#brutal poems on Hello Poetry

QueenOfTheAshes Oct 15

I've had you on a pedestal,
I've had you look at me so tall;
Must've been so brutal,
When you felt the fall.

Was it unfair?
Or did I misinterpret your glare?
My apologies for the stare;
Must've been a justice flare.

#flare #unfair #glare #stare #pedestal #revenge #tall #brutal

Jeremy Betts Jan 3

~•§•~ The Abuse No One Hears ~•§•~

Speak of the devil and see who appears in the mirrors
Who knows better than you all your fears and what brings you to tears?
The voice that escapes through clenched teeth, grinding like gears
Is exactly the same as the voice saying the things nobody hears
Most all of the verbal abuse does not funnel in through the ears
It stays internal, verbal and mental commingle to create brutal elixirs
Constructing, seemingly out of nothing, life altering barriers
A senseless mugging in broad daylight and no one interferes
Just like no one hears my prayers
The real me almost disappears from years of hiding behind makeshift veneers
Hanging on by a meer thread, I think the puppeteers have switched careers

©2024

#devil #fear #tears #abuse #verbal #mental #internal #brutal #prayer #hiding

Jeremy Betts Dec 2023

~•§•~ A Burial Before the Funeral~•§•~

I've always been the kid in the hall
Outside the office door of some metaphorical "principal"
Donning a dunce cap, back to the wall
Anticipation spikes in general
This time it's special
When waiting for the next hypothetical, often hypocritical, shoe to fall I make it a double
Dribble and drop the ball
Taking on the challenge of life was a bad call
The order's too tall, don't try it y'all
What I've been given to work with is abysmal
Can't rely on it being factual at all
A criminally out of date owners manual
A For Dummies series appealing to a low level criminal
Vaguely creating, and/or aiding, this failure ritual
Oh the unmitigated gall
Scheduling my burial service to take place before the funeral
Fuucking brutal
I hate it and it seems the feelings mutual
The line stepping is habitual
The backward motion is perpetual
Not sure any of this is avoidable
But, what do I know...
...everything and nothing is impossibly possible

©2023

#metaphoric #anticipation #special #hypothetical #abysmal #factual #failure #ritual #brutal #habitual

leeaaun Mar 2023

raw

no matter what form
of pain
comes into your life
pain is always raw
and brutal

#raw #pain #brutal #life

Zack Ripley Mar 2022

the sound of silence

silence can be...awkward.
but it can also be a powerful tool.
depending on your intention, it can represent respect.
repentance.
introspection.
it can help you grieve.
it can make it easier to breathe.
and in a world that can bring the brutality of war
into the safety of your home,
when you feel lost for words,
like there's nothing you can say,
the sound of silence can say it all

#sound #silence #soundofsilence #awkward #powerful #brutal #war #safety #home #inaworld

Man Mar 2021

From Haiti to France

how many protests have you watched now?
how many devolving into riots?
via violent actors, on either side
what was gained, for those we lost?
was it in vain?
did the pay outweigh the cost?
or was our venture defunct?
would civil disobedience had been better sought?
or a more brutal insurrection,
to rival those we've been taught?
just do like they'd wish
and lay down and die

#civil #disobedience #insurrection #revolution #revolt #protest #activism #riot #violent #brutal

Grey Oct 2020

Endless Cycle

Help, friend!
Please, just make this brutal cycle end!
Let me finally transcend
this reality we comprehend
as a futile means to a futile end.

8/17/2020

#life #brutal #pain #hardship #cycle #futile #end #reality #hurt

mark soltero Oct 2020

s-class benz

why blame the devil
for the actions that were made
in the name of your creator

listening to your scriptures and parables
has only lead me astray

only those who cause harm
cause harm for those who don’t

lock away your worries
ascension is near

#bible #sacreligious #faith #losing #brutal #dark #sad #new #hellopoetry

Thomas W Case May 2020

Reptilian Heart

She has that
reptilian heart, snake eyes-
cat screeching, rabid anger.
Whenever she's close to
me, I need sedation;
another world-one with
beauty and love.
Hers is a land of
brutality and hatred.
It makes my
soul *****.
When I'm lucky enough to
escape, she finds me, and
lures me back with her
charms and spells.
Then, it's back to the
cage, waiting to be
consumed.
She quit doing drugs.
Her dope now is
control.
It's the dragon that
she rides to hell.

#toxic #evil #cruel #brutal