Misunderstood Poems
#misunderstood
Misunderstood poems about people who are struggling to get others to understand them correctly. Misunderstood poems include poems about searching for a place in the world, struggling with identity and looking for a sense of belonging. Also, poems about relationship and family misunderstandings.
oskar
Poem Published
22nd Mar 2023 10:16am
22nd Mar 2023 10:16am
the way of a marriage
The way a marriage
On the bus 8 to Garston, I met my future wife; I was going
to meet someone at the British Legion, something about
a job as a cook on a ship. At an outdoor, we bought cans of
cokes and a bottle of rum.
I thought she was the kindest woman; I had ever met.
We married, and people I didn’t like came to our reception
like my brothers-in-laws
Dreams never last on cook’s wages, awake one morn
no smell of coffee from downstairs; she had gone out
and left a note: “Get a Job, you drunken slob!”
I took a bus to Albert Dock,...
On the bus 8 to Garston, I met my future wife; I was going
to meet someone at the British Legion, something about
a job as a cook on a ship. At an outdoor, we bought cans of
cokes and a bottle of rum.
I thought she was the kindest woman; I had ever met.
We married, and people I didn’t like came to our reception
like my brothers-in-laws
Dreams never last on cook’s wages, awake one morn
no smell of coffee from downstairs; she had gone out
and left a note: “Get a Job, you drunken slob!”
I took a bus to Albert Dock,...
#motivational
#spiritual
#patience
#misunderstood
#sacrifice
274 reads
2 Comments
oskar
Poem Published
12th Mar 2023 10:38am
12th Mar 2023 10:38am
Marry jo
Mary Jo
Mary Jo, where are you now? Dusty bones in a cemetery?
A dashing man drove you through the night, over a bridge
that wasn’t there, into the water, and then you were alone
breathing, through pockets of air in the car, waiting for
him to rescue you. Did you hear steps on the pebbly road
as he was running away? And your tears became the sea`s
Mary Jo, I have not forgotten you; the man who betrayed
you., is dead too; they gave him a send-off, and the famous
came to his wake; did they think of you?
Your parents were paid off not to...
Mary Jo, where are you now? Dusty bones in a cemetery?
A dashing man drove you through the night, over a bridge
that wasn’t there, into the water, and then you were alone
breathing, through pockets of air in the car, waiting for
him to rescue you. Did you hear steps on the pebbly road
as he was running away? And your tears became the sea`s
Mary Jo, I have not forgotten you; the man who betrayed
you., is dead too; they gave him a send-off, and the famous
came to his wake; did they think of you?
Your parents were paid off not to...
#dark
#motivational
#honesty
#misunderstood
#tolerance
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ExtremeTalksAlexx
Alexx
Alexx
Poem Published
8th Mar 2023 1:26am
8th Mar 2023 1:26am
The One You Listened To
I am the one who throws down the highest spade.
I am the one who says whatever without shade !
I’m the one told them it was ok to invade ,not only did I tell them that it was ok , I showed them the way.
not only did I show them the way ,I showed them my way , the only way I took .
I didn’t procrastinate or bait the hook I show them what it took good or bad happy or sad . who am I , im the one that told you it was ok meanwhile you never said thanks ..
I am the one who says whatever without shade !
I’m the one told them it was ok to invade ,not only did I tell them that it was ok , I showed them the way.
not only did I show them the way ,I showed them my way , the only way I took .
I didn’t procrastinate or bait the hook I show them what it took good or bad happy or sad . who am I , im the one that told you it was ok meanwhile you never said thanks ..
#strength
#patience
#misunderstood
#hypocrisy
#sacrifice
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Pinkdreams
Poem Published
26th Feb 2023 3:55pm
26th Feb 2023 3:55pm
Shout
soon
turns to later
later
disappears
too much of my brain
taken away
by worries
and the day to day
if you haven't heard from me
SHOUT
don't murder me
or shut me out
turns to later
later
disappears
too much of my brain
taken away
by worries
and the day to day
if you haven't heard from me
SHOUT
don't murder me
or shut me out
#relationships
#betrayal
#misunderstood
297 reads
4 Comments
Maple666
Poem Published
21st Feb 2023 7:05pm
21st Feb 2023 7:05pm
Feeling Fractured
If you only knew, that my soul bent down to
Hold you in your darkness and I sang you
Lullabies of everything you told yourself that
Wasn’t right with you. I sang an alternative tune with no sleight of hand , but just to mention a few facts that stand as tall as the
Sky and touch the light of the sun . That’s you .
You’re just been blinded by the Unilluminated
Stories we recite quietly when life jostles us
To hibernate and you feel you can’t relate but
I am telling you the truth the shadows of feeling fractured don’t last.
Hold you in your darkness and I sang you
Lullabies of everything you told yourself that
Wasn’t right with you. I sang an alternative tune with no sleight of hand , but just to mention a few facts that stand as tall as the
Sky and touch the light of the sun . That’s you .
You’re just been blinded by the Unilluminated
Stories we recite quietly when life jostles us
To hibernate and you feel you can’t relate but
I am telling you the truth the shadows of feeling fractured don’t last.
#strength
#courage
#dark
#honesty
#misunderstood
326 reads
4 Comments
rainwriter
Poem Published
14th Feb 2023 4:24pm
14th Feb 2023 4:24pm
We‘re alright
Note: This one’s actually a rap song, but you can read it as a poem I guess. Just didn’t want it to disappear in the lyrics section, yk
Long time ago there was no question how to be a man
And there was no question how we give a chance
Times ago all this changed, what is wrong with you?
Why do you think spreading hate is what you‘re supposed to do?
In the beginning was no question what is human
Switch flipped and we still don‘t know what we‘re doing
We give the love, all we get is refuse
If we go on like that our lifes will get abused
...
Long time ago there was no question how to be a man
And there was no question how we give a chance
Times ago all this changed, what is wrong with you?
Why do you think spreading hate is what you‘re supposed to do?
In the beginning was no question what is human
Switch flipped and we still don‘t know what we‘re doing
We give the love, all we get is refuse
If we go on like that our lifes will get abused
...
#politics
#environment
#misunderstood
#confusion
#culture
280 reads
3 Comments
Everavalon
Poem Published
13th Feb 2023 5:48pm
13th Feb 2023 5:48pm
Arc of dahlia
Preconceived notions
in motion
Vitriolic endeavor
The tether to apathy
I marinate in the cloak they fashion
Suturing myself into this synthetic veneer
Adhering to this external solace
Forced to fondle only the surface
When deep down
I've been trimmed of purpose
A newly minted petal
Of a flower
in a vase of malaise
Harrowed by years of misguidance
My emotions, untraveled
Ravelled and in bloom
In a razor lined room
I cinch the spill
until
emphatic palpitations...
in motion
Vitriolic endeavor
The tether to apathy
I marinate in the cloak they fashion
Suturing myself into this synthetic veneer
Adhering to this external solace
Forced to fondle only the surface
When deep down
I've been trimmed of purpose
A newly minted petal
Of a flower
in a vase of malaise
Harrowed by years of misguidance
My emotions, untraveled
Ravelled and in bloom
In a razor lined room
I cinch the spill
until
emphatic palpitations...
#sadness
#misunderstood
#tolerance
263 reads
2 Comments
Flowolf
Poem Published
3rd Feb 2023 11:24pm
3rd Feb 2023 11:24pm
Frayed Souls
Meek pawns of history fear only to dare
Subservient, failures of noble pretences
Discontent seeps into the misled who err
Trivial burdens alleviate one's lost senses
Subtle endeavours glide over troubled skies
As despair looms beyond a valley of tragedy
It rises from the remnants of its own demise
A callous void etched in the stones of apathy
See the adamant fall, condemned to regress
Chiseled into the pale silence of nothingness
Subservient, failures of noble pretences
Discontent seeps into the misled who err
Trivial burdens alleviate one's lost senses
Subtle endeavours glide over troubled skies
As despair looms beyond a valley of tragedy
It rises from the remnants of its own demise
A callous void etched in the stones of apathy
See the adamant fall, condemned to regress
Chiseled into the pale silence of nothingness
#regret
#misunderstood
#frustration
#disappointment
#emptiness
479 reads
4 Comments
APissPoorShaman
Ryszard
Ryszard
Poem Published
31st Jan 2023 8:58am
31st Jan 2023 8:58am
Tasting Madness
screaming in sanity
laughing in madness
fears echoing in my head
pretending I'm real
but that's not how it feels
dissipating in solution
the science of confusion
three parts per million
life devolving in dissolution
and all that's left is reptilian
mindlessly basking in the sun
tongue darting out
tasting the madness
hoping it's safe to hunt
laughing in madness
fears echoing in my head
pretending I'm real
but that's not how it feels
dissipating in solution
the science of confusion
three parts per million
life devolving in dissolution
and all that's left is reptilian
mindlessly basking in the sun
tongue darting out
tasting the madness
hoping it's safe to hunt
#dark
#misunderstood
#vanity #zombies
#vanity #zombies
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BlueBeastGirl
Beasty
Beasty
Poem Published
31st Jan 2023 7:28am
31st Jan 2023 7:28am
bias in her eyes
I sit there legs crossed under the unnatural light
A cart of paint supplies at my right
My loving partner seated to my left
And across from me a lovely salesperson
Together we're chatting while she types on the computer
We are pleasantly talking about buying a washer and dryer
It's all so normal... So very normal... So fucking normal
With a smile my partner brings up the fact I'm a local
And I respond with my normal memorized lines
The boring trifecta of how from the area I am
And when with a grin she assumed which high school I went to ...
A cart of paint supplies at my right
My loving partner seated to my left
And across from me a lovely salesperson
Together we're chatting while she types on the computer
We are pleasantly talking about buying a washer and dryer
It's all so normal... So very normal... So fucking normal
With a smile my partner brings up the fact I'm a local
And I respond with my normal memorized lines
The boring trifecta of how from the area I am
And when with a grin she assumed which high school I went to ...
#anxiety
#rejection
#shame
#misunderstood
#culture
309 reads
9 Comments
Kehlida
Bumped 28th Jan 2023 8:17am
1st Nov 2021 00:51am
1st Nov 2021 00:51am
Sailing or Sinking?
Clearing out my conscious seems impossible tonight
so I feign diversion for relief
All these feelings and theories of mine
seem worthless in the grand scheme
Wondering if I belong because I view this world in different hues
and most will remain blind as I struggle to find any use
Ignorance holds no candle to an enlightened soul
but still we drug ourselves and become dumbed down
Starlight eyes and an elusive mind
Hoping something might numb my brain
and remove this double-edged curse from me
Six sides of a metaphor...
so I feign diversion for relief
All these feelings and theories of mine
seem worthless in the grand scheme
Wondering if I belong because I view this world in different hues
and most will remain blind as I struggle to find any use
Ignorance holds no candle to an enlightened soul
but still we drug ourselves and become dumbed down
Starlight eyes and an elusive mind
Hoping something might numb my brain
and remove this double-edged curse from me
Six sides of a metaphor...
#depression
#drugs
#memories
#misunderstood
#emptiness
911 reads
6 Comments
da_poetic-edifier
Damon
Damon
Poem Published
23rd Jan 2023 6:53pm
23rd Jan 2023 6:53pm
Master(s)piece
Whomever chooses to paint me as a villain
I'll give a paint brush & canvas then let 'em begin
I don't spend an abundance of time trying to change minds
Not gonna be a slave and placed in perception's binds
I find that I'm often misunderstood by some
Miscalculation & disinformation in their sum
Far from a bum and too worldly for sainthood
Refusing to be a merry man of any Robin Hood
Got a good heart but won't depart from my manhood
Trying to stay cool, calm, & collected doesn't feel good
It's understood despite...
I'll give a paint brush & canvas then let 'em begin
I don't spend an abundance of time trying to change minds
Not gonna be a slave and placed in perception's binds
I find that I'm often misunderstood by some
Miscalculation & disinformation in their sum
Far from a bum and too worldly for sainthood
Refusing to be a merry man of any Robin Hood
Got a good heart but won't depart from my manhood
Trying to stay cool, calm, & collected doesn't feel good
It's understood despite...
#peace
#misunderstood
#prison
483 reads
7 Comments
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