Regret Poems

Poems About Regret, Remorse and Sorrow

Regret can make us feel an unrelenting bitterness like no other emotion. While regret can help us to avoid repeating a mistake, if left uncontrolled it can wreak havoc on a person. Hours, days, or weeks spent feeling regret for a past mistake is usually counterproductive. It can impede us from moving on with our life and letting go of the past. So how can someone dealing with regret cope? Many find that reading and writing poems that deal with their feelings allows them to let go once and for all.

Poems about Letting Go Of Past Mistakes

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Words Unsaid
- By Melanie Dawn Batac
- Published: August 2014
Poem Regretting Lost Love

Regretting the moments I took for granted,
Moments when I was eaten by pride and hatred.
What if I had told you what I feel?
Would it change my life's wheel?

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I can relate. I also loved a man for a long time but even until now, he doesn't know. Maybe I was also scared of rejection but it is all in the past now. I can feel the emotions of the...

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"It Might Have Been"
- By Ella Wheeler Wilcox
We will be what we could be. Do not say,
"It might have been, had not or that, or this."
No fate can keep us from the chosen way;
He only might who is.

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If I Could Go Back
- By Shianne
- Published: January 2017
For every time that I broke down
There was a fake smile to cover the frown
I hid behind lies when things got tough
Forced myself to think it was enough

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My Now Angel
- By Gemma Allen
- Published: April 2015
Regret About Friend's Suicide

These words don't come easy,
but they are things that I must say.
See, I don't think I ever told you
that I wished you would stay...

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Death, My Loyal Friend
- By Emilee C. Wells
- Published: February 2016
Missing Out On Life While Waiting

When I was born, I was dying for warmth,
And as I grew, I was dying again.
Dying for affection, for love.
I was dying simply for a friend.

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I like how this poem perfectly depicts how life is and how everyone is constantly wanting more and never truly happy with what they have. Social media has taken over the life of many and no...

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Regrets In Growing Old
- By Pat A. Fleming
- Published: July 2018
The hardest part of getting old,
Is dealing with regrets,
Accepting there's no going back.
One chance is all I get.

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I'm alone too, and it's mostly my own fault. I hate it, but it's trust. Grasping for youth at 54 is not how it should be.

Secrets
- By Nicole
- Published: June 2008
Regretting Cheating

do your secrets rip and roar?
do they tear at you with open claws?
do your secrets dig down deep?
do the make you want to speak?

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I Still Love You, You're My Big Brother
- By Jade
- Published: December 2007
Reckless Driving Poem

You were always a risk taker,
Especially in the car; you liked to burn rubber.
My mates thought it was funny; it was cool
When you gave them a lift and played the fool.

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My father invited me and someone else to take a ride with him. My mother told us no because my father was drinking beer. My mother asked if we wanted to die, and we said no.
Brain Dead
- By Isobel Landrum
- Published: February 2018
Pain From The Past

The memories keep flooding back,
But not one by one.
It's never that easy.
Each of them, chained up,

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A Lonely Soul
- By Katyana M. Destin
- Published: July 2008
I am just a lonely soul
Can anyone hear me?
Is anyone out there?
I have nowhere else to go

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I know how you feel I feel the same all the time, because I feel like no one can hear or even cares to hear my voice, but I pull though so can you. You can do it.

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