Poetry: Suffering 69 Articles

by C.D. Pomfret

The Pain Today.... It gets worse every time The new feeling that I found The agony within me That comes when your around I wish I knew what to do To keep these wolves at bay It's more then just my stomach Drivi...read more

by Kathleen Delicato

TRANSCENDING SUFFERING, SONNET#18 In suffering I have found my true self. It connects me with universal life. In poverty I have discovered wealth, Inner harmony can be gained from strife. A fire can function to bu...read more

by Kari W.

Broken Spirit a little girl lost, confused, and wondering why her world has turned into a whirl and her life completely awry she passes a mirror and has no reflection so scared and afraid she realized she has no ...read more

by Haley Wilson

The Thorn Bird (derived from the Australian legend) There is a legend about a bird In its life it sings only one song Its a song more precious then mortality But this melody doesn't last long For as this bird si...read more

by Ely Tinkler

If we all drew our lives, there would be many holes in our pictures. A moth made those holes. A moth is death and decay. A hole mean loss and suffering. Maybe holes are also disfunctional humans, imperfect...read more

by Liberation

All alone in this big world, Sadness, darkness, and misery, Every door I try to open is locked, When all I want to do is get my foot in. I will never be smart enough, pretty enough, or skinny enough, I will never have...read more

by Sonia Ordoyne

MY HEART WOULD STILL LOVE YOU Thoughts of you linger Mostly in the sleepless night. Then the yearning begins. I yearn for something you are not free to give- Your heart. These restless images no longer cause...read more

by Ed Ostrom

The pain is reflected on your face, The tears on your cheeks furrows trace, Now your heart is breaking and sad, Ripped apart feeling very bad, Tentacles of grief your heart entwine, Robbing you of joy and peace of min...read more

by Abraham Martin

Untitled Poem Bounded by surroundings I separate my brain, From the evils I encounter only bringing pain. Trained in dysfunction I lament the past. Hide my self-destruction to find something to last. I am the victim...read more

by Emma Keirs

The shining water captivates my mind. the depth is unknown, yet the contents obvious; stones, the roof of a house, my sister. wailing re-enters my conscious mind. cries, and screams, for all those who died. th...read more

by Laura-Claire Wales

LINGER Sometimes I just want to run away, To get away from this place Where I don't belong. I want to hide, crawl away, And never again show my face While the lies live on. To remember is to start to cry, To forg...read more

by Shannon Agresta

Time would be fatal if it were not standing still. Clouds would grow grayer if the sun had freewill. Tears would fall more often if heartbreak was less expected. Reality would become more real if not constantly dire...read more

by Mark Richard Luther

Street corner Preachers standing on soapboxes Preaching. Global Tenants learning from each other and Teaching. The homeless leaching. Shadows of another time Creeping. Hungry children are restlessly Sleeping. O...read more

by poeticpenguin

Hurt Looking through the hole in my heart and searching for my soul But all I see are the scarred and tattered edges of this hole Smoke fills up my eyes Will my life ever rise? Travelling through a mind of twisted e...read more

by Cheyanna Mason

And the hourglass is turned again Counting down to the end of my time You cant stop me my life is mine Once again I have failed this life Dont try to convince me theres a chance to shine I know better I know my place ...read more

by Christine Johnny

We appreciate the Love that you contributed, Through our sorrowful, heartrending times. But, Bereavement is a part of living, Death is a destined gift that God has given. The Gifts you shared were not big or small T...read more

by Catherine Pymm

Suffering, suffering is filling this world. Devious plans are slowly unfurled. People are crying, they're hungry all day Will all this suffering ever go away? Mothers are screaming, as babies wail. Fathers cry out a...read more

by Ramy Abdulazziz

Feed me with your eyes Softly the scream lives on With buzzards flying overhead Songbirds are waiting for your call Your kneeling in a gesture of love Giving blood to those who need waterread more

by Jason Hinds-King

I live my life in pain's ugly lair Physical agony, endless Mental Anguish. Just close my eyes Relentless, cruel and consuming A tear shed in memory A different life A man once complete An existence now wanting ...read more

by Dean Jolly

To come across an unearthly sight meant for no ones eye To some degree of human might The senses never lie Let no one look upon its end or see it as it goes To watch it as its soul ascends You'll suffer as IT throesread more