Poems About Regret
#regret
Poetry about regret and remorse. These poems about regret take us on a painful journey, exploring mistakes, missed opportunities and feelings of guilt for failing to act. We all have regrets in life, whether we actually did something wrong, or have guilty feelings for something which was out of our control.
Joseph-Zenieh
Poem Published
Yesterday 10:29pm
Yesterday 10:29pm
SENSE OF GUILT
SENSE OF GUILT
Sense of guilt, how can you be
so unfair when you dispense
your hot embers to the hearts
as to some the share is scarce ?
Some can steal, and some can kill
with a cheerful face and heart
when their acts have passed unseen,
and no one has found their hilt.
Whereas some feel deep remorse
for defending their own rights,
and they cause someone to weep,
which induces sleepless nights.
BY JOSEPH ZENIEH
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
____________________________________
...
Sense of guilt, how can you be
so unfair when you dispense
your hot embers to the hearts
as to some the share is scarce ?
Some can steal, and some can kill
with a cheerful face and heart
when their acts have passed unseen,
and no one has found their hilt.
Whereas some feel deep remorse
for defending their own rights,
and they cause someone to weep,
which induces sleepless nights.
BY JOSEPH ZENIEH
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
____________________________________
...
#regret
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cabcool
Poem Published
9th Dec 2019 5:31am
9th Dec 2019 5:31am
dystopian nightmare
dystopian nightmare
so apposite
to opposites
of dreams i long to dream!
dialectical fanfare
a deficit
where counterfeits
create a new extreme
the apple they have eaten
by that old serpent beaten
can paradise be sweetened
when mankind goes east of eden?
...
so apposite
to opposites
of dreams i long to dream!
dialectical fanfare
a deficit
where counterfeits
create a new extreme
the apple they have eaten
by that old serpent beaten
can paradise be sweetened
when mankind goes east of eden?
...
#regret
#God
#redemption #dystopian
#redemption #dystopian
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Darkpoetria
Poem Published
4th Dec 2019 1:32am
4th Dec 2019 1:32am
Ringing of time
Forgotten fog havens my hurt and colors my devastation with angst. Let them see not hatred's cry and love letters benevolent attempts wasted. Hedonism lavished and oiled once abundant, once fruitful, now sprouts it's cock of thorns. To pretend and endure is to nestle in the great bosom of allowed masochism. Thresholds constant familiarity tethers my feet from crossing over into the paws of freedom. Lava spews from my mouths wrath, my voice in its stance to right the wrong done unto me rasps. My head cradled in tired palms, allowing the oceans salt to sting my wounds I once licked to continue...
#regret
#breakup
#lover #SelfDiscovery
#lover #SelfDiscovery
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Hellarchy
Poem Published
3rd Dec 2019 8:52am
3rd Dec 2019 8:52am
Reflection
I gave you all the love I had
And you threw me away
I thought that we could be together
Until our dying days
Thought we could last
The perfect match
Yet from my grasp
You have been snatched
What did I expect
When the reason we had met
Was because I made a bet
And so soon karma paid its debt
Yet what hurt me the most
Was not your decision to leave
It’s that you faded like a ghost
Until I no longer believed ...
And you threw me away
I thought that we could be together
Until our dying days
Thought we could last
The perfect match
Yet from my grasp
You have been snatched
What did I expect
When the reason we had met
Was because I made a bet
And so soon karma paid its debt
Yet what hurt me the most
Was not your decision to leave
It’s that you faded like a ghost
Until I no longer believed ...
#sadness
#regret
#dark
#emotional
#hurt
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butters
Poem Published
3rd Dec 2019 4:24am
3rd Dec 2019 4:24am
decompression's a wonderful thing
drunk on oxygen
the reefs beckon
smiling, you sing with clowns
before the bends hit
unforgiving of raptures
ruptures imminent
pacing is everything
dive deep
fluoresce with the best
but ascend
more slowly
into the light
the reefs beckon
smiling, you sing with clowns
before the bends hit
unforgiving of raptures
ruptures imminent
pacing is everything
dive deep
fluoresce with the best
but ascend
more slowly
into the light
#happiness
#regret
#hope
#learning
#disappointment
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CeeCee-Elaine
Poem Published
2nd Dec 2019 8:07am
2nd Dec 2019 8:07am
Voodoo
Tonight, she's done it again ...
Taken her needle and raised it to the moonlight.
But you felt it didn't you?
Felt it being plunged deep into the hand-woven mess where your heart would be kept.
Felt the pulling in your chest; the longing for her familiarity.
Your head's a little foggy,
and you'd notice why if you'd just build the courage to check the time.
But you won't, and she doesn't blame you.
Her head's a little foggy too.
Your witching hour brought with it a mind full of chaos; a girl on the edge.
So she scraped...
Taken her needle and raised it to the moonlight.
But you felt it didn't you?
Felt it being plunged deep into the hand-woven mess where your heart would be kept.
Felt the pulling in your chest; the longing for her familiarity.
Your head's a little foggy,
and you'd notice why if you'd just build the courage to check the time.
But you won't, and she doesn't blame you.
Her head's a little foggy too.
Your witching hour brought with it a mind full of chaos; a girl on the edge.
So she scraped...
#sadness
#love
#regret
#magic
#witches
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Taurek
Poem Published
2nd Dec 2019 6:18am
2nd Dec 2019 6:18am
“You’re Not Physics!”
Punching the sky with
The impotence
of a titmouse
overachieving ten-
year olds
while I’m looking
like a dude who
ate too many
‘shrooms
“Resign yourself to our
Master’s cruel whim…
Or find him…
Guilty.”
Save humanity?
Now, why would
I do that?
But the lines of
Communications at
Least have to be
Available
Contact me through
All the subterfuge
And you still won’t
Find anything
Better than
This
...
The impotence
of a titmouse
overachieving ten-
year olds
while I’m looking
like a dude who
ate too many
‘shrooms
“Resign yourself to our
Master’s cruel whim…
Or find him…
Guilty.”
Save humanity?
Now, why would
I do that?
But the lines of
Communications at
Least have to be
Available
Contact me through
All the subterfuge
And you still won’t
Find anything
Better than
This
...
#regret
#sky
#drugs
#dialogue
#dystopian
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DEADMAN
Poem Published
2nd Dec 2019 4:40am
2nd Dec 2019 4:40am
DEADMAN - WELLINGTON AVE
we
kissed greedily outside the bar on Wellington Ave
spit and sweat and snowflakes and the horn of a cab
our secretive dance. the distant flirt was growing perverse
settled for each other cause we've settled for worse
homeward bound. ye olde corolla put the rev in reverse
drop you off before the storm. exchanging sets to rehearse
you're a close second. i'm a competitive first
at cultivating loyalty then breaking its curse
love hurts and so does opiate withdrawal at noon
clearing out my throat so i can talk to a room
of absentees and...
kissed greedily outside the bar on Wellington Ave
spit and sweat and snowflakes and the horn of a cab
our secretive dance. the distant flirt was growing perverse
settled for each other cause we've settled for worse
homeward bound. ye olde corolla put the rev in reverse
drop you off before the storm. exchanging sets to rehearse
you're a close second. i'm a competitive first
at cultivating loyalty then breaking its curse
love hurts and so does opiate withdrawal at noon
clearing out my throat so i can talk to a room
of absentees and...
#regret
#lust
#alcohol
#confessional
#SelfReflection
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JayRio81
Poem Published
2nd Dec 2019 4:02am
2nd Dec 2019 4:02am
Old Bones
Old bones, diggin' them up again
I like to wear my sins like a chain around my neck
Forgive and forget is a concept I don't seem to get
Old bones, rattling like the last breath in my chest
Trying to inhale I choke to death on the past
Over and over again, my regret like a living death
And yet I dig up old bones again
Old bones and chasin' ghosts
Till I'm all alone again
Just me and some old bones
I like to wear my sins like a chain around my neck
Forgive and forget is a concept I don't seem to get
Old bones, rattling like the last breath in my chest
Trying to inhale I choke to death on the past
Over and over again, my regret like a living death
And yet I dig up old bones again
Old bones and chasin' ghosts
Till I'm all alone again
Just me and some old bones
#regret
#frustration
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Billy_Snagg
Snaggy
Snaggy
Poem Published
30th Nov 2019 5:29pm
30th Nov 2019 5:29pm
Know
Feelings are fleeting
Why you keep bleating?
It's my life
So why all the strife?
Try living in my body
See how you go -
Then you may know.
Sometimes it is slow
I can't always be
The star of the show...
One day you will know!
Why you keep bleating?
It's my life
So why all the strife?
Try living in my body
See how you go -
Then you may know.
Sometimes it is slow
I can't always be
The star of the show...
One day you will know!
#sadness
#regret
#breakup
#conflict
#MovingOn
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stoned
JEMstoned
JEMstoned
Poem Published
29th Nov 2019 5:57am
29th Nov 2019 5:57am
Nights Like These
it's nights like these where I sit and think,
how did I stand up for myself,
with no regrets,
all those times,
but now,
I am weak,
and quiet.
it's nights like these where I sit and wonder,
what am I doing wrong,
why doesnt he want me like he wants her,
why am I not what he is looking for,
why do I still hang onto these feelings for him.
it's nights like these where I ask myself,
why do I let people hurt me,
why do I let people take advantage,
why do I let her,
of all people,
step all over me, ...
how did I stand up for myself,
with no regrets,
all those times,
but now,
I am weak,
and quiet.
it's nights like these where I sit and wonder,
what am I doing wrong,
why doesnt he want me like he wants her,
why am I not what he is looking for,
why do I still hang onto these feelings for him.
it's nights like these where I ask myself,
why do I let people hurt me,
why do I let people take advantage,
why do I let her,
of all people,
step all over me, ...
#jealousy
#regret
#conflict
#betrayal
#escape
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dkzksaxxas_DanielX
Poem Published
28th Nov 2019 7:15am
28th Nov 2019 7:15am
Bad Po'em "Letter" To Elizabeth
Photo: "Harry's Birthday c. 1998 dkzk
go'head, my beauty.
poke me in the eye again.
fchrisakes, poke'em both.
Dist'urb me and distraught me
as if it can last forever. (It might!)
(it's gettin closer (to forever) than wee'think.)
What fool I was to come to this place.
What place? Any damn which place at all.
so many bloody years have come and gone
since ye covered me in hope & walked away,
after what i thought was the best 5 years
of my life.
(So much for...
go'head, my beauty.
poke me in the eye again.
fchrisakes, poke'em both.
Dist'urb me and distraught me
as if it can last forever. (It might!)
(it's gettin closer (to forever) than wee'think.)
What fool I was to come to this place.
What place? Any damn which place at all.
so many bloody years have come and gone
since ye covered me in hope & walked away,
after what i thought was the best 5 years
of my life.
(So much for...
#love
#regret
#betrayal
#death
#ghosts
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