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.
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Search and Rescue
Finding my fight again
Withdrawals from prone relapse
Is this more than an act or am I just killing time with words
Fleeting temptations flock in the murder of these crows
Resistance is not futile if we can outlast the birds
As thoughts fly by unnoticed
For all the things that no one knows
Harbor to these lies that size us up
Can our hearts break the mold of the cut we’ve been shoved into
Like a diamond lost for worth waiting to be excavated
Taking shape into something new
Jewelers authentication
Like gold refined by the...
Withdrawals from prone relapse
Is this more than an act or am I just killing time with words
Fleeting temptations flock in the murder of these crows
Resistance is not futile if we can outlast the birds
As thoughts fly by unnoticed
For all the things that no one knows
Harbor to these lies that size us up
Can our hearts break the mold of the cut we’ve been shoved into
Like a diamond lost for worth waiting to be excavated
Taking shape into something new
Jewelers authentication
Like gold refined by the...
#regret
#lust
#hope
#Christian
#addiction
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Corporate Shenanigans
It’s an upsetting thing looking back it now
I thought I was just doing my job
But those of us who worked in subprime lending
We were part of that predatory mob
I had access to so many files
But I was just a paper pusher in those days
Get it from one reviewer and then out to another
I never really questioned every bonus or raise
It was a like a freight train on speed
Eventually the steam for the company ran out
And there I was, jobless for a while
Unsure of how all of that came about
Later on as the entire world went...
I thought I was just doing my job
But those of us who worked in subprime lending
We were part of that predatory mob
I had access to so many files
But I was just a paper pusher in those days
Get it from one reviewer and then out to another
I never really questioned every bonus or raise
It was a like a freight train on speed
Eventually the steam for the company ran out
And there I was, jobless for a while
Unsure of how all of that came about
Later on as the entire world went...
#regret
#ImSorry
#humankind #job
#humankind #job
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Waste
I fell in
Again
Halfway down
A bottle of bliss
Wasted the day
And now I’m pissed
And all I hear
Inside my ear
Is the reprimand
For my error
And then I see
It so clear
Facing me
In the mirror
Again
Halfway down
A bottle of bliss
Wasted the day
And now I’m pissed
And all I hear
Inside my ear
Is the reprimand
For my error
And then I see
It so clear
Facing me
In the mirror
#depression
#regret
#alcohol #disappointment
#alcohol #disappointment
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It Was Only An Eye Exam
I know what happened that day
I remember the events so clearly
Twenty three year old memories do not decay
When they scar you so severely
I went in for a routine eye exam
The optometrist seemed like a nice old man
But sacrificially I was his lamb
As he unleashed his master plan
First he used the ophthalmoscope
2 look deeply in my eyes
But what happened next I have to cope
For the remainder of my life
He then removed the equipment
And approached as close as he could get
Determined by his professional...
I remember the events so clearly
Twenty three year old memories do not decay
When they scar you so severely
I went in for a routine eye exam
The optometrist seemed like a nice old man
But sacrificially I was his lamb
As he unleashed his master plan
First he used the ophthalmoscope
2 look deeply in my eyes
But what happened next I have to cope
For the remainder of my life
He then removed the equipment
And approached as close as he could get
Determined by his professional...
#regret
#shame
#confusion
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6 lines
But we poets, bad and good, we poets,
we must wield the light, the heart, the cry
and the rifle, in this unjust and bloody war.
The people's soul, full of fears and wounds,
breaks the compact darkness of the earth,
they fight and suffering turns into strength.
we must wield the light, the heart, the cry
and the rifle, in this unjust and bloody war.
The people's soul, full of fears and wounds,
breaks the compact darkness of the earth,
they fight and suffering turns into strength.
#sadness
#regret
#war
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Most Wanted
Caught in cycles
I spin
Progress short sighted
The blindness of my sin
Putting it all into straightforward terms
Priorities reformed
As to salvage what is left or watch the world burn
Another day, another night, another storm
Waiting on the horizon to dawn
Lights are but shadows of what’s to come
Going backwards in my will to move on
Most wanted
I am the criminal and the captive
Ransom of the will to be set free
Prisoner warden
Locked up inside my heart, a cell isolated, I suffer the reality of me
...
I spin
Progress short sighted
The blindness of my sin
Putting it all into straightforward terms
Priorities reformed
As to salvage what is left or watch the world burn
Another day, another night, another storm
Waiting on the horizon to dawn
Lights are but shadows of what’s to come
Going backwards in my will to move on
Most wanted
I am the criminal and the captive
Ransom of the will to be set free
Prisoner warden
Locked up inside my heart, a cell isolated, I suffer the reality of me
...
#sadness
#regret
#forgiveness
#redemption
#disappointment
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young and fearless
i was once
young
and fearless,
i did
things
to my
satisfaction,
too careless
to be
beat down,
but now
so many
years
have passed,
my youth
long gone,
and i
take
my time,
i'm
a little
more cautious
these days.
young
and fearless,
i did
things
to my
satisfaction,
too careless
to be
beat down,
but now
so many
years
have passed,
my youth
long gone,
and i
take
my time,
i'm
a little
more cautious
these days.
#regret
#childhood
#frustration
#aging
#denial
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2003 .
She knows her heart beats to keep her alive. It also beats her up sometimes with its co defendant her mind. Both standing in the dock tethered to her and able to cause disorderly conduct without a mark on the outside. It can be a toxic combination when she fails to believe in herself and all her dreams and just lets everything slide back and not one iota of thought of what she could be . It’s a destructive behaviour pattern and breaks more than it mends. The broken pieces just multiply and sharpen its claws.
Her heart and mind are the mischievous sort and will cause a right song...
Her heart and mind are the mischievous sort and will cause a right song...
#sadness
#regret
#rejection
#frustration
#despair
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Abandoned
I was there when no one cared
And in turn you left for “better”
I tried to keep my emotions in check
I tried to understand you better
But in the end you left me like im Arthur.
And in turn you left for “better”
I tried to keep my emotions in check
I tried to understand you better
But in the end you left me like im Arthur.
#regret
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Alarm
Waking up to last night’s
mistakes
mistakes
#regret
#shame
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Remains
Don't come to me with promises of eternal love,
not even with looks that promise hell.
I already know this road, this path
where every step is a thorn.
Don't enchant me with soft words
nor promises of new dances.
I already know that at the end of the song,
all that remains is loneliness.
Don't talk to me about burning passion
and not from a heart that lies.
I've seen this movie, I already know the ending,
where love is just a gale.
Don't promise me the brightness of the stars
and don't fill me with beautiful...
not even with looks that promise hell.
I already know this road, this path
where every step is a thorn.
Don't enchant me with soft words
nor promises of new dances.
I already know that at the end of the song,
all that remains is loneliness.
Don't talk to me about burning passion
and not from a heart that lies.
I've seen this movie, I already know the ending,
where love is just a gale.
Don't promise me the brightness of the stars
and don't fill me with beautiful...
#sadness
#regret
#rejection
#despair
#passion
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Zero.
A little too broken,
And you wouldn't show him,
I didn't know then.
Kathrine, I'm sorry cuz It was appalling for you.
And I tried to save you but Sometimes my "love" makes them lose.
Please if you hear me,
Forgive and repair me,
Because I'm bleeding for you
You were so weak then.
You were so weak when
I knew your weakness.
Never knew someone could,
Look so dead.
Nothing, no thoughts in,
In your head,
Your like a wildflower, I got the hellfire
He chose to ruin her. ...
And you wouldn't show him,
I didn't know then.
Kathrine, I'm sorry cuz It was appalling for you.
And I tried to save you but Sometimes my "love" makes them lose.
Please if you hear me,
Forgive and repair me,
Because I'm bleeding for you
You were so weak then.
You were so weak when
I knew your weakness.
Never knew someone could,
Look so dead.
Nothing, no thoughts in,
In your head,
Your like a wildflower, I got the hellfire
He chose to ruin her. ...
#regret
#heartbroken
#breakup
#death
#manipulation
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