Poems about Sadness - Page 2

21. Forgotten Dreams

• By John P. Read
• Published by Family Friend Poems January 2021 with permission of the Author.

In a silent world of forgotten dreams,
Where disappointments and heartaches lie.
A world where hopes and dreams have died
And bid their last goodbye.

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22. Aerialist

Famous Poem

• By Sylvia Plath

Each night, this adroit young lady
Lies among sheets
Shredded fine as snowflakes
Until dream takes her body

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23. Reality

• By Shaydee A. Ault
• Published by Family Friend Poems July 2018 with permission of the Author.

Your crimson tears stay flowing,
But your singing voice stays calm,
It's like you're catching raindrops,
They keep their shape while resting in your palms.

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24. Underwater

• By Meghan L Wong
• Published by Family Friend Poems September 2021 with permission of the Author.

I can't hear the noises around me
Over the silent voices inside my head.
I don't feel the ache that should come
When I laugh with my friends.

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26. Victim Of Poverty

• By Tommy B
• Published by Family Friend Poems January 2009 with permission of the Author.

Poverty stricken youth jus trying to make a buck
mom working two jobs and pops don't give a f**k

daddy never comes around

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27. The Lesson

Famous Poem

• By Paul Laurence Dunbar

My cot was down by a cypress grove,
And I sat by my window the whole night long,
And heard well up from the deep dark wood
A mocking-bird's passionate song.

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28. The Comfort Of Pain

• By Blake Auden
• Published by Family Friend Poems April 2021 with permission of the Author.

Live with it
long enough
and pain begins
to feel familiar,

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29. Broken

• By Marcia A. Newton
• Published by Family Friend Poems January 3, 2025 with permission of the Author.

Broken in spirit. Broken in heart.
Broken in pieces just falling apart.
Emotional pain. Deep in despair.
No one to love and no one who cares.

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