#overwhelming poems on Hello Poetry

Caitlin Faykus Nov 2020

Nothing

When the depression hits
I suddenly become empty
It's like the world around me has stopped spinning
Life becomes dull
And at this point
I would do anything to feel something
Because the nothing is killing me
But then after awhile
When the nightmares start to fade
And my world resumes its rotation
All of the emotions start rushing back
And at this point
I would do anything to go back to feeling
Nothing

#nothing #empty #depression #emotions #overwhelming #nightmares #feelings

Akanksha Priyadarshini Nov 2020

Exaggeration

I exaggerate everything.
The pain under my eyes.
The strain in my muscles.
Every time, it’s a unit darker and heavier.

There’s a relief; a moment of ecstasy,
In over describing things.
I feel real.

A bubble of air sits in my veins.
It stings.
It burns in the gaps.

How do I honour it?

I try.
Every time.
With a unit darker and heavier.

#feelings #dark #poetry #overwhelming #troubled

Mystic Ink Plus Nov 2020

Smile Connects

That smile

Ripples
All the way
Offers an oasis
Caresses the soul
Captures the mind
Ignites the spirit
Echoes endlessly
On and on
Wow
Intoxicating
She is the muse
Evergreen
Nothing like you
A bit of that
A bit of this
All that you are
Overwhelming

And so much more

Genre: Experimental
Theme: Not just another pretty face
Author's Note: Now Let There Be Art

#nepal #overwhelming #spirit #smile #art #reflection

S Sep 2020

Scars of kindness

The words flutter out of your mouth and burn themselves into my back, scarring me forever with the feeling of kindness.

#scar #kindness #overwhelming #words #emotions

Amanda Kay Burke Jul 2020

How To Smile

I am sorry that I am a hopeless mess
Waste of space
Broken at best
Words my comfort when taken by fear
Times I can't face who's waiting in the mirror
I want pain to end so I can be free
The overwhelming misery
I try to pause
Breathe deep and slow
Anxiety will not let me go
And I want to change
Be happy once more
I'll never get back the life I had before
Just make the world disappear for awhile
Then maybe I'd remember how to smile

It's been so long I think I've forgotten how it feels to laugh

#life #love #happiness #depression #smile #how #overwhelming #misery #pause

Liz Carlson Jun 2020

the overwhelm

in these times when the pain of my own heart
and the world around me feels overwhelming,
when the future feels unsure and daunting to step into,
when my plans keep changing and the world somehow
keeps spinning into madness,
Father I know you have a plan,
and that your plans are good.
That if I'm alive on this earth,
your plans for me are not complete yet,
but God sometimes I wish they were.
Sometimes I wish with my whole heart that I could
just be held in your arms already.
To be surrounded by complete peace and forego the striking pains of life.
Father, sometimes I wish You'd take me away from this place.
Either by cancer, an accident, or otherwise, sometimes I pray nothing else other than to not exist anymore.

#overwhelming #faith #god #father

S Apr 2020

Philosophies & Prophecies

I feel this pang in my chest
and a flush in my cheeks-
the words come tumbling out,
and I thought you wouldn't believe
the prophecies that I was telling.

My mind is jostled, the connection obscure-
the distance between reality and fantasy
is only ever growing.

It might be insanity but wait-
is it reality?

There is no grounds for a rebuttal
you can't stop the flow of time,
the way my thoughts are flowing are
coming out in intrinsic designs-

But why can't I ever put myself together
when the moment counts,
display a truth and honesty
that would never be the death of me-
but would rather give respect to me-
asserting my own philosophies?

I don't even know how to tell this story,
my thoughts are overwhelming
and is there a cure-

I'm not sure.

#philosophy #prophecies #respect #thoughts #overwhelming #truth #fantasy #mind #reality #insanity

Riya Mar 2020

Pause

Feelings are on pause..
feeling kind of lost..
don't know where to go..
kind of on my own..
I know I should be strong..
but how am I
supposed to be
calm..
it's overwhelming to feel..
am I going alone
after all..
feelings are fleeting..
why can't I
keep them
under control..

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#poem #feelings #pause #lost #strong #calm #overwhelming #alone #control