Poems about Vulnerability
#vulnerability
Poetry about being vulnerable, capable of being physically or emotionally wounded. Poems about our own vulnerability or that of others.
Vision_of_insanity
Poem Published
13th Sep 2024 9:59am
13th Sep 2024 9:59am
Hollow
Hey now where did you go?
Thought I was holding you?
All you are is air baby
Fall into my breath and chase away my fears only don't leave me so hollow
I sit back and look at this thing I've become
Am I really so twisted or are these the things you've filled me up with
But trusting what you say I truly am not worth a thing.
Thought I was holding you?
All you are is air baby
Fall into my breath and chase away my fears only don't leave me so hollow
I sit back and look at this thing I've become
Am I really so twisted or are these the things you've filled me up with
But trusting what you say I truly am not worth a thing.
#emptiness
#heartbroken
#rejection
#suffering
#vulnerability
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Sappho
Poem Published
13th Sep 2024 8:18am
13th Sep 2024 8:18am
Metamorphoses
The transformation from a
Walking to a wheeling person
Opened the gate to a
Dark night of the soul
How I missed dancing
Playing volleyball
Riding my bike and
Roaming the woods!
Shame swallowed me
Self-pity drowned me in tears
Self-hatred got the best of me
Failure threw me into an abyss
Looking into the mirror
I saw a weak disabled body
Craving desperately my attention
Merciless I turned away
When I was at my lowest
An angel in the shape of a man
Stepped into my life and...
Walking to a wheeling person
Opened the gate to a
Dark night of the soul
How I missed dancing
Playing volleyball
Riding my bike and
Roaming the woods!
Shame swallowed me
Self-pity drowned me in tears
Self-hatred got the best of me
Failure threw me into an abyss
Looking into the mirror
I saw a weak disabled body
Craving desperately my attention
Merciless I turned away
When I was at my lowest
An angel in the shape of a man
Stepped into my life and...
#disability
#illness
#vulnerability
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LostViking
Lost Viking
Lost Viking
Poem Published
12th Sep 2024 2:22pm
12th Sep 2024 2:22pm
This Night
Very deliberately, consciously,
She felt the strength of her thighs,
Muscles first trained in dance as a child.
Her knees bent easily with reverence,
As if in prayer, for as a child, she'd prayed often.
These were now the legs of a young woman,
Exerting themselves for the pleasure of another.
Gazing down, the fortunate man
Saw in her a disciplined balance,
First peracted as a child at play.
But the man standing in her room
Knew nothing of her past.
He knew only her present form.
He knew...
She felt the strength of her thighs,
Muscles first trained in dance as a child.
Her knees bent easily with reverence,
As if in prayer, for as a child, she'd prayed often.
These were now the legs of a young woman,
Exerting themselves for the pleasure of another.
Gazing down, the fortunate man
Saw in her a disciplined balance,
First peracted as a child at play.
But the man standing in her room
Knew nothing of her past.
He knew only her present form.
He knew...
#lust
#sex
#vulnerability
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moon_bather
Poem Published
12th Sep 2024 4:56am
12th Sep 2024 4:56am
(broken) City Streets
the wretched burnt-orange sun
beats down on my broken car
as she thumps mindlessly through potholes
with windows down
we gaze at clowns
and the derelicts
and the dirty tricks
as they crawl
across the pavement
the lively beauties walk
amongst jackasses and Gemini's
confused hooligans steal
from random pedestrians
to feed addictions
fulfilling a need
they mean you no harm, indeed
despite their transgressions
we're all devoured
by our own deceptions
beats down on my broken car
as she thumps mindlessly through potholes
with windows down
we gaze at clowns
and the derelicts
and the dirty tricks
as they crawl
across the pavement
the lively beauties walk
amongst jackasses and Gemini's
confused hooligans steal
from random pedestrians
to feed addictions
fulfilling a need
they mean you no harm, indeed
despite their transgressions
we're all devoured
by our own deceptions
#city
#ignorance
#LifeStruggles
#oppression
#vulnerability
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crimsin
Unveiling
Unveiling
Poem Published
11th Sep 2024 3:50pm
11th Sep 2024 3:50pm
inappropriate behavior
acute, spin the feeling
a metaphor bleeding, without ceasing
internal strife appears as a dragon
impossible he's wild and can't be tamed
it is your very own spirit
tugging on the chains that bind you
the societal norm is very strange to me
why cancel culture
it's one of the most beautiful aspects of us
sharing of culture makes more sense
then there is no place to express our anger
if you get angry you're crazy
that is inappropriate behavior
and don't buy that red car you wanted
let's all drive white ones
...
a metaphor bleeding, without ceasing
internal strife appears as a dragon
impossible he's wild and can't be tamed
it is your very own spirit
tugging on the chains that bind you
the societal norm is very strange to me
why cancel culture
it's one of the most beautiful aspects of us
sharing of culture makes more sense
then there is no place to express our anger
if you get angry you're crazy
that is inappropriate behavior
and don't buy that red car you wanted
let's all drive white ones
...
#LifeStruggles
#vulnerability
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SonderNinja
BenjaminEC
BenjaminEC
Poem Published
10th Sep 2024 10:38pm
10th Sep 2024 10:38pm
The Least Among Us
(or "Chicken-of-the-Sea")
Intrepid wattle,
caught in the roil
of a reckoning watch
a ragamuffin remnant
of chaotic creation
a tatterdemalion shamble
through fluid
subconscious
a spring chicken
marching with
his death wish
-list
down to the shore
for boiling
beyond
our earthly shine
a serf on the surf
from a trusted turf
to crash & spray
ichor,
brine:
a hook for a look
is long in...
Intrepid wattle,
caught in the roil
of a reckoning watch
a ragamuffin remnant
of chaotic creation
a tatterdemalion shamble
through fluid
subconscious
a spring chicken
marching with
his death wish
-list
down to the shore
for boiling
beyond
our earthly shine
a serf on the surf
from a trusted turf
to crash & spray
ichor,
brine:
a hook for a look
is long in...
#environment
#vulnerability
#FreeVerse
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u53l355
Poem Published
6th Sep 2024 6:03pm
6th Sep 2024 6:03pm
Senseless senses
Take away my eyes ;
There's no light inside of me.
Take away my hearing ;
My ear drums no longer resonate
Pluck each nerve from my body;
I thrive to feel something,
Please
Anything
other than me.
I've become so bitter as the years slowly catch up to the physical pain my body has endured over the years .
That God damn pain
The God damn years
The fucking art
This fucking lonliness
Atleast I am feeling something , even if it is regret and self pity .
-The Real Grifta
...
There's no light inside of me.
Take away my hearing ;
My ear drums no longer resonate
Pluck each nerve from my body;
I thrive to feel something,
Please
Anything
other than me.
I've become so bitter as the years slowly catch up to the physical pain my body has endured over the years .
That God damn pain
The God damn years
The fucking art
This fucking lonliness
Atleast I am feeling something , even if it is regret and self pity .
-The Real Grifta
...
#apathy
#depression
#emptiness
#LifeChangingMoment
#vulnerability
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missjem56
Poem Published
4th Sep 2024 4:59pm
4th Sep 2024 4:59pm
The Albino-ish Cat
Through the dark wood
Stood a dark house
And within this dark house
Lived a dark mouse
Who
At this precise moment in time
Was caught within the jaws
Of a dark cat
Called Ebony
Ebony wasn't hungry
So was merely toying with the dark mouse
Within the dark house
The dark mouse
Aware of the dark fate
Awaiting it
Squeaked loudly
Ebony the cat
Momentarily distracted
Opened it's jaws in surprise
The dark mouse
Sensing its opportunity to escape
Ran out of the jaws of the dark cat
Straight into...
Stood a dark house
And within this dark house
Lived a dark mouse
Who
At this precise moment in time
Was caught within the jaws
Of a dark cat
Called Ebony
Ebony wasn't hungry
So was merely toying with the dark mouse
Within the dark house
The dark mouse
Aware of the dark fate
Awaiting it
Squeaked loudly
Ebony the cat
Momentarily distracted
Opened it's jaws in surprise
The dark mouse
Sensing its opportunity to escape
Ran out of the jaws of the dark cat
Straight into...
#cats
#fate
#vulnerability
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Lilliputian
Poem Published
2nd Sep 2024 6:28pm
2nd Sep 2024 6:28pm
My Diospyros Lotus
Round, lilliputian Diospyros Lotus, bell-shaped
Veiled in scales, a feeble shield
Yearns for its gardeners’ tender care
Nurture it, to grow, fully fledged
The not so divine fruit clings to life’s agony
Roots entrenched in the soil of chaos
Its fragile stem, xylem strained
Carries arid minerals to the leaf bud
I weep for its struggle to survive
Hoping my pearls might help it thrive
Yet all it does is worsen its plight
As it gazes at me with pity
Perhaps I've stifled it,...
Veiled in scales, a feeble shield
Yearns for its gardeners’ tender care
Nurture it, to grow, fully fledged
The not so divine fruit clings to life’s agony
Roots entrenched in the soil of chaos
Its fragile stem, xylem strained
Carries arid minerals to the leaf bud
I weep for its struggle to survive
Hoping my pearls might help it thrive
Yet all it does is worsen its plight
As it gazes at me with pity
Perhaps I've stifled it,...
#flowers
#grief
#hurt #vulnerability
#hurt #vulnerability
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crimsin
Unveiling
Unveiling
Poem Published
31st Aug 2024 5:32pm
31st Aug 2024 5:32pm
grievous
you hurt my heart by saying nothing
you act cold and distant
how you turn it on and off
I burn hot
until you leave me hanging
then I withdraw
hiding my tears
you aren't worthy of my pain
but I love you and I know when I pull away
part of my soul goes with you
waiting on the bluebird of happiness
I saw that once all the crazies
were waiting for that damn bluebird
it could be a good omen
but I don't believe that
I was made to torture
I'm good to people
and they act like I don't exist ...
you act cold and distant
how you turn it on and off
I burn hot
until you leave me hanging
then I withdraw
hiding my tears
you aren't worthy of my pain
but I love you and I know when I pull away
part of my soul goes with you
waiting on the bluebird of happiness
I saw that once all the crazies
were waiting for that damn bluebird
it could be a good omen
but I don't believe that
I was made to torture
I'm good to people
and they act like I don't exist ...
#MentalHealth
#vulnerability
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dartford
Paul S...
Paul S...
Poem Published
30th Aug 2024 00:06am
30th Aug 2024 00:06am
a simple puppet
look, I live on a hill
sometimes I can walk up it
but sometimes I can’t
help falling down
sometimes I can walk up it
but sometimes I can’t
help falling down
#MentalHealth
#nightmares
#vulnerability
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Vision_of_insanity
Poem Published
29th Aug 2024 10:20am
29th Aug 2024 10:20am
Deep waters of broken hearts
I sail the ocean with pride
You can't hide your heart
You shouldn't deny your love
You can't hide your heart
You shouldn't deny your love
#love
#sea
#senryu
#shadows
#vulnerability
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