#angst poems on Hello Poetry

Laure Winkelmans May 2019

I wonder what's the use,
the use of joy,

when sadness prevails always.

Surrounded by a cheering crowd happiness puts on his skates,
confidently sliding onto a frozen ivory mirror.

"I've got this, I'm just gonna get to the other side, no biggie," rings through his euphoric brain.

All too soon an inky black slosh appears.

With time to avoid long gone by,
one of the blades gets stuck...
so does the other...

slowly the crack expands...
not much of happiness is visible now...

Until finally...

an abhorrent debacle,
When all happiness was going for was spectacle.

The crowd boos.

©Laure Winkelmans

#angst #depression

Jason Adriel May 2019

narrow stairwell

I am a narrow stairwell
Waiting for the morning bells
To ring, for the early birds to sail
Watch all the cabs be hailed

Waiting for her to come
Will she come today?
Doubts, I have some
Should I kneel and pray?

But to whom?
Who would to listen to a narrow stairwell
Maybe God would
Will I look like a fool?

My claustrophobic natures will intervene
When was the last time I had a nice dream?
It's always the same, redundant scene
The scene is always that same redundant one

I am a narrow stairwell
Waiting for the morning bells

Anxiety.

#anxiety #anxious #lonely #alone #depression #claustrophobic #dejected #loner #sad #angst

Atticus May 2019

Holistically

You told me your biggest secret
And
How proud of you I am

The fact that you trust me enough to spill what’s inside of you
The things that make you holistically who you are
I have seen what is nestled at your core as you have mine

So it makes sense as to why I feel sick a complete and utter sense of security when I’m with you

I crave your touch
Sometimes so intensely that a phantom burn runs through my veins like that of scalding coffee on a day where the sky cannot hold its tears in any longer because even the sky has days where the sun is but a small blinking dot
When darkness has crept in like that of a masked phantom

We understand each other
I’m a mutual relationship

But I ache for more
I ache so deeply that even my dreams are dominated by you

Your smile and the curve of your neck
Supple and untouched

Oh how I yearn for your touch

#lgbt #teen #love #angst #hurt #romance #hope #sadness #poem #poet

Atticus May 2019

Dust Storm Hearts

Ashen skies and dust storm heart
Departures aren't easy
They're hard
So hard

Better off they say
I don't think I can agree so freely
When the one who was your rock
And guardian angel has to die

The days get longer
The sun passes over the sky
To start afresh

I ask myself what you would do
Or what you would say in conversations or scenarios
The crumbling friendships and jeering

But I know I'll be ok
Even if today or another day I don't feel ok
Because life goes on
And it ***** but it's true

I'm just happy that I got to spend so many moments with you

#teenager #poetry #sad #poems #storm #dust #heart #love #angst #death

The Invisible Lantern Jan 2019

Lost Words

Hollowed corpses
Left on hallowed ground,
Lacking the depth
Of what was once profound.

Rip my heart to shreds
As your empty words
Entomb me.

For your light is-
dark

The love in you-
tainted

And your soul...
gone.

#corruption #abuse #disdain #rebellion #angst #agony

The Invisible Lantern Jan 2019

Million

Empty pockets
Spread threadbare,
Growling stomachs
Ached despair.
Ain't no money to see
In this mess of a reverie.
Cold winters kissing me,
Smokey wind upon my door.

If only I had one...

I'd be all set,
Chaufer driving me
To my charming jet.
My honey and I
Would always kiss sweet,
Never having to worry
About what to eat.

If only...
life weren't so grim.
Poverty & cheap thrills
Wearing my spirits thin.
My charcuterie is plastic,
So is my base lifestyle.
I'm dreary eyed with things drastic,
Trying to chase a break for a while.
But my blues are static
And they're charging me up
Just to drive me wild.

#poverty #dreams #disillusionment #struggles #strife #angst #desperation #pain

The Invisible Lantern Feb 2019

Residual Torment

Shadows that haunt
My sleep
Awaken the treachery
Of souls I've lost to keep.

Corrupted royalties
Disrupting vanities
Signal to loved ones
This mind is asleep.

Could be a year or two.
I didn't know her, did you?
Whatever I try to do
It's never true.

Speak from your heart.
Your words are rambles
At best.
Tear me apart.
Exit my life,
I'll be blessed.

#pain #trauma #abuse #progress #desperation #solitude #angst #agony

The Invisible Lantern Feb 2019

A Beggar's Lullaby

Life is as inviting
As she is intense,
But don't be put off
By her indifference.

She will make us all martyrs
Before we're left diminished;
Leading us to slaughter
As we bask in our innocence.

So fear not her wrath,
For she is not shrill.
Their only directive is to ****;
Live before you've had your fill.

#life #poverty #struggle #desperation #capitalism #helplessness #faithlessness #depression #agony #angst

The Invisible Lantern Sep 2018

Faller's Note

I've turned new leaves
From Brown to Green,
Yellow to Red,
Dust to ash.

A week ago
Was quite warm,
Cold didn't bother
me very much.
Now I shiver,
Not alone without
But without within.

Guess I'm dying.

Not forever,
But for now.
Not a new death,
But a constant one.

That's waiting
I do suppose,
wanting things now.
Expressing fickle desires
Through prose.
But your needs now
Aren't the wants you'll
Have later.
Those are never ones
You plan for.

To live in constant wait is to perpetually fall alone through the slips of time.

#life #waiting #death #emptiness #isolation #desperation #solitude #angst #pain

The Invisible Lantern Oct 2018

Renegade's Exile

You've built me up
Then torn me down.
Secured my cuffs
To bricks
So that I'd drown.
I've never been me
Around you
Because my loyalties lie
Within this heart of mine.
Can't you see
The wicked little world
You've created?
The deluded fantasy
That keeps you
Fascinated?
You fascist pig.
Fattening yourself up
Off the brunt of my back,
Then kicking me out to
Wander,
Societal refuse with their
Burlap sack.
Drifting off
Losing life
One little drop of pain
At a time.
This blood in my veins
Maybe there because
You made me,
But it'll stay there
Because I decided
To save me
From the cold
Razor sharp
Lie that is
You.

#abuse #toxicity #freedom #boomers #life #liberation #angst