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.
Poetic_License
Poem Published
7th Jul 2020 2:24am
7th Jul 2020 2:24am
Lucifer's Bitch
Undone.
Still in shock.
Disbelief.
Questioning everything.
Accepting nothing at face value.
Preparing.
Surely more too come.
Ironic.
Really.
So, so many tried.
To bring me here.
Down here.
Hurts.
Going to be a long time down.
This time.
Broke something.
This time.
Just need to breathe.
Been here before.
I think.
But I always believed.
I believed I was inherently...
Still in shock.
Disbelief.
Questioning everything.
Accepting nothing at face value.
Preparing.
Surely more too come.
Ironic.
Really.
So, so many tried.
To bring me here.
Down here.
Hurts.
Going to be a long time down.
This time.
Broke something.
This time.
Just need to breathe.
Been here before.
I think.
But I always believed.
I believed I was inherently...
#regret
#dark
#shame #despair
#shame #despair
57 reads
4 Comments
Careyra
Poem Published
3rd Jul 2020 2:58pm
3rd Jul 2020 2:58pm
What Was the Chance
#sadness
#jealousy
#regret
#breakup
#bittersweet
46 reads
1 Comment
poetOftragedy
Poem Published
2nd Jul 2020 11:14pm
2nd Jul 2020 11:14pm
Let you down
I thought I'd make you proud,
Sorry if I let you down,
My intention weren't so.
I took the path less traveled,
Thought the morning star would guide me home
But all I was, just an angel with clipped wings
No way that I could teach you how to fly
All I did was to let you down.
I thought I'd find the biggest diamond in the rough,
the most beautiful flower in the dark.
I searched for a mountain in the sea
And a rocky place in the sky.
But all my attempts were futile somehow,
Sorry that I let you down.
I see...
Sorry if I let you down,
My intention weren't so.
I took the path less traveled,
Thought the morning star would guide me home
But all I was, just an angel with clipped wings
No way that I could teach you how to fly
All I did was to let you down.
I thought I'd find the biggest diamond in the rough,
the most beautiful flower in the dark.
I searched for a mountain in the sea
And a rocky place in the sky.
But all my attempts were futile somehow,
Sorry that I let you down.
I see...
#regret
#SelfReflection
#disappointment
54 reads
9 Comments
Poetic_License
Poem Published
2nd Jul 2020 11:04pm
2nd Jul 2020 11:04pm
Prayer for Closure
Broken words not fit to rhyme,
Tracing over someone else’s lines,
Attempting to take ownership,
Owning only a sale-worthy fake,
Yearning for moments that never took place,
Making more up when the well runs dry,
New places, new people, new things,
Only they’re old friends, past lovers, regrets,
Taking another swig of liquid fortitude,
Hardened in the fires of cocaine and rocket fuel,
One to rule them all in a kingdom of none,
Insanity licking at the walls of pristine...
Tracing over someone else’s lines,
Attempting to take ownership,
Owning only a sale-worthy fake,
Yearning for moments that never took place,
Making more up when the well runs dry,
New places, new people, new things,
Only they’re old friends, past lovers, regrets,
Taking another swig of liquid fortitude,
Hardened in the fires of cocaine and rocket fuel,
One to rule them all in a kingdom of none,
Insanity licking at the walls of pristine...
#regret
#loneliness
#shame
#confusion
#despair
65 reads
6 Comments
raymp1
Poem Published
2nd Jul 2020 00:52am
2nd Jul 2020 00:52am
There have been several
There have been several
Long days
There have been several
Hard ways
There have been several
Sharp says
There have been several long days
There have been several
Smart moves
There have been several
Deep grooves
There have been several
Lost loves
There have been several long days
There have been several
Bad dudes
There have been many
Bad moods
There have been many
Bad ‘tudes
There have been many long days
There have been several
Bad cooks
There have been several ...
Long days
There have been several
Hard ways
There have been several
Sharp says
There have been several long days
There have been several
Smart moves
There have been several
Deep grooves
There have been several
Lost loves
There have been several long days
There have been several
Bad dudes
There have been many
Bad moods
There have been many
Bad ‘tudes
There have been many long days
There have been several
Bad cooks
There have been several ...
#regret
24 reads
Kaylor1967
Ruben
Ruben
Poem Published
1st Jul 2020 8:47pm
1st Jul 2020 8:47pm
No going back to the start now.
Body floats.
Carried on the tide.
Its a waste.
Let's salvage what's left.
There's no going back to the start.
You tore his fucking heart.
Misery gloats.
Buried in your regretful mind.
Such a shame.
To carry on with a blackened memory.
If only events could be replayed.
Maybe then he would have stayed.
Death rolls along.
Shadows encroaching.
Cuts won't heal this time.
Its so so sickening that.....
The time has caught up with you.
Time to see beyond your clouded view.
Surrender now. ...
Carried on the tide.
Its a waste.
Let's salvage what's left.
There's no going back to the start.
You tore his fucking heart.
Misery gloats.
Buried in your regretful mind.
Such a shame.
To carry on with a blackened memory.
If only events could be replayed.
Maybe then he would have stayed.
Death rolls along.
Shadows encroaching.
Cuts won't heal this time.
Its so so sickening that.....
The time has caught up with you.
Time to see beyond your clouded view.
Surrender now. ...
#regret
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0 Comments
Weenicorn
Poem Published
28th Jun 2020 11:26am
28th Jun 2020 11:26am
Nothing.
Nothing quite matches her beautiful eyes,
the bright blue skies,
the beaming cries that follow my beauty
throughout her days.
She healed my wounds,
my woeful pain,
without one whiff of what I was.
I like the way the precipice pets her pits
and love the way it lights her lips.
Gone. The crown once on her head,
her heart, has herby slung its hook; depart.
The searing loss of love laments,
lacking luster, luring gents.
Now my gracious hummingbird is running blurred
amid the cataclysm of that cunning...
the bright blue skies,
the beaming cries that follow my beauty
throughout her days.
She healed my wounds,
my woeful pain,
without one whiff of what I was.
I like the way the precipice pets her pits
and love the way it lights her lips.
Gone. The crown once on her head,
her heart, has herby slung its hook; depart.
The searing loss of love laments,
lacking luster, luring gents.
Now my gracious hummingbird is running blurred
amid the cataclysm of that cunning...
#love
#regret
#loneliness #dark
#loneliness #dark
80 reads
3 Comments
A_Blank_Mind99
Poem Published
26th Jun 2020 2:10pm
26th Jun 2020 2:10pm
The Beast of Torment
You're the one who saw my end, my angel.
How could one last look be so comical?
I know how my mind can be unstable,
But now, what comes next is unstoppable.
I am begging you, please let me forget,
As my hope plunges into the abyss.
My mind begins to swim with its regret,
While the beast of torment begins to hiss.
It prowls, miring this claustrophobic world,
As you relay to me your final word.
It shrieked like Satan with each word it hurled.
It broke my mind completely undeterred.
Now I am a vision of its...
How could one last look be so comical?
I know how my mind can be unstable,
But now, what comes next is unstoppable.
I am begging you, please let me forget,
As my hope plunges into the abyss.
My mind begins to swim with its regret,
While the beast of torment begins to hiss.
It prowls, miring this claustrophobic world,
As you relay to me your final word.
It shrieked like Satan with each word it hurled.
It broke my mind completely undeterred.
Now I am a vision of its...
#regret
#despair
47 reads
2 Comments
BeginningPoet
Poem Published
26th Jun 2020 9:39am
26th Jun 2020 9:39am
Chance Encounter
The years have played their part
too well, memories and fantasies
may not always fade, remembering
her warm eyes, a perfect smile,
thoughts of being with her,
just a touch would have set passions
on fire, fueling a need to satisfy hungers,
thoughts carried within
ever since that one and only
chance encounter.
too well, memories and fantasies
may not always fade, remembering
her warm eyes, a perfect smile,
thoughts of being with her,
just a touch would have set passions
on fire, fueling a need to satisfy hungers,
thoughts carried within
ever since that one and only
chance encounter.
#love
#regret
#loneliness
#hope
#admiration
76 reads
11 Comments
rowantree
Rowan E.
Rowan E.
Poem Published
24th Jun 2020 1:11am
24th Jun 2020 1:11am
I. The Final Whine
When I thought less and loved more
I was happier.
When I was happier,
my voice flew
without flight feathers.
Singing was easy
and contagious.
I could make fearful men
join in.
I'd love to understand -
no, to control -
the forces that snared me in selfishness.
I want an instant replay
of when, and why, and how
my body became a cage
and I
this beast inside
that wakes when my heart
starts to tiptoe to my throat,
hoping to see the world for a minute -
hoping to escape -
only to...
I was happier.
When I was happier,
my voice flew
without flight feathers.
Singing was easy
and contagious.
I could make fearful men
join in.
I'd love to understand -
no, to control -
the forces that snared me in selfishness.
I want an instant replay
of when, and why, and how
my body became a cage
and I
this beast inside
that wakes when my heart
starts to tiptoe to my throat,
hoping to see the world for a minute -
hoping to escape -
only to...
#anxiety
#regret
#frustration
#disappointment
#hypocrisy
50 reads
2 Comments
Kinkpoet
Bumped 21st Jun 2020 3:48pm
21st Jan 2020 00:47am
21st Jan 2020 00:47am
Long Overdue Letter To My Parents
i’ve had a bit too much to drink
so be forgiving
of any errors
in grammar
punctuation
syntax or meter
i know you’ve been at this crossroad too
as i write tears fall onto the page
blurring the ink
but not the intent
my pain though existential
is every bit as real as a broken bone
for this life is about
suffering
and learning about
our mortality
and
our humanity
we are born through the suffering
of another
and
inflict our pain
on our parents
through...
so be forgiving
of any errors
in grammar
punctuation
syntax or meter
i know you’ve been at this crossroad too
as i write tears fall onto the page
blurring the ink
but not the intent
my pain though existential
is every bit as real as a broken bone
for this life is about
suffering
and learning about
our mortality
and
our humanity
we are born through the suffering
of another
and
inflict our pain
on our parents
through...
#love
#regret
#courage
#inspirational
#gratitude
101 reads
2 Comments
Natalja
Natalya
Natalya
Poem Published
20th Jun 2020 10:34pm
20th Jun 2020 10:34pm
Avoidance
the fear kept me at bay
from others
I never questioned it
it was welcomed
I saw it as a loyal dog
protecting me from enemies
I never looked
into its eyes
that made me fearful
I wondered what if...
it doesn't have eyes?
and I end up
staring
at burning darkness
at the back of my neck
down my spine
unable to scream or run
unable to hide
from the gaze
of the void
within
from others
I never questioned it
it was welcomed
I saw it as a loyal dog
protecting me from enemies
I never looked
into its eyes
that made me fearful
I wondered what if...
it doesn't have eyes?
and I end up
staring
at burning darkness
at the back of my neck
down my spine
unable to scream or run
unable to hide
from the gaze
of the void
within
#regret
#rejection
#shame
#frustration
#denial
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