Poems about Sadness - Page 3

The Face In The Mirror

• By Catherine S. Liebenberg
• Published: March 12, 2019

What do you see when you look into a mirror?
Do you see a face of grace
or the belief of grief?
Do you see a blessing of success

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Not Letting You Go

• By Paige
• Published: October 2007

Grip my hand
Don't ever let go,
Just give me one more chance
To let you know,...

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Victim Of Poverty

• By Tommy B
• Published: January 2009

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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The Ghost

• By Michelle J. Limas
• Published: February 2006

The ghost that hunts, but hasn't died.
He left after only a short time.
Never wrote or so I thought.
Years pass and something tore him a part....

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Black Velvet Sky

• By Eva
• Published: November 2008

I see death--
It's not black nor white
he's got the star of David wrapped around his wrist
black clouds

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Tulips

• By Sylvia Plath

The tulips are too excitable, it is winter here.
Look how white everything is, how quiet, how snowed-in.
I am learning peacefulness, lying by myself quietly
As the light lies on these white walls, this bed, these hands.

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We Wear The Mask

• By Paul Laurence Dunbar

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,

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But When You Left

• By Amber N. Kollmar
• Published: February 2006

Every year for Christmas
our family came together,
the children played
while the parents talked.

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