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Poem / Poetry

January 24, 2019

Reads: 59

Comments: 3

Shelves: 2

The Booksie Classic House

Short poem about being lost inside our own mind and feeling empty Read More

Tags: desperation, hopelessness, dispair

Poem / Non-Fiction

December 05, 2018

Reads: 268

Comments: 4

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

Thoughts, views, and the life of a human trying to survive in a world that is unsurvivable. The human that is ostracized by mainstream society, and is pushed into the cut-throat world of the streets. When the evil in his life is to much to bare, death is his only… Read More

Tags: dark, death, life, hopelessness, street-author

Featured Review by Criss Sole

"This was a great poem. I especially liked the line " A straight jacket strapped around my soul..." That was a very powerful line. Great job! " Read More

Poem / Poetry

October 29, 2018

Reads: 62

Comments: 3

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

Tags: depression, desperation, hopelessness

Tags: faith, dreams, hopelessness, defeat

Tags: pain, anxiety, depth, hopelessness, motivational

This is my piece for the micro-short story contest. I hope you'll enjoy Read More

Tags: love, cancer, bread, hopelessness, contest

Poem / Poetry

February 08, 2018

Reads: 153

Comments: 1

The Booksie Classic House

there are two kinds of people: those who suffer and those who watch others suffer. Read More

Tags: evil, hopeless, hopelessness

This is a poem about how the things we experience all place extra weight on our shoulders. We all walk similar paths, and yet most of us feel alone. Read More

Tags: loss, depression, pain, sadness, hopelessness

Book / Literary Fiction

September 21, 2017

Reads: 691

Shelves: 1

The BigHeart House

a once happy couple's marriage is brought to the test when the woman has to choose between her biggest dreams and bearing children. tragedy strikes when a meddlesome mother in-law tries to come in between them. Read More

Tags: love, faith, feminism, tragedy, hopelessness

Book / Romance

September 13, 2017

a young woman is stripped of her rights after the death of her husband. she endures pain, suffering and rejection in the process of mourning. tragedy visits her home over and over leaving her with nothing but a little spark of hope and faith that life maybe black at… Read More

Tags: death, tears, murder, faith, hopelessness

Poem / Poetry

August 25, 2017

Reads: 208

Comments: 9

The Vintage Publishing House

I wrote this to my husband who was my boyfriend at the time in 2010. I was still battling my depression. Read More

Tags: depression, sadness, anxiety, hopelessness

Poem / Poetry

June 23, 2017

Reads: 188

Comments: 6

The Vintage Publishing House

One of my darkest poems that I wrote years ago as I was battling a crippling depression. For the record, I am not like this anymore. I sought the help I needed. Read More

Tags: depression, darkness, suicide, harm, hopelessness

Poem / Poetry

June 19, 2017

Reads: 324

Comments: 18

Shelves: 2

The Vintage Publishing House

I wrote this back in January of 2011. I was going through a severe depression. This isn't me anymore. I don't have these thoughts anymore. Read More

Tags: depression, thoughts, sadness, suicide, hopelessness

Poem / Poetry

June 08, 2017

Reads: 272

Comments: 5

The Booksie Classic House

This poem is very dear to me. I wrote it at the peak of my teenage years depression. I was 16 at the time. 06/30/2007 Read More

Tags: depression, reflection, sadness, teenager, hopelessness

Poem / Poetry

June 03, 2017

Tags: sadness, hopelessness, nostalgia

Poem / Poetry

May 16, 2017

Reads: 234

Comments: 4

The Vintage Publishing House

Just a hint on how I feel lately. Read More

Tags: depression, sadness, trapped, hopelessness, stuck

Tags: death, sadness, hopelessness

So it has been one year. What now? How did year one go for you? BIG QUESTION: What did you learn this first "year"? Oh and by the way...the picture on the cover. For those of you who are not biologist...it is the Zika Virus. Read More

Tags: divorce, hopelessness, moving-on, self-talk

Poem / Poetry

September 07, 2016

Reads: 202

Comments: 1

The Booksie Classic House

Tags: honor, pain, hopelessness

Poem / Poetry

June 11, 2016

Reads: 259

Comments: 4

The Booksie Classic House

Sometimes nights can seem so long that when they end you just can't face the day. Read More

Tags: depression, hopelessness, sleeplessness

Tags: love, fantasy, depression, drugs, hopelessness

Poem / Memoir

January 19, 2016

Reads: 399

Comments: 7

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

What a pity it is when a person you admire and look up to changes... Read More

Tags: loss, longing, sadness, hopelessness, self-destruction

Poem / Poetry

December 30, 2015

Reads: 169

Comments: 1

The Booksie Classic House

taken from my book, "Thought Whereabouts" Read More

Tags: society, surprise, hopelessness, anguish, about-reality

Poem / Poetry

September 14, 2015

taken from my book, "In The Sand Traps Of Desire" Read More

Tags: death, punishment, weather, hopelessness, elizabeth-h

Poem / Poetry

August 09, 2015

Reads: 353

Comments: 3

The Booksie Classic House

A short poem on rejection and fear of paranoia Read More

Tags: love, romance, rejection, poetry, hurt, nothing, paranoia, hopelessness

When the moody blues days come, all I can do is write. Read More

Tags: dark, depression, anger, lonely, sad, goth, hate, sadness, fear, neglect, loathing, hopelessness, emo, brooding

taken from my book, "Suspended In Suspense" Read More

Tags: suicide, rage, panic, hopelessness, attack, pessimism, attempt, singlehood

I suppose what they said was true. Hate is like a fatal disease passed on from one person to the other. Whether that be an immortal or mortal. Zoe Francis White is a sixteen year old girl. She spent her whole life trying to be good but finding that hate… Read More

Tags: love, death, romance, george, hope, pain, hurt, suspense, sometimes, forever, action, cancer, game, tea, always

Poem / Memoir

January 04, 2015

Reads: 230

Comments: 1

The Booksie Classic House

No one knows when life will take a turn and your life will change completely. Read More

Tags: feelings, emotions, loneliness, hopelessness

I wrote this poem for someone going through a very hard time in their life when they thought they had no hope left for the future. They told me they read this poem over and over and it helped them make it through the ordeal they were going through. Hopefully,… Read More

Tags: religious, spiritual, addiction, hopelessness, uplifting

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