Long Poems About Regret
#regret
Long poems about regret. 300 words or more, most recently published poems first.
MarcosLucas
Poem Published
Yesterday 7:44am
Yesterday 7:44am
Coward
I know not what to do,
But my heart is in pain,
I know not if what I do is right or wrong,
I just know that I do it because I am a coward.
We have been friends forever,
Yet when I no longer can hold back the tears,
I run away instead,
I hide my sorrows, I bury my pain.
When I see you, speak to you, or hear of you,
Pins and needles poke my heart,
My stomach sinks and javelins,
Penetrate my bowls.
My internals are in pain,
As though gravely sick,
My heart is in pain,
As though it were to stop any...
But my heart is in pain,
I know not if what I do is right or wrong,
I just know that I do it because I am a coward.
We have been friends forever,
Yet when I no longer can hold back the tears,
I run away instead,
I hide my sorrows, I bury my pain.
When I see you, speak to you, or hear of you,
Pins and needles poke my heart,
My stomach sinks and javelins,
Penetrate my bowls.
My internals are in pain,
As though gravely sick,
My heart is in pain,
As though it were to stop any...
#sadness
#regret
#loneliness
#rejection
#shame
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MartenHoyle
Poem Published
26th Jun 2022 10:07pm
26th Jun 2022 10:07pm
The Voice
The Voice”
I cannot cleanse the dawning of yesterday.
I cannot hold tomorrow at bay.
The hours lay crippled in a sea
Of the fate that now shall be.
I sing without voice to thee.
You hear with such pity.
It is such tears I long for
Lost in the waves that roar.
I yearn to gather their shadows
Within the waters that enclose
The silence of death that I sing
While my roses are blooming—
Ah! Would that I may watch them grow
But there are no flowers where oft I go:
Into yesterday, where all is dead...
I cannot cleanse the dawning of yesterday.
I cannot hold tomorrow at bay.
The hours lay crippled in a sea
Of the fate that now shall be.
I sing without voice to thee.
You hear with such pity.
It is such tears I long for
Lost in the waves that roar.
I yearn to gather their shadows
Within the waters that enclose
The silence of death that I sing
While my roses are blooming—
Ah! Would that I may watch them grow
But there are no flowers where oft I go:
Into yesterday, where all is dead...
#regret
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Nevermindthegaps
Poem Published
18th Jun 2022 3:38am
18th Jun 2022 3:38am
Remind Me
You stole my sanity
she beats
her fists against me
as if she wants it back
naked
a pulsing nerve
her tits bounce with each hit
she’s rabid
and the cure is to batter me
with her demons
because it seems I’ve stolen
her ability to run from them
she’s decided my thick chest is home
an island to...
she beats
her fists against me
as if she wants it back
naked
a pulsing nerve
her tits bounce with each hit
she’s rabid
and the cure is to batter me
with her demons
because it seems I’ve stolen
her ability to run from them
she’s decided my thick chest is home
an island to...
#sadness
#regret
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Nevermindthegaps
Poem Published
7th Jun 2022 6:39pm
7th Jun 2022 6:39pm
Naked Thoughts Of Ruin and Contemplation
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because there was nothing else to be done and no where else to turn
I lay belly down enshrouded in darkness to write
pins and needles tingling in my unruly fingers
squinting to find a place between the lines
shadows are a tapestry of understanding drifting between
cognizant and illusion
honesty sticks to my throat like honey
sweet and thick with the richness
of a million hours of unacknowledged back breaking effort
sorrow never sounded so beautiful as the buzz of...
because there was nothing else to be done and no where else to turn
I lay belly down enshrouded in darkness to write
pins and needles tingling in my unruly fingers
squinting to find a place between the lines
shadows are a tapestry of understanding drifting between
cognizant and illusion
honesty sticks to my throat like honey
sweet and thick with the richness
of a million hours of unacknowledged back breaking effort
sorrow never sounded so beautiful as the buzz of...
#regret
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astrosleuth
Poem Published
6th Jun 2022 8:02am
6th Jun 2022 8:02am
'I Miss ....'
I miss Unsolved Mysteries, on a Wednesday night
With Robert Stack, by eight be back
So scary, but worth the freight!
I miss people gathering at our house
Some not with us now, and how
But worth remembering, people like Claus.
I miss the old Alpine camper
It rained so much, the grass it touched
And fishing, was the Newfoundlander.
I miss playing Nightmare
At Gram's, my cousin would come
A sleep over would then take place there
And breakfast served, like you were at home.
I miss being chased and shot ...
With Robert Stack, by eight be back
So scary, but worth the freight!
I miss people gathering at our house
Some not with us now, and how
But worth remembering, people like Claus.
I miss the old Alpine camper
It rained so much, the grass it touched
And fishing, was the Newfoundlander.
I miss playing Nightmare
At Gram's, my cousin would come
A sleep over would then take place there
And breakfast served, like you were at home.
I miss being chased and shot ...
#sadness
#regret
#family
#memories
#LifeCycle
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Nevermindthegaps
Poem Published
5th Jun 2022 5:33am
5th Jun 2022 5:33am
Whiskey Fixes Everything
Bar doors crack open
the way stale beer nuts crunch
beneath your teeth
a scatter of broken dreams
that fled their drinking buddies
then melted to the door-seals trying to escape
a fluro light flickers
static buzz
the way your brain wires after
the first couple
where senses dial themselves to 11
and whiskey feels like your soul
glowing warm in the centre of your chest
just to the right of your heart
the grime and grit
go down like a cheap prostitute
one that swallows for the right...
the way stale beer nuts crunch
beneath your teeth
a scatter of broken dreams
that fled their drinking buddies
then melted to the door-seals trying to escape
a fluro light flickers
static buzz
the way your brain wires after
the first couple
where senses dial themselves to 11
and whiskey feels like your soul
glowing warm in the centre of your chest
just to the right of your heart
the grime and grit
go down like a cheap prostitute
one that swallows for the right...
#regret
#emptiness
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Tracey_Leigh
Poem Published
3rd Jun 2022 1:57am
3rd Jun 2022 1:57am
Destiny awaits You~
Something inside of you connected to the safety of her
loving you as is...tenderly as if you were a wounded dove
You knew nothing different then the gaze of her eyes
the creases in the corner of her mouth when she smiled
The touch of her hair against your fingers
the scent of her skin captivated you...she mesmerized you
Time began to work against you...taking it's toll
the fire faded to coals and coals to ember...ember to sand
Gazing into her eyes in love turned into heated glares
her scent became putrid as she...
loving you as is...tenderly as if you were a wounded dove
You knew nothing different then the gaze of her eyes
the creases in the corner of her mouth when she smiled
The touch of her hair against your fingers
the scent of her skin captivated you...she mesmerized you
Time began to work against you...taking it's toll
the fire faded to coals and coals to ember...ember to sand
Gazing into her eyes in love turned into heated glares
her scent became putrid as she...
#sadness
#love
#regret #heartbroken
#regret #heartbroken
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Billy_Snagg
Snaggy
Snaggy
Poem Published
26th May 2022 10:29pm
26th May 2022 10:29pm
Can't Give Him Up!
He doesn't even deserve your pity,
You know you're making excuses for him.
What he did then was totally wrong,
If I were you, he'd be long gone!
Why's it that you can't let him go?
Sure, there's fear in being left alone -
It's one of the reasons why you moan!
I know all about how he got coerced,
It's a line you spin that's well rehearsed.
Isn't it time to take your head out the clouds,
Face up to the mirror and look at yourself.
Humiliating mostly is what he does best -
You should try leaving, put yourself to the test.
...
You know you're making excuses for him.
What he did then was totally wrong,
If I were you, he'd be long gone!
Why's it that you can't let him go?
Sure, there's fear in being left alone -
It's one of the reasons why you moan!
I know all about how he got coerced,
It's a line you spin that's well rehearsed.
Isn't it time to take your head out the clouds,
Face up to the mirror and look at yourself.
Humiliating mostly is what he does best -
You should try leaving, put yourself to the test.
...
#sadness
#regret
#secrets
#betrayal
#shame
160 reads
8 Comments
Styxian
Poem Published
23rd Apr 2022 5:36pm
23rd Apr 2022 5:36pm
Omena
#regret
#bittersweet
124 reads
11 Comments
CortanaBlaze
Poem Published
18th Apr 2022 5:06pm
18th Apr 2022 5:06pm
Memories
Walking that road again figuratively and physically
It's cold but I can bear
I'd rather be walking here with you home safely
Then to be crawling back to there
I walk alone as it seems they had done a number this time
You're not here to hold me near
Walking down a broken road in faded jeans and a hoodie
With nothing but my own fear
Lights flash at me as I walk alone
and I turn around to see
It's you in that car flashing your lights to get my attention
I stop walking and you pull up next to me
You roll down the window and I glare at...
It's cold but I can bear
I'd rather be walking here with you home safely
Then to be crawling back to there
I walk alone as it seems they had done a number this time
You're not here to hold me near
Walking down a broken road in faded jeans and a hoodie
With nothing but my own fear
Lights flash at me as I walk alone
and I turn around to see
It's you in that car flashing your lights to get my attention
I stop walking and you pull up next to me
You roll down the window and I glare at...
#regret
#rejection
#breakup
#IMissYou
#bittersweet
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Kameron
Poem Published
13th Apr 2022 7:27am
13th Apr 2022 7:27am
pandemic diary pt 2
the day george died
i spilled a pot of boiling water down my body
(my dad says it's because I'm not careful)
my neighbor, old and retired
cancelled a gardening date with
her daughter to drive me
to the ER
they wouldn't let her in, they had me stand alone
in line for reception
my hands above my head, covered
in welts and boils
tears streaming down my face, collecting
on the edge of my mask
six feet apart
they locked the hospital down
and later i...
i spilled a pot of boiling water down my body
(my dad says it's because I'm not careful)
my neighbor, old and retired
cancelled a gardening date with
her daughter to drive me
to the ER
they wouldn't let her in, they had me stand alone
in line for reception
my hands above my head, covered
in welts and boils
tears streaming down my face, collecting
on the edge of my mask
six feet apart
they locked the hospital down
and later i...
#regret
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cloventongue89
Poem Published
3rd Apr 2022 9:13am
3rd Apr 2022 9:13am
Conscience Incarceration
Lost for my unhinged inebriation
Reliving the torment of what was said
Provoked by discontented instigation
As my words spewed out like hot lead
Gunfire tongues without a safe guard
We speak before our minds can catch the bullet's ricochet
As I die on the front-lines of my every word
When I'm culprit to my own accusation in every word I say
Everyone is a mirror to our own imperfection
When we take note of another's flaw
There are sides to me I go about ignoring
I wish it was something that you never saw
Face to face...
Reliving the torment of what was said
Provoked by discontented instigation
As my words spewed out like hot lead
Gunfire tongues without a safe guard
We speak before our minds can catch the bullet's ricochet
As I die on the front-lines of my every word
When I'm culprit to my own accusation in every word I say
Everyone is a mirror to our own imperfection
When we take note of another's flaw
There are sides to me I go about ignoring
I wish it was something that you never saw
Face to face...
#sadness
#anger
#regret
#LifeStruggles
#hurt
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