Sad poems

Sad poems — a collection of the best works on Poemship.

SadLucie Tambora

Statues

All statues are born the same -needle-thin, flawless and without shame, Photogenic and cute, with a smile For the few moments while they haven't a frame. Everyone likes sparkling things, Yet only the beasts offer the rings Once clock strikes noon and the chances fade, Most of the butterflies lose their vivid wings. Years pass, all's covered in sand, Life gets rusty, depressing rebrand, Nothing, nowhere and no time to hide, One never receives a single helping hand. All statues are lost the same -crumbling and without their own name. Devastated by being let down, They freeze, losing the metaphorical game.
SadLucie Tambora

List of pillars

Something important has ended right now, Entities switched onto another row, I feel clueless and I want to know how, For all the temple's pillars have fallen, Everything is crestfallen, I'm drowning in ink While everyone else says it's pollen; A bird cage blurred into a flower field, Vibrant colors used as an optimistic shield In the middle of a violent battlefield -sophisticated yet short honest words Instead of iron double-handed swords, Misunderstanding's lethal, Those who seek always chirp like birds That can turn into mythical creatures With surprisingly human-like features
SadLucie Tambora

My passive ghosts

I have given my soul to a passive ghost, Now I'm sentenced to stand under a lamppost, Searching for light while hiding it myself, That is what makes my days wistful the most. I try to regain consciousness of my mind, So I find another entity to bind To my seemingly lonely persona. I still hang onto everything I find. I act as if I received a stash of hearts, For I broke mine into identical parts To give to all those riveting people, Whom I consider my own counterparts. Now only a collapsed spirit, a lost soul, I have only myself to blame that they stole All of me, for when I gave it to them, I knew I'd never again become whole.
SadLenaTerhaar

The Knot

I try to open the knot, but my view blends together. Just like my thoughts, Yes, very much like my thoughts. The knot represents my mind, unsuccessfully trying to open up. I should leave my past behind, Yes, just like you left me behind.
SadLenaTerhaar

Night

Numb feeling In my bed alone Going crazy again Haunted by memories Trying my best to stay alive
SadLenaTerhaar

Better Off Without Me

You have to act. You act all day at home, so why not here? It's better when you isolate yourself completely from them. It will break you and it will tear you apart. She is better off without you. She won't even notice. She will get so much better with her best friend. They know each other for so long. So they can definitely move on without you. You will fall apart. You will die every day a little bit more. But that's okay. I can act. I act all day at home, so why not here?
SadLenaTerhaar

Misunderstood

I don't know how to be anything other than intense. I don't know how to experience without feeling and thinking too much. I don't know how to sit still and quiet my mind and just be. I am always searching, always questioning and struggling to find the meaning in everything. I am passionate and I am deep. And that's why I am so often so misunderstood.
SadLenaTerhaar

Headache

Today I woke up, followed by a headache. One hand around a teacup, the other felt my heart break. It's not a migraine, I'm just followed by my thoughts. I try my best to sustain, my twisted mind until it rots.
SadLenaTerhaar

Master of disguise

The teardrops run down, and fall off her nose. She cries in dark corners, where nobody goes. You can follow the tracks, from her eyes to her chin. Years upon years, and letting them win. Her eyes tell a story, of anger and pain. You think that she's happy, well just look again. The scars of her past, hidden under her clothes. They are a roadmap to places, that nobody knows.
Sadlemonpastilles

i don't want you back

you died, I was 9 and I cried tears bleached my eyes and then I forgot you, I missed you, but I forgot you I needed you, but I forgot you the hand of a fatherly figure will haunt me forever and although you hurt her I'll love you forever I'll be looking for you wherever I'll be wanting the warmth of your body back and it kills me the fact
Sadlemonpastilles

the search

I've been searching far and wide in the forest, in the darkest of nights why, they told me to follow the light that is supposed to shine through my eyes I've not found a single soul in the wilderness of this world they told me I look like a wolf in the woods out of the pack I was pushed what they don't see, is that I'm blind what they don't see, is that I might've given up or so I thought
Sadlemonpastilles

safety box

i once felt safe and comfortable in a box, but the digits i forgot and so out i am locked

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