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.
Nixprty
Poem Published
14th May 2024 1:14am
14th May 2024 1:14am
Pathetic
It stalks sluggishly behind me,
I see its figure shuffling awkwardly between the trees.
It’s steps almost apprehensively toward me,
I’m unsure if it knows I see it.
I turn to face it and it freezes,
As if it’s trying to disappear into the trees behind it.
Its silent,
But I can see its chest heaving in breath.
It’s a pathetic creature,
Nervous, sad eyes brimming with tears stare back at me.
Its face is covered in dirt and blood,
And its hands are trembling as they grasp onto its own skin.
I reach a...
I see its figure shuffling awkwardly between the trees.
It’s steps almost apprehensively toward me,
I’m unsure if it knows I see it.
I turn to face it and it freezes,
As if it’s trying to disappear into the trees behind it.
Its silent,
But I can see its chest heaving in breath.
It’s a pathetic creature,
Nervous, sad eyes brimming with tears stare back at me.
Its face is covered in dirt and blood,
And its hands are trembling as they grasp onto its own skin.
I reach a...
#abuse
#bittersweet
#manipulation
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Nixprty
Poem Published
11th May 2024 5:17pm
11th May 2024 5:17pm
YOU CAN’T HELP ME
She looks at me with her blackened eyes,
In the subtle moonlight I can see she has tears streaming down her face.
Her lips are stretched in a manic grin,
But her bottom lip is shaking with the weight of her emotions.
I want to apologize but my voice comes out far louder than I intended,
And she's crying harder.
I try to touch her shoulder, to show her I want to help her,
But she's jerks back like it burned.
I promise I want to help,
I try and tell her this but she just keeps screaming at me.
She's walking away...
In the subtle moonlight I can see she has tears streaming down her face.
Her lips are stretched in a manic grin,
But her bottom lip is shaking with the weight of her emotions.
I want to apologize but my voice comes out far louder than I intended,
And she's crying harder.
I try to touch her shoulder, to show her I want to help her,
But she's jerks back like it burned.
I promise I want to help,
I try and tell her this but she just keeps screaming at me.
She's walking away...
#manipulation
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Nixprty
Poem Published
9th May 2024 3:45pm
9th May 2024 3:45pm
Breathe Her
Her eyes bring an ache to my chest,
She is painful and sharp without apology.
Our culmination is a bloody wound just above my collarbone,
A scarred over bite mark.
My skin is just as new as the day I was born,
She has rebuilt my body with carnage.
The stitches that bind my flesh are held together by a wire that sprouts from deep in her veins.
If she leaves,
she'll take my life with her.
She is painful and sharp without apology.
Our culmination is a bloody wound just above my collarbone,
A scarred over bite mark.
My skin is just as new as the day I was born,
She has rebuilt my body with carnage.
The stitches that bind my flesh are held together by a wire that sprouts from deep in her veins.
If she leaves,
she'll take my life with her.
#bittersweet
#manipulation
#separation
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Poetryman
Poem Published
7th May 2024 8:38am
7th May 2024 8:38am
False profit
Here lies the False prophet
Who lied about his life
Lied about his profits
and his prophesies
That never came true
Then lied about his lies
Took credit for failings
Yet somehow rose up from his grave
To spew more lies
Because one without a soul never need worry about going to Hell
Who lied about his life
Lied about his profits
and his prophesies
That never came true
Then lied about his lies
Took credit for failings
Yet somehow rose up from his grave
To spew more lies
Because one without a soul never need worry about going to Hell
#hypocrisy
#lies
#manipulation
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wolfatthedoor1966
Poem Published
6th May 2024 6:28pm
6th May 2024 6:28pm
tortoise and hare (revised)
the real
reason
the tortoise
won his
race against
the hare,
while
the hare
was so
far ahead,
he decided
to take
a nap,
the tortoise
came upon
the hare,
took
a stick
and bashed
the hare
in the
head,
after winning
the race,
the tortoise
called
his wife,
informing her
that he
would be
bringing
the hare
home,
and she
should gather
ingredients
together
to...
reason
the tortoise
won his
race against
the hare,
while
the hare
was so
far ahead,
he decided
to take
a nap,
the tortoise
came upon
the hare,
took
a stick
and bashed
the hare
in the
head,
after winning
the race,
the tortoise
called
his wife,
informing her
that he
would be
bringing
the hare
home,
and she
should gather
ingredients
together
to...
#death
#manipulation
#suffering #tragedy
#suffering #tragedy
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QuinnARichardson
Poem Published
3rd May 2024 5:34am
3rd May 2024 5:34am
No Rings or Fuss
Where do I go for love?
I have so much to give
But so much has been taken away
Still feel the heat from your touch
Your actions, your words I need to forgive.
You played me like a toy
Trained me like a dog
Did you ever love me or was it a thrill?
You watched me cry and walked away
I hope to one day wake out of this fog.
Men like you are a dime or two
You don't see the value in us
So easy to play and never be bored
Touch our hearts and hate our minds
Shake us up with no rings or fuss.
I have so much to give
But so much has been taken away
Still feel the heat from your touch
Your actions, your words I need to forgive.
You played me like a toy
Trained me like a dog
Did you ever love me or was it a thrill?
You watched me cry and walked away
I hope to one day wake out of this fog.
Men like you are a dime or two
You don't see the value in us
So easy to play and never be bored
Touch our hearts and hate our minds
Shake us up with no rings or fuss.
#betrayal
#lies
#manipulation
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The_Darkness_Insid
Poem Published
30th Apr 2024 2:27pm
30th Apr 2024 2:27pm
A Warning
If you value your life
Do not venture here
If you have hopes and dreams
Best not get too near
All the broken spirits
That lay in my wake
Are the warning of a journey
You don't want to take
Each one a victim
Fallen prey to my trap
Luring them in
For their energy to sap
Feeding off the light
That I lack inside
Til I bleed them dry
Then toss them aside
Parasitic in nature
My darkness consumes
The light, I move on
And the leeching resumes
Everlasting hunger ...
Do not venture here
If you have hopes and dreams
Best not get too near
All the broken spirits
That lay in my wake
Are the warning of a journey
You don't want to take
Each one a victim
Fallen prey to my trap
Luring them in
For their energy to sap
Feeding off the light
That I lack inside
Til I bleed them dry
Then toss them aside
Parasitic in nature
My darkness consumes
The light, I move on
And the leeching resumes
Everlasting hunger ...
#dark
#deception
#lies #manipulation
#lies #manipulation
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Josiah
Poem Published
29th Apr 2024 3:39am
29th Apr 2024 3:39am
The Yes Man
They all have a habit of gliding in so slyly
Post three coffee Yetis with ideas grandeur
Pre ten ante meridiem press conference
It's their eyes, that silence before speaking
Two faced distortions and slight contortions
Movements sniffley, syntheticy, hesitant
What will I say? What will I do? What wont I?
Looking for my eyes, I make sure they see
War crimes. Excessive nuking. Blood lust.
The void forces their quick recalculations
And so concludes this silent bargain
A deal, neither good nor bad, just that
Just business,...
Post three coffee Yetis with ideas grandeur
Pre ten ante meridiem press conference
It's their eyes, that silence before speaking
Two faced distortions and slight contortions
Movements sniffley, syntheticy, hesitant
What will I say? What will I do? What wont I?
Looking for my eyes, I make sure they see
War crimes. Excessive nuking. Blood lust.
The void forces their quick recalculations
And so concludes this silent bargain
A deal, neither good nor bad, just that
Just business,...
#job
#manipulation
#NaPoWriMo2024
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alliwantisnothing
Poem Published
28th Apr 2024 3:07am
28th Apr 2024 3:07am
for andrew
you speak like a poet
clever and forceful intentions
hide beneath illusions of a careful nature
blossoming with innocence and pretty words
your limitless and unscrupulous chase
after something you won’t find
meets my paradoxical longing for love,
and prevalent lack of self value
my overbearing commiseration
is the premise reserving my title as plan C
i feel unworthy of being even your last choice
and this weak demeanor of mine;
it makes you smile,
revealing the cards you’ll someday play
and i hope that if all else fails ...
clever and forceful intentions
hide beneath illusions of a careful nature
blossoming with innocence and pretty words
your limitless and unscrupulous chase
after something you won’t find
meets my paradoxical longing for love,
and prevalent lack of self value
my overbearing commiseration
is the premise reserving my title as plan C
i feel unworthy of being even your last choice
and this weak demeanor of mine;
it makes you smile,
revealing the cards you’ll someday play
and i hope that if all else fails ...
#confessional
#deception
#loneliness
#manipulation
#vanity
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DampKitten
Poem Published
27th Apr 2024 4:29pm
27th Apr 2024 4:29pm
Origami
What I remember most
are your delicate
fingers
creasing the edges,
folding and turning,
twisting and shaping
the everything of
anything you
touch
into all the different
creatures of
creation
until finally and at last,
I rest warm in your
empathetic palm,
panting and thumping,
dripping with your
immaculate essence,
almost as beautiful
and imaginative
as you.
Then,
with your angular jaw
and your intimate lines,
you released me
like a...
are your delicate
fingers
creasing the edges,
folding and turning,
twisting and shaping
the everything of
anything you
touch
into all the different
creatures of
creation
until finally and at last,
I rest warm in your
empathetic palm,
panting and thumping,
dripping with your
immaculate essence,
almost as beautiful
and imaginative
as you.
Then,
with your angular jaw
and your intimate lines,
you released me
like a...
#heartbroken
#manipulation
#rejection
#separation
#UnrequitedLove
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The_Darkness_Insid
Poem Published
22nd Apr 2024 2:51pm
22nd Apr 2024 2:51pm
Ill take the blame
Ready to do the time
For a crime that isn't mine
Ill be fine
Ive spent many years confined
In a prison of my design
In my mind
The bleakest place youll find
The warden is most unkind
The verdict signed
Play out my failures then rewind
Want me to plead innocent I decline
Suffering is divine
Savor it like fine wine
To this sentence I resign
Pearls before swine
Wanna save me stop trying
You don't care so stop lying
No more crying
You're free as a bird so start flying
Your narrative...
For a crime that isn't mine
Ill be fine
Ive spent many years confined
In a prison of my design
In my mind
The bleakest place youll find
The warden is most unkind
The verdict signed
Play out my failures then rewind
Want me to plead innocent I decline
Suffering is divine
Savor it like fine wine
To this sentence I resign
Pearls before swine
Wanna save me stop trying
You don't care so stop lying
No more crying
You're free as a bird so start flying
Your narrative...
#apathy
#lies
#manipulation #MovingOn
#manipulation #MovingOn
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Thor_Azine
Poem Published
20th Apr 2024 00:03am
20th Apr 2024 00:03am
Nine
I remember my first act of violence
outside of the home that is
I just wanted to feel what it was like to win
so I prayed upon the weak
I don't remember feeling anything
but there were lessons
witnesses reported my crime and
punishment soon followed
A few well placed words and alligator
tears found my sentence commuted
under the noses of the gullible
I learned there is always a way out
I was nine years old
outside of the home that is
I just wanted to feel what it was like to win
so I prayed upon the weak
I don't remember feeling anything
but there were lessons
witnesses reported my crime and
punishment soon followed
A few well placed words and alligator
tears found my sentence commuted
under the noses of the gullible
I learned there is always a way out
I was nine years old
#manipulation
#violence
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