revel in the glory of it
I faced my demons
reached for the safety
of your hand
but you told me
I need to walk alone
I faced my demons
and my demons won
In the aftermath
you gift me empty words
tell me my happiness
is your top priority
like I was the only one
standing between me
and the things I asked for
So I let these lies ricochet
carbon...
I'm so addicted to suffering
I don't want to taste happiness
on my tongue
and revel in the glory of it
I faced my demons
reached for the safety
of your hand
but you told me
I need to walk alone
I faced my demons
and my demons won
In the aftermath
you gift me empty words
tell me my happiness
is your top priority
like I was the only one
standing between me
and the things I asked for
So I let these lies ricochet
carbon...
#conflict
#manipulation
#MentalHealth #relationships
#MentalHealth #relationships
108 reads
7 Comments
Vision_of_insanity
Poem Published
29th Mar 2025 11:35am
29th Mar 2025 11:35am
I'll sell her anything to get in her pants
She despises guys
She says they have brains in their cocks
She says that she can tell that I'm different
I'm going over to her house tonight to get in her pants and sell her the Brooklyn Bridge
She says they have brains in their cocks
She says that she can tell that I'm different
I'm going over to her house tonight to get in her pants and sell her the Brooklyn Bridge
#deception
#lies
#manipulation #sex
#manipulation #sex
111 reads
8 Comments
AfterSexDilemma
Poem Published
28th Mar 2025 00:49am
28th Mar 2025 00:49am
I Assume
One day,
People will realize,
The joke.
That the women can't hide,
What the guys have done.
And all of them,
Are putting themselves at risk,
To just one person.
Because they thought friendship,
Would protect them.
But knowledge is more powerful,
Than friendship.
So, stop trying to hide behind women,
And own up to your shit.
People will realize,
The joke.
That the women can't hide,
What the guys have done.
And all of them,
Are putting themselves at risk,
To just one person.
Because they thought friendship,
Would protect them.
But knowledge is more powerful,
Than friendship.
So, stop trying to hide behind women,
And own up to your shit.
#lies
#manipulation
#TruthOfLife
133 reads
8 Comments
Vision_of_insanity
Poem Published
26th Mar 2025 11:19pm
26th Mar 2025 11:19pm
Lack of Curiosity
An inactive population is the key to government control
You pathetic humans rather watch someone's life on a smartphone
Than participate in your own
Mentally you feel helpless
Physically you wanna a give up
Government pricks price healthy food so high
Dollar stores sell you toxic stuff
They drug your food at your job
Mix hormones in kids lunches at school
Don't say no to the pill, it's good for you
Boys become men and grow up muscular
Short tempered and fucking dumb
Girls become women and develop these outrageous curves ...
You pathetic humans rather watch someone's life on a smartphone
Than participate in your own
Mentally you feel helpless
Physically you wanna a give up
Government pricks price healthy food so high
Dollar stores sell you toxic stuff
They drug your food at your job
Mix hormones in kids lunches at school
Don't say no to the pill, it's good for you
Boys become men and grow up muscular
Short tempered and fucking dumb
Girls become women and develop these outrageous curves ...
#corruption
#lies
#LifeStruggles
#manipulation
#politics
122 reads
12 Comments
EveAteRedApples
Poem Published
21st Mar 2025 00:23am
21st Mar 2025 00:23am
a postcard from hell
Your mum sent me a postcard
and really, dude, I'm not sure
what I'm supposed to do with it
so I stuck it in my junk draw
where I'll eventually forget about it
and maybe a pen will bleed ink
on the return address
It's been so long
since I even fucking thought about you
and you know, babe, none of those trips
down memory lane
give me the warm and fuzzies
The thought of you
puts me in a bad mood
my brain on high alert
my body tensing in a trigger response
at the mere idea of you potentially ...
and really, dude, I'm not sure
what I'm supposed to do with it
so I stuck it in my junk draw
where I'll eventually forget about it
and maybe a pen will bleed ink
on the return address
It's been so long
since I even fucking thought about you
and you know, babe, none of those trips
down memory lane
give me the warm and fuzzies
The thought of you
puts me in a bad mood
my brain on high alert
my body tensing in a trigger response
at the mere idea of you potentially ...
#abuse
#anger
#deception #manipulation
#deception #manipulation
95 reads
2 Comments
Dragonnora
Nora
Nora
Poem Published
12th Mar 2025 2:16pm
12th Mar 2025 2:16pm
Emotional
My emotions are much bigger than me
I try to keep them in, but they spill out eventually
Flooding and dragging me into the ground
And they can’t even see what keeps me down
You can’t even see how you’ve hurt me now
Oh
You can’t even see you’ve hurt me now
Every comment cuts a little more
You’re joking that I’m crazy
but that’s how you made me
You love that I’m insecure
Holding back on the loving
So I’ll take your nothing
and I don’t deserve more
The current gets stronger and stronger
Increasing in violence...
I try to keep them in, but they spill out eventually
Flooding and dragging me into the ground
And they can’t even see what keeps me down
You can’t even see how you’ve hurt me now
Oh
You can’t even see you’ve hurt me now
Every comment cuts a little more
You’re joking that I’m crazy
but that’s how you made me
You love that I’m insecure
Holding back on the loving
So I’ll take your nothing
and I don’t deserve more
The current gets stronger and stronger
Increasing in violence...
#feminism
#ignorance
#manipulation
#weakness
#women
114 reads
1 Comment
PAR
Poem Published
10th Mar 2025 1:31pm
10th Mar 2025 1:31pm
Witnesses of a No-God
Depressevangelicals,
a curious subculture
that has emerged
over the last few decades,
represent an intriguing phenomenon
in the religious and social scene.
With depressive tendencies,
these individuals find
in the evangelical hosts a refuge
for their anxieties and frustrations,
at the same time that they seek
to impose their opinions and concepts,
often devoid of logic and coherence.
Literarily, they can be compared
to tragic characters,
whose lives are marked by an incessant
search for...
a curious subculture
that has emerged
over the last few decades,
represent an intriguing phenomenon
in the religious and social scene.
With depressive tendencies,
these individuals find
in the evangelical hosts a refuge
for their anxieties and frustrations,
at the same time that they seek
to impose their opinions and concepts,
often devoid of logic and coherence.
Literarily, they can be compared
to tragic characters,
whose lives are marked by an incessant
search for...
#deception
#faith
#hypocrisy
#manipulation
#religion
115 reads
6 Comments
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