#death poems on Hello Poetry

Soul 5d

Why be so rude?
To keep yourself warm
in the freezing cold,
you stole my seat,
which I saved
long ago.

Did you know?
The Atlantic's mighty
seas shed their tears
'till no Mariana
Trench remained;
The Northern winds
kept swirling,
awakening the fury
of the Typhoon lord.
All in vain—
seeing my
vulnerable pain.

May I ask,
Why?
Why did you
bury yourself
deep down in a
place I cannot reach,
below my wrinkled feet,
leaving behind
a dead rose
in a black
***?

A loss hurts so deeply. The hurt may not be seen by others, it even may be due to their actions. But that pain...

#pain #loss #death

CE Uptain 5d

Writing in the Graveyard

I like to write in the graveyard, I know people there
It’s nice and quiet, city sounds fill the air
A peaceful feeling comes over my mind
All of the memories my heart can find
I don’t see any ghost walking, I only hear voices
Some trying to say make better choices

I like writing in front of my grandfather’s stone
He makes me feel like I’m not alone
I look up, I see more stones of granite
All those names and dates, with no faces
Their memories are there, just in different places
When I finish and it’s time to leave
I’ll dry my eyes, stand quietly and grieve

As a poet, I take my notebook anywhere and find inspiration there too. Doesn't always work. Sometimes I come home with empty pages.

#rhyme #love #death #inspiration

Hadrian Veska 6d

To Dust at Last

We thought the machines, the extraterrestrials or even the gods themselves would come down and stop us.
We had it seemingly coded within us, thinking there was some hard boundary that we would not be allowed to cross.

But no one came.
There was no one to stop us.
No one to contain our endless ambition.
The universe had no natural mechanism to contain such an intelligent virus, and indeed that is what we are.

From world to world galaxy to galaxy we leapt,
ever quicker ever more hungry.
We became all the things that our ancient fantasies and fictions
told us we would fight.
We became the machines, we became the extraterrestrials
and even greater than the gods themselves,
whom we gave up trying to find eons ago.

We knew now that anyone in existence who dreamed of gods, dreamed ever so dimly of us. Or they would,
if there was anything left that could dream.
Here in the infinite cold dark,
a universe stripped clean like meat off of a bone.
There was an old saying that we came from dust,
and to dust we shall return.
We rest content now,
knowing we took all creation with us.

#scifi #space #future #time #gods #man #end #universe #death #life

Peter Balkus 6d

Who Promised You

Who promised you tomorrow?
Who promised you today?
Who said that is for certain
you'll take another breath?

Who said that life will get you
everything you deserve?
Who said that death is awful?
And that there is The End?

Who lied about the future,
who lied about the past?
Who made you sad? Who turned you
in giant made of dust?

#life #death #end #promise #spiritual

Unpolished Ink 6d

Close The Door

Close the door
slip the latch and let it fall
I am sad to say farewell
but I must leave you all,
imagine me at peace
freed from earthly things,
I am the autumn breeze
a winter wind that sings,
I am rain, I am sky,
a part of everything,
we did not say goodbye,
I am summer, I am spring
blossom, light as air,
don't think of me as gone
look around and I’ll be there

I have written this for my dad's funeral, which is in a couple of weeks

#death #hope #goodbye

Lostling 6d

Dreams

When I sleep,
I no longer dream.
If I do dream,
It fades with the rising sun.
Unless it's one
Where you lay in my arms
Sleeping, because I was too late.

Who could forget such a dream?

I had another nightmare last night. I wish they'd stop.

#dream #nightmare #remember #death #loss #grieving

eliana 6d

Last Whispers.

In the quiet of my room  shadows creep
A heavy heart  a soul that weeps.
Time ticks slowly like a fading light
Each breath a burden  each thought a fight.
The mirror shows a face I barely know
A reflection of pain  a heart full of woe.
Whispers of darkness fill the air
A lonely echo  a deep despair.
The memories linger  like ghosts in my mind
Happy moments lost  so hard to find.
Friends and laughter  now distant and pale
In this heavy silence  I feel so frail.
I write my goodbyes on a crumpled page
Words spill like tears  a heart in a cage.
I long for peace  for a way to escape
But fear grips my heart  a tight  aching shape.
The stars outside seem to dim and fade
A world without me  a choice I’ve made.
But deep down inside  a flicker remains
A whisper of hope  amidst all the pains.
I think of the love that I might leave behind
The faces that cared  the ties that bind.
But the darkness is loud  it drowns out the light
And I’m lost in a tunnel  no end in sight.
I remember the laughter  the warmth of a hug
But shadows are heavy  and the world feels so snug.
I wish I could see the beauty out there
But my heart feels so tired  too weary to care.
In these final hours  I search for a sign
A glimmer of hope  a reason to pine.
Yet silence surrounds me  a blanket so cold
I long for a story that’s yet to be told.
So here I stand  at the edge of the night
With a heart full of sorrow  and dimming light.
But if someone hears this  if someone can see
Know that you matter  and you’re not just like me.
Though my journey is ending  yours has just begun
Hold on to your dreams  face the rising sun.
For life can be heavy  but love can be found
Seek it in shadows  let hope be your sound.

#suicide #death #final #hours #pain #relapsed

eliana 2d

Just One More Day

If I had just one more day...
I'd tell you I loved you.
I'd tell you I need you.
I'd tell you that you were the best thing that ever happened to me.

If I had just one more day...
I'd give you that one last hug.
I'd give you a kiss goodbye.
I'd give you my world.

If I had just one more day...
I'd show you how much I really loved you.
I'd show you why I loved you.
I'd show you why I NEED you.

If I had just one more day,
it would be okay for you to go away.

My life is so lost without you here.
Please come back, for just one more day...

just one. (another draft)

#grief #missing #loved #one #death