#breaking poems on Hello Poetry

Shubhankar Mathur Dec 2020

The End

can't take on another lover
I'm just looking for a friend,
I gaze out of the tinted window
as the night washes away
the pain in the end,
would you like to sit next to me
when all that you've held sacred,
falls down and does not mend?
while we watch chaos overrun the world,
and now there's no time to pretend.

I'm not a man who sold the world, neither am I another shoulder for you to cry upon.

When it does happen, I'd prefer front row seats to watch the end of the world unfold. Are you up for it?

PS: Inspired by Jim Morrison's soulful vocals in 'The End', the perfect apocalypse song for me.

Apparently, he was also the first rock and roll artist to have been arrested on stage during a show.

RIP JM. LONG LIVE ROCK N ROLL!

#friend #dark #chaos #breaking #beliefs #apocalypse #jim #morrison #rocknroll

Amanda Kay Burke Dec 2020

Heart Of Plastic

Porcelain cracks
My heart is made of plastic

Earth will quake
Glass will shatter
Ceramic vases and statues falling to the ground and breaking apart
China plates will smash
Pieces scattering zillions of different directions

But me
Body will remain strong and unscathed
While others try gluing themselves back together in vain

Holding head in place until the shaking is through so the screws holding it on don't rattle loose

And I am not sure when this transformation occurred
It used to break often
After one too many beatings it evolved into this cold lump in my chest
Safe and sound regardless of who tries to destroy it

Because it is safer this way

#heart #plastic #love #life #live #ceramic #vases #falling #ground #breaking

Grisha S Dec 2020

ALL ALONE

She sat on the rock in tears

No feeling was felt

No happiness, no anger, no fear

Except one, which was total despair

Her face so still, in the water she would simply stare

She had a family and she was an alluring beauty

But despite that, she sunk into nullity

Good looks did not get her to talk

Every word hurt her

Whether in sadness or mock

People spoke to her, but they didn't know her facade

Because inside her head, that feeling fought

They wouldn't call her a silent mystery

But again, they didn't know about her misery

Every word she spoke was a sign of pain

Though outside she was fine

Her mind was no more sane

She couldn't move without feeling despair in every bone

But she knew this was a pain understood by none

Her life flashed before her eyes as she stared in the water

There wasn't much to say

All she saw was a clutter

For the last time, her body started to shiver

She didn't wait now

As she fell into the river.

-Grisha. S

It's about a girl who is weak from the inside and can't handle the pressure anymore

#alone #suicide #river #life #trauma #sad #despair #miserable #breaking #hurt

Shubhankar Mathur Dec 2020

Break Out

No matter how much I try,
I keep winding up at the same place
I keep trying to break out of my loop,
I want to learn the way life survives
By never staying the same.

What are you waiting for
A change?
An awakening?
An answer?

#breaking #the #loop #learning #life #adapt #survive #changes #answer

Shubhankar Mathur Dec 2020

Inviolate Abode

don't worry about fate darling,
even if she got it bad for you
don't worry about things breaking,
even if I'm not there to fix it for you
for even fate follows her foreseen immutable road,
while you push on looking for some inviolate abode.

This is goodbye, my friend. I bid you farewell. I hope you find what you're looking for.

#fate #luck #misery #hope #breaking #fixing #finding #home #peace #goodbyes

chang Nov 2020

why is everything falling apart

my hands are full
and my fingers are breaking
for counting my sins
and all of my flaws.
so i apologize
if couldnt hold myself together.

#falling #apart #hands #flaws #self #sins #breaking #write #words #apology

Cerasium Nov 2020

The First Choice

Love is a fickle thing
I wish and dream
But it will always be the same
I’ll always be someone’s second choice

I fight against the depression
That this life brings
Yet the only way I can fight
Is with you by my side

You drown the voices
Keeping them from the surface
With your joyous laugh
And your goofy personality

Being near you
I rarely ever feel sad
But when you leave
It hits me like a tidal wave

I crawl into a corner
Begging and crying
For just one chance
To be the one you love

But I know it won’t help
There’s no way I’ll be
The first choice
Of your heart

My heart craves you
My soul craves you
My whole being craves you
But you don’t crave me

I’m alone forever
And I understand this
But I don’t want it to be true
All I need is you

But no matter what I do
No matter how much I want it
I’ll never be what I want
The first choice

I’m not even in the running
I’m not even thought of that way
Yet I crave to be
The first choice

But it’s all for nothing
I will only be viewed as a friend
I’ll never be what you are to me
The first choice

#love #dreaming #wishing #hoping #brokenhearted #broken #heart #breaking #sad #hope

Sarah Flynn Oct 2020

my skin

my skin
has housed sunburns
and scraped kneecaps.
it has carried
hair and goosebumps
and so many freckles
that I could never count.

my skin
has endured bruises
and cigarette burns.
its suffering is
the aftermath of
abuse, impulsivity,
and my own self-hatred.

my skin
has braved hot weather
and icy water.
it has protected me
from prickly thorns,
from strong winds,
and from myself.

despite the cruelty
that I inflicted
onto it,
this skin
held me together
even when I
felt like I was
falling apart.

#skin #scars #myself #survive #strength #pain #burns #cuts #broken #breaking