#abandon poems on Hello Poetry

Marisa Lu Makil Feb 2015

I hurt because of loneliness
There's no one really
For me to talk to.
There's not a soul that understands
No one who will be with me through
And through.

I hurt because abandonment
Comes down upon me like a plague
Friends I thought were here forever
Seem to be wishing that they'd stayed.

I hurt because of love's tight grip
On my heart for those who have gone away
Forever
But not because of their own choices
But because of the mistakes we've made.

I hurt because cold nostalgia
Chills me to the bone
Whenever I attempt new friends
I'm always thinking of the old.

I hurt because my thoughts of life
Are hovering over me like
A dark cloud.
What kind of mother will I be one day?
Will I love my husband?
What will my job be?
Will my dreams ever be fulfilled?

I hurt because the world around me is telling me what I should do
What kind of clothes to wear today...
How should I interact?
With whom?

I hurt because my compassion
Is lingering always ever near.
I fear for lives beside of mine
Of losing friendships...

Now I have told you why I hurt.
All of my fears and pains I've shown.
Don't ever live like I have lived.
It's the worst kind of pain I've known.

#love #life #lonely #pain #world #hurt #nostalgia #compassion #abandon

Taylor Johnson Feb 2015

Drowning

The darkness seeps back in through my neck,
It flows down along my spine,
Filling me with dread.
Drowning my soul in loathe and self-hate.
My lips gasp for air,
Screaming your name,
Begging for you to help me.

But you've long since forgotten the sound of my voice
And how it used to whisper "I love you"
All those cold nights spent talking about forever.
Yet this is how I will end.

I wasn't lying when I said I would love you for the rest of my life,
I just thought you'd still love me back.
The darkness flows over my body as I sink.
My final breath has been taken.
I release it like the cold breeze that nipped at our intertwined fingers.
Even the bubbles know how to leave me when I need them most.
They hit the surface,
I hit the bottom.

A few more seconds and I will be free.
With the courage only the dying have,
I inhale.
Flooding my lungs.
I close my eyes.
I am at rest.
The pain won't last much longer.
Then I am gone.

#love #depression #hate #loss #drowning #abandon

Shiyahumi Chouske Feb 2015

The

It was you.
You whom drew the blood of the universe and held it in your hand.
Painstakingly slicing glass across your wrist.

The affinity of terror.
Tears shining in the moonlight.
A heart shielded by memorials of the lost.

Archaism of culture.
Granting you the gift of hope.
Your spirit cries out for the truth, only to be given doubtful beliefs.

In your darkest times, I am your light.
Absolute and sincere.
The epitome of content.

In the light of freedom, I am your foreshadow.
Cynical and cruel
Binding your wings to keep you close.

Fly free with all your love.
Above me, away strong eagle.
Stay high, maybe in time.
You'll want to be mine.

#love #freedom #loss #fly #abandon

darling iridescence Jan 2015

Old bicycle lying on the sidewalk in the middle of town

This is a portrait of abandoment:
rusty spokes, faulty breaks, and negligent owners.

(I'm still lying on the sidewalk too, waiting for a reason to shift gears.)

Bikes

#thought #old #left #abandon #bicycle

South-by-Southwest Jan 2015

Two Abandoned Swings

Two abandoned swings . . .
that said ,
that be between
the moon's shadows ,
are only shadow thin
as close as skin on skin
Just swing and swing holding hands
Holding moonlight's shadowed twin

#moon #shadows #abandon #drillbits

diana Jan 2015

Home

Never call someone your home
never compare someone to a home.

because once the person
you used to call home abandons'
you, you'll be homeless
and be left feeling homesick.

Never call someone your home.

#love #heartbreak #lonely #home #him #you #homeless #abandon #lonesome #homesick

Alisandra Gray Dec 2014

Unsung Nightmare.

Empty angels dance
upon the thunderhead,
skip amongst the ******,
laugh amongst the dead,
twirl along the river Styx
to abandon those they've led.

(c) Alisandra Gray, 2014.

#dance #dead #nightmare #angels #****** #abandon #styx

hallucinations Dec 2014

inevitable

its just
                            a matter of time
                                  before you
                                      abandon me,
                                           too.

twenty-fourteen |(c) hallucinations

#love #heartbreak #sad #you #inevitable #abandon

hallucinations Dec 2014

dead weight limbs.

and it gets harder to breathe when the only thing keeping
me alive is an hallucination of
your fingertips that trace patterns
down my spine
when i awake to find coldness
by my side, embracing me
with its trendils that should have been your
arms. so i heave a sigh as i
try to live with dead weight limbs that
drag me down, and it gets
harder when i search the crowds
for your face, knowing that i'd never
catch the slightest glimpse of my safe haven again
and i try (unsuccessfully) to soothe the stinging
wound of knowing that you left
without saying goodbye.

twenty-fourteen|(c)hallucinations

#love #heartbreak #sad #goodbye #lovers #breathe #fragile #abandon #hallucination