Sad Poems
#sadness
Poems about sadness and sorrow encompass a range of subjects including depression, grief, heartbreak and suffering. Sad poems tell painful stories and offer a window into the soul of someone who is struggling in life or feeling alone.
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#dark
#depression
#despair
#grief
#heartbroken
#hurt
#LifeStruggles
#loneliness
#suffering
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Nvmb
Poem Published
Today 1:13am
Today 1:13am
Ritual Memory
I wake in a place that does not know my name,
where the air is thick with lost prayers,
and the sky hums with voices I cannot place.
Somewhere, a flame flickers—
a beacon, or a warning.
I step forward, bare feet on cold stone,
but the earth does not answer.
Was I always meant to be a ghost?
A relic in a temple no one worships?
They dressed me in gold once,
offered their hands, their hymns—
but now, only silence kneels before me.
I press my palm to the altar,
its surface smooth, untouched by time.
A name...
where the air is thick with lost prayers,
and the sky hums with voices I cannot place.
Somewhere, a flame flickers—
a beacon, or a warning.
I step forward, bare feet on cold stone,
but the earth does not answer.
Was I always meant to be a ghost?
A relic in a temple no one worships?
They dressed me in gold once,
offered their hands, their hymns—
but now, only silence kneels before me.
I press my palm to the altar,
its surface smooth, untouched by time.
A name...
#FeelingLost
#grief
#sadness
#suffering
#suicide
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Glaxian
Poem Published
Today 00:02am
Today 00:02am
You don't know me
You do not know my I
am the more and less Dark
stalks my futureness Mother
was angelic charm Father
blends in to be lost Dishonesty
promotes losers chaos Birds
move the sky over heads Khaos
mother of Nyx and Hemera Life
is measured in breaths
not days.
Why to infinity, then why?
Brotherhood of hope
and foolishness Wealth
is imagining handfuls of air Meaning
is always found in desire I
need to be held and seen Terror
stalks the night season Joy
like the sunset fills the sky Kindness ...
am the more and less Dark
stalks my futureness Mother
was angelic charm Father
blends in to be lost Dishonesty
promotes losers chaos Birds
move the sky over heads Khaos
mother of Nyx and Hemera Life
is measured in breaths
not days.
Why to infinity, then why?
Brotherhood of hope
and foolishness Wealth
is imagining handfuls of air Meaning
is always found in desire I
need to be held and seen Terror
stalks the night season Joy
like the sunset fills the sky Kindness ...
#anxiety
#emptiness
#hope
#kindness
#sadness
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COOPCAT
Poem Published
Yesterday 5:17pm
Yesterday 5:17pm
SHADOWS OF THE RAIN
I SLIPPED INTO THE DARKNESS
THERE WERE NO VOICES THERE
BEFORE MY EYES WERE PLUCKED
I SAW YOU WERE NOT THERE
ONLY THE SHADOWS OF THE RAIN
ONLY THE SHADOWS OF MY PAIN
I, WHO KNEW THE MYSTERIES OF FLESH
SPLIT APART WITH FEAR
YOU, WHO IS MY LOVE
DID NOT CALL ME NEAR
TO LISTEN TO THE OCEAN ON YOUR SHORE
TO WEAR YOUR SKIN AGAIN ONCE MORE
THERE WERE NO VOICES THERE
BEFORE MY EYES WERE PLUCKED
I SAW YOU WERE NOT THERE
ONLY THE SHADOWS OF THE RAIN
ONLY THE SHADOWS OF MY PAIN
I, WHO KNEW THE MYSTERIES OF FLESH
SPLIT APART WITH FEAR
YOU, WHO IS MY LOVE
DID NOT CALL ME NEAR
TO LISTEN TO THE OCEAN ON YOUR SHORE
TO WEAR YOUR SKIN AGAIN ONCE MORE
#sadness
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Mundus
Poem Published
Yesterday 9:37am
Yesterday 9:37am
Hand In A Glove
This is the edge of solitude,
the latitude at which
birds cease to sing
& life crowns death as king.
No moon, only the stars
recognize your scars:
they point the way
to where all lives lay.
As the only witness
to this twilit stillness,
you cry absinthe tears
for absent friends
& forgotten years.
A descending melody
your ears can't avoid
escorts you to the void:
there, silence rains
from heaven above.
You'll disappear
like a hand in a glove.
the latitude at which
birds cease to sing
& life crowns death as king.
No moon, only the stars
recognize your scars:
they point the way
to where all lives lay.
As the only witness
to this twilit stillness,
you cry absinthe tears
for absent friends
& forgotten years.
A descending melody
your ears can't avoid
escorts you to the void:
there, silence rains
from heaven above.
You'll disappear
like a hand in a glove.
#bittersweet
#loneliness
#sadness
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Nvmb
Poem Published
7th Feb 2025 4:38pm
7th Feb 2025 4:38pm
Let Me In...
I see you there,
A fortress carved of shadow and silence,
Every stone a scar,
Every wall a memory of someone who taught you
That love was a weapon
And trust was a wound waiting to happen.
But I am not them.
I am not the echoes that haunt your halls,
Not the ghosts that call your name with empty promises.
I am here, flesh and blood,
And I will stand in the storm of your defenses
Until you let me through.
Let me in.
Not to take from you,
Not to demand your strength,
Not to claim your broken pieces as my own. ...
A fortress carved of shadow and silence,
Every stone a scar,
Every wall a memory of someone who taught you
That love was a weapon
And trust was a wound waiting to happen.
But I am not them.
I am not the echoes that haunt your halls,
Not the ghosts that call your name with empty promises.
I am here, flesh and blood,
And I will stand in the storm of your defenses
Until you let me through.
Let me in.
Not to take from you,
Not to demand your strength,
Not to claim your broken pieces as my own. ...
#bittersweet
#emptiness
#fear
#loneliness
#sadness
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NoQuarter
Poem Published
7th Feb 2025 10:43am
7th Feb 2025 10:43am
I Don't Miss You
Its been long enough
that I dont miss you anymore
that's what I tell myself anyway
I do what I want now
but it feels selfish
like I'm leaving you out
like I'm supposed to ask if you'd like to join me somehow
it feels like I've shed a skin I didn't really
want to be rid of
I catch myself looking for your input on my silent
conversations
your reassurance
but it isn't there
you aren't there
I try to pretend you never existed
but you are written in everything
accumulated over...
that I dont miss you anymore
that's what I tell myself anyway
I do what I want now
but it feels selfish
like I'm leaving you out
like I'm supposed to ask if you'd like to join me somehow
it feels like I've shed a skin I didn't really
want to be rid of
I catch myself looking for your input on my silent
conversations
your reassurance
but it isn't there
you aren't there
I try to pretend you never existed
but you are written in everything
accumulated over...
#relationships
#sadness
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Nvmb
Poem Published
7th Feb 2025 5:23am
7th Feb 2025 5:23am
Vestige
I trace the place where you used to rest,
fingertips ghosting over absence,
over the quiet unraveling of us.
The walls still hum with your breath,
low and distant, like a song I can’t forget.
I close my eyes,
but the melody lingers.
You were the storm I stood in willingly,
arms outstretched, waiting to drown.
And now, only echoes remain—
a silhouette in the doorway,
a whisper in the dust.
I tell myself I am free of you,
but even in my solitude,
I still speak your name.
fingertips ghosting over absence,
over the quiet unraveling of us.
The walls still hum with your breath,
low and distant, like a song I can’t forget.
I close my eyes,
but the melody lingers.
You were the storm I stood in willingly,
arms outstretched, waiting to drown.
And now, only echoes remain—
a silhouette in the doorway,
a whisper in the dust.
I tell myself I am free of you,
but even in my solitude,
I still speak your name.
#abuse
#addiction
#nightmares
#sadness
#SelfHarm
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Ryan-G-Hayward
Poem Published
7th Feb 2025 4:58am
7th Feb 2025 4:58am
Sadness
Sadness is like a 3 day Balloon
Dispersed of its hissing air,
Solitary cards in a saloon
No sitting of two of a pair
Is Loneliness a biblical curse?
Haunting of a stranger in a manor?
Blown bubbles float & bursts
Once exhaled happy demeanor.
Dispersed of its hissing air,
Solitary cards in a saloon
No sitting of two of a pair
Is Loneliness a biblical curse?
Haunting of a stranger in a manor?
Blown bubbles float & bursts
Once exhaled happy demeanor.
#dark
#despair
#sadness #suffering
#sadness #suffering
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NoQuarter
Poem Published
7th Feb 2025 3:50am
7th Feb 2025 3:50am
Silence That Devours
i knock but the door does not open
i speak my name into the dark
but even the echoes refuse to answer
the walls should hold memories
but they are empty
hollow bones of a place that never wanted me
the mirror stands waiting
but i am not in it
i press my hand to the glass
expecting warmth
but it is only cold only blank
only a reflection of nothing
somewhere a door swings open to nothing
somewhere my shadow walks without me
i thought if i waited long enough
the silence would break
that...
i speak my name into the dark
but even the echoes refuse to answer
the walls should hold memories
but they are empty
hollow bones of a place that never wanted me
the mirror stands waiting
but i am not in it
i press my hand to the glass
expecting warmth
but it is only cold only blank
only a reflection of nothing
somewhere a door swings open to nothing
somewhere my shadow walks without me
i thought if i waited long enough
the silence would break
that...
#disappointment
#loneliness
#sadness
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crimsin
Unveiling
Unveiling
Poem Published
7th Feb 2025 3:20am
7th Feb 2025 3:20am
inconsolable
sadness comes and there is nothing I can do
it swallows me and I am lost in its melancholy
my soul sinks and my thoughts weep
the pain is unbearable
the heaviness of being desolate
unable to focus my energies
with a listless affect, I take inventory
what's wrong inside me?
my weight is always a problem
I weight a little too much
and sugar would make me feel better, for a moment
I'm struggling with a since of loss
thojugh I have lost nothing
fears mount and I dread everything
the sky is grey and I feel...
it swallows me and I am lost in its melancholy
my soul sinks and my thoughts weep
the pain is unbearable
the heaviness of being desolate
unable to focus my energies
with a listless affect, I take inventory
what's wrong inside me?
my weight is always a problem
I weight a little too much
and sugar would make me feel better, for a moment
I'm struggling with a since of loss
thojugh I have lost nothing
fears mount and I dread everything
the sky is grey and I feel...
#love
#sadness
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poet5678
CHUCKLES 123
CHUCKLES 123
Poem Published
7th Feb 2025 1:38am
7th Feb 2025 1:38am
Cómo Foi?
Cómo Foi?
This beautiful sunny day
During the Summer
It was a very hot day
For us
That made us
Sweat like pigs
Nonstop
The only way to get
Relief from this hot day
Is to go to the beach
Where it is cooler
We will have to swim
For a few minutes
Then when we come out
We will feel relieved
Cómo Foi?
I was the only one
Who had taken a look
At the blue sky
With white clouds
Also, I didn't see any sign
Of rain in the sky
Now this day was coming to
An end
We saw the sun going...
This beautiful sunny day
During the Summer
It was a very hot day
For us
That made us
Sweat like pigs
Nonstop
The only way to get
Relief from this hot day
Is to go to the beach
Where it is cooler
We will have to swim
For a few minutes
Then when we come out
We will feel relieved
Cómo Foi?
I was the only one
Who had taken a look
At the blue sky
With white clouds
Also, I didn't see any sign
Of rain in the sky
Now this day was coming to
An end
We saw the sun going...
#anger
#disappointment
#jealousy
#regret
#sadness
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Styxian
Poem Published
6th Feb 2025 2:17am
6th Feb 2025 2:17am
Watching The Fire
Getting it started was so easy
with a will of its own
(the way of nature and things)
We brought the kindling
and thus, we had fire
Keeping it going was no problem
So energetic, we sweated
yet tirelessly fed its hunger
Feeding the flames its constant needs
Because of what it gave us;
Making love in the still of night
and watching the fire
in the reflection of our crystal eyes
~
For all of our toils
we now had a house
to protect our fire
from its very mother ...
with a will of its own
(the way of nature and things)
We brought the kindling
and thus, we had fire
Keeping it going was no problem
So energetic, we sweated
yet tirelessly fed its hunger
Feeding the flames its constant needs
Because of what it gave us;
Making love in the still of night
and watching the fire
in the reflection of our crystal eyes
~
For all of our toils
we now had a house
to protect our fire
from its very mother ...
#despair
#sadness
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