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.
crowfly
Poem Published
Today 8:36pm
Today 8:36pm
The Damage Done
He laments a fragile heart
His own lost and drifting soul
A mind twisted with the strain
Of coping with his inner storm
He pleads it's the genetics
A curse within the family
Dysfunction running in the blood
To carry him so far away
He stands by his father's grave
And lowers one more lush bouquet
If he picked up paternal rage
He will still accept the blame
There may be the lost control
Impulses he must surely fight
Reflecting on the damage done
Debris for which he must atone.
His own lost and drifting soul
A mind twisted with the strain
Of coping with his inner storm
He pleads it's the genetics
A curse within the family
Dysfunction running in the blood
To carry him so far away
He stands by his father's grave
And lowers one more lush bouquet
If he picked up paternal rage
He will still accept the blame
There may be the lost control
Impulses he must surely fight
Reflecting on the damage done
Debris for which he must atone.
#regret
#family
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JayRio81
Poem Published
Today 5:34am
Today 5:34am
Regret
Delirious images of what-could've-beens
Haunt my day like walking dreams
Regret twists my gut sick
The road not taken mocking me
If I could give it all up
For a taste of what I've already had
Would I so callously toss it aside
And become a ghost, lost in the past?
I ponder it as I take a sip
The pills already down
Not too late for a last regret
As I jump in to another memory and drown
Haunt my day like walking dreams
Regret twists my gut sick
The road not taken mocking me
If I could give it all up
For a taste of what I've already had
Would I so callously toss it aside
And become a ghost, lost in the past?
I ponder it as I take a sip
The pills already down
Not too late for a last regret
As I jump in to another memory and drown
#sadness
#regret
#frustration
#despair
#disappointment
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dartford
Paul S...
Paul S...
Poem Published
Today 00:14am
Today 00:14am
guilt edged ..
do one thing really wrong
and it ruins the rest
of your life you're thinking
sorry sorry sorry ..
and it ruins the rest
of your life you're thinking
sorry sorry sorry ..
#regret
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1 Comment
ReggiePoet
Reggie
Reggie
Poem Published
Yesterday 3:12pm
Yesterday 3:12pm
Sacred Cow
Of course, like all, I wish to heal
My mind, from all the wounds
Imparted by the world’s raw deal
But remedies elude
Since the apple, suffering
pervades our universe
We humans keep on bustling
In spite of Heaven’s Curse!
The “Fix” was offered long ago,
For all, not just those “In”
It’s not what, but who you know
Eternity’s linchpin
Even though I know it’s true
(Although, I don’t know how)
My debt continues to accrue
It’s my sacred cow
My mind, from all the wounds
Imparted by the world’s raw deal
But remedies elude
Since the apple, suffering
pervades our universe
We humans keep on bustling
In spite of Heaven’s Curse!
The “Fix” was offered long ago,
For all, not just those “In”
It’s not what, but who you know
Eternity’s linchpin
Even though I know it’s true
(Although, I don’t know how)
My debt continues to accrue
It’s my sacred cow
#regret
#SelfReflection
15 reads
2 Comments
forever_alone117
Poem Published
Yesterday 2:17pm
Yesterday 2:17pm
What used to be.
He lays next to me. I can feel him breathing as we speak.
But my mind drifts back to you.
He says something to make me smile. He doesn’t realise it’s all been said before.
My mind drifts back to you.
I smile at the book store. Thinking of a conversation we had. The sinking feeling in my chest begins. Knowing I can’t tell you. Ever tell you.
That my mind drifts back to you.
But my mind drifts back to you.
He says something to make me smile. He doesn’t realise it’s all been said before.
My mind drifts back to you.
I smile at the book store. Thinking of a conversation we had. The sinking feeling in my chest begins. Knowing I can’t tell you. Ever tell you.
That my mind drifts back to you.
#sadness
#regret
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corpselily2185
Poem Published
20th Jan 2019 9:47am
20th Jan 2019 9:47am
The Spirit
#regret
#grief
#death
#suicide
#denial
25 reads
1 Comment
Chuck
Poem Published
20th Jan 2019 7:06am
20th Jan 2019 7:06am
Outside of Love
Our love was so deep
Until one day
I found myself
On the outside of love
I didn't see this coming
Everything was going so good
What could possibly go wrong
But simply
A blast from the past
An old acquaintance
Of many years before
I thought our love
Would always last
But life took its turn
And myself
Found another
I thought was strong
Accepted the truth
To her
I would never tell a lie
But this time
I should had
Not only I'm on the outside
But I was given one...
Until one day
I found myself
On the outside of love
I didn't see this coming
Everything was going so good
What could possibly go wrong
But simply
A blast from the past
An old acquaintance
Of many years before
I thought our love
Would always last
But life took its turn
And myself
Found another
I thought was strong
Accepted the truth
To her
I would never tell a lie
But this time
I should had
Not only I'm on the outside
But I was given one...
#regret
#breakup
#emotional
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DawnRaider
Dr
Dr
Poem Published
19th Jan 2019 12:04pm
19th Jan 2019 12:04pm
Footprints (in the sand)
Ebb and flow
quick then
slow
breakers foaming
crashing, rumbling
sliding smoothly
up the beach
where I stand
just out of
reach
pebbles and shells
scattered on soft
yellow sand
here on this
island
where I grew up
lived and worked
and yes
partied too
enjoyed my youth
memories made
treasured
and now I'm here
gazing out to
sea
feeling the warmth
between
my toes
thinking about
my life
how it has been
so far
where I am now
and where I ...
quick then
slow
breakers foaming
crashing, rumbling
sliding smoothly
up the beach
where I stand
just out of
reach
pebbles and shells
scattered on soft
yellow sand
here on this
island
where I grew up
lived and worked
and yes
partied too
enjoyed my youth
memories made
treasured
and now I'm here
gazing out to
sea
feeling the warmth
between
my toes
thinking about
my life
how it has been
so far
where I am now
and where I ...
#sadness
#regret
40 reads
6 Comments
ThiaTartorum
Poem Published
19th Jan 2019 5:08am
19th Jan 2019 5:08am
Broken Promise
The pictures leaving a void
reminding me of what I destroyed
Your memory haunts my nightmares
showing me a time when you still cared
Swirls of emotion, of grief
though what we shared was brief
At night, my subconscious calls for you
somehow, unaware that we're through
My lips still remember your kiss
how it brought complete bliss
The heat that erupted
our friendship being corrupted
You were always there to lead me through this abyss
one step ahead, you knew when something was amiss
Left without a guide ...
reminding me of what I destroyed
Your memory haunts my nightmares
showing me a time when you still cared
Swirls of emotion, of grief
though what we shared was brief
At night, my subconscious calls for you
somehow, unaware that we're through
My lips still remember your kiss
how it brought complete bliss
The heat that erupted
our friendship being corrupted
You were always there to lead me through this abyss
one step ahead, you knew when something was amiss
Left without a guide ...
#regret
#grief
#hope #redemption
#hope #redemption
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Medinda
Poem Published
18th Jan 2019 9:00pm
18th Jan 2019 9:00pm
Walk Away
I'm in love with you.
How could it be true
My old and your new
But that's all done
Through and through
And yet, I still see you
Like you were
The way we were
Before all the hurt
And I see you now
Sad and broken down
Just like our vows
To love, to honor
And to cherish
Oh how I wish
That we both had
But there's no road
That takes us back
The bridges all burned
We missed the turns
And lost the map
It's so terribly sad
When I see the look
In your eyes
Sea green depths ...
How could it be true
My old and your new
But that's all done
Through and through
And yet, I still see you
Like you were
The way we were
Before all the hurt
And I see you now
Sad and broken down
Just like our vows
To love, to honor
And to cherish
Oh how I wish
That we both had
But there's no road
That takes us back
The bridges all burned
We missed the turns
And lost the map
It's so terribly sad
When I see the look
In your eyes
Sea green depths ...
#sadness
#regret
60 reads
11 Comments
Tuncs
-Alice-
-Alice-
Bumped 18th Jan 2019 3:42pm
2nd Nov 2018 11:13am
2nd Nov 2018 11:13am
Wake
Heavy eye lids
Hoisted open with sticky tape
Sleepless pressure
You’re at work, concentrate
Blurred horizon
Stay open, pre-meditate
Just one second
Why did I stay up so late!!
Coffee. Coffee. Cwaah-feee
I procrastinate
Keyboard mistakes
Minds misplaced
crash again
Hoisted open with sticky tape
Sleepless pressure
You’re at work, concentrate
Blurred horizon
Stay open, pre-meditate
Just one second
Why did I stay up so late!!
Coffee. Coffee. Cwaah-feee
I procrastinate
Keyboard mistakes
Minds misplaced
crash again
#regret
#rhyming
#sleep
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ImperfectedStone
P M Banks
P M Banks
Poem Published
18th Jan 2019 2:29am
18th Jan 2019 2:29am
A Dog
I'm sorry," my fragile whisper cuts shapes
melting frozen air.
My heart was not wise, nor strong
as I'd like and though sails by glass bottom
can't expect others to too, my mind
never wandered
to others livelihood as it flopped about
normal life
as if drunk in a barrel. I still believed
we were all here
in pureness
to watch time fall as sand through our hands, to share
our lives and love
as fresh embers, a fire fanned over and again.
I'll admit when told of seven, my soul was sore
to feel I'd been a...
melting frozen air.
My heart was not wise, nor strong
as I'd like and though sails by glass bottom
can't expect others to too, my mind
never wandered
to others livelihood as it flopped about
normal life
as if drunk in a barrel. I still believed
we were all here
in pureness
to watch time fall as sand through our hands, to share
our lives and love
as fresh embers, a fire fanned over and again.
I'll admit when told of seven, my soul was sore
to feel I'd been a...
#regret
#homelessness
#frustration #support
#frustration #support
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