Can Anybody Hear Me?
Poem About The Hurt Of Being Isolated And Alone
I want someone to hold me,
But I'm the only one here.
I want someone to listen to me,
But I'm the only ear.
Poems That Grip The Heart
Published: October 15, 2020
14 Relatable Poems That Will Make You Feel Understood
Many people feel alone in hard times, and these poems will grip your heart and make you feel like someone has heard your cries.
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Featured Shared Story
I've been the same way, but you are never alone. God is there for you, Your friends and family care, even if they don't know the best way to show it. People are there to help you; you just...
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The True Meaning Of Life
What's Important In LifeThe Years have passed by,
In the blink of an eye,
Moments of sadness,
And joy have flown by.Featured Shared StoryI couldn't have said it any better than Patricia Fleming. This is exactly how I feel. I've gone that route where I would buy things in the hope that I would feel better, however, it never...
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Nobody Knows
The Pain Of Leaving Someone You LoveNobody knows it's empty,
The smile that I wear.
The real one is left behind in the past
Because I left you there...Featured Shared StoryMy girls left me for their dad and his wife. They felt they had to or they’d lose him. Kids are resilient? They just push it all down. It still wounds them. Who would think it would only...
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My Everything
How Much I Love YouYou're my love, my life,
The air that I breathe.
You're my soul, my happiness,
The all that I need.Featured Shared StoryThis resonated for me as my wife is in a nursing home and I cannot visit her. I am 76 and have to stay isolated; we have been married for 55 years and have known this kind of love and so miss...
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Demons Of Darkness
Poem About Demons InsideShe stood on the bridge
In silence and fear,
For the demons of darkness
Had driven her here.Featured Shared StoryAmazing poem. So sad but also raw. It makes me wonder if you're okay now. Very relatable to me and I'm sure many others. The demon analogy was perfect. I'm looking forward to reading more of...
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Wretched Monster
Self-Hate And Suicidal ThoughtsWhat should I say, how should I feel?
Wretched Monster, tell me what's real.
Can you not see you're causing problems?
No matter what you do, you can't solve them. -
We Wear The Mask
We wear the mask that grins and lies,
It hides our cheeks and shades our eyes,—
This debt we pay to human guile;
With torn and bleeding hearts we smile,Featured Shared StoryA wonderful poem Paul Laurence Dunbar wrote many years ago, after slavery was abolished.
How it must have hurt to know his parents had been slaves...
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The Boxes In The Hall
Goodbye After Divorce PoemIn every room of our time together there is a box
Of memories we shared.
Now is the time to pack away
With sadness and with care.Featured Shared StoryI know that this poem is intended for divorce but when my father died my Mum wanted a poem that summed up her feelings. They had been separated for 25 years but they stayed married. Still...
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False Identity
Poem About Creating A False Identity To Cover Up HurtSometimes
I wish that you could see
This scared girl inside of me.
I'm not really as I seem.Featured Shared StoryWhen I first came into public school, I realized how cruel the world could be. This mask I've created is suffocating me! I can't breathe and the false life that I've created is holding me...
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And The World Carries On
in Short Poems
The plates will still shift
and the clouds will still spew.
The sun will slowly rise
and the moon will follow too.
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