Most Commented Dark Poetry Poems (2,485)

Calamity is a mistress
Ignoring circumvention of consequence
Comfortablity feeds the monster
Eating from ignorance
Begin seroquelling me with the cliches
Then I'll smile and just pretend
To listen as I watch your lips move
Not ever hearing a word you said
While I draw a verbal hangman
Of a psychiatrist in a noose
Crawling from the hallows of my skin
Yet never walked a mile in my shoes
Because habit is just a creature
But an angel is my best friend
Slowly I began killing my demons
In a quiet game of Russian roulette
So take another shot of your whiskey
Freeing the ghost that I neglect
Still hypnotized by watching your lips move
Lost inside of thoughts I'll soon forget
Nullifying the mystery in madness
I don't care where or how it ends
Just give the pharmacy keys to the pretty nurse
And feed me the pills that clear my head

~ Jesse Okoroshi Masu James F ~

She told me to let go it's not that I haven't tried
To get past all the darkness keeping me from the light
When I wake up in the morning before the sunrise
I'm still trapped in this nothing that I've kept inside
So don't be alarmed that I'll have to lie
When you ask if Im ok and I say that Im fine
It's to keep me from falling to pieces or falling too deep
To not see their dead faces when I go back to sleep
I thought it'd get better, but it only gets worse
And the older I get the more echoes are stirred
But please understand I need to clear the air
Free from suggestions and not living in fear
My first defense and armor are my skin and my bones
So I sandblasted my flesh then tore down the walls from my home
Now my friends and my family can see where I've been
I wear this all on my sleeve theres no need to pretend
I've battled addiction, myself, and the end
I fought with my demons, but I didn't win
If I ever felt peace that part of me died in sand
Trapped with the lives that I cannot give back
If you believed theres a Heaven than how would you feel
To know that nothing could save you from going to hell
I should have said this all sooner and made you aware
Because I'll choke to death if I don't clear the air

~ JJf ~

exploded mind
unplugged and frail
into the empty
jumped off the rail

denial in depth
abyssed darkened thought
hemisphered labotomy
straight jackets n fold

mis-understood minds
stories not told

sanitorium filled with like minded folk
under knife forced down pills
in most views social poke

intellect profound
padded walls not a sound
forced recluse arms in fold
padded floor paced around

echoed walls of plight cry
captive ghosts till they die

unsung eye is not shy
deadened sight lived their lie
as the gavel met the block permeated air
lifetime lock

routined minutes....hours n days
clustered thought in stale haze
one sides right......one sides left
down the middle disconnect
emotions that hang yet...on the edge...of that blade

clunkin clang of the lock every night nine o'clock
five am early rise
no horizon of new size

boiled egg, toast and pills, blackened coffee, tea or juice
lift your tongue...wheres the pill
did you swallow it whole again

twelve foot guard skirts the yard
barbwire link bound atop
one way in...is your out..
visitors log dried up ink

was the gavel
that took
what the mind had to think!


~Bentlee~

Do you think I haven’t been in that dark place,
Not looked in the mirror, seen my own tear streaked face?
Ahhhh…..Loneliness my friend,
You think you wear it well,
You think that those around you,
Just don’t know, just can’t tell,
That carefully pasted on smile,
May fool others for a little while,
But, I’m too wise,
I can see it clearly in your eyes,
Spare me a little time, come for a walk,
If you want, only if you want,
We can talk,
There’s no need for you to be on your own,
No need to cry alone,
Just come around, tap on my door,
It’s no trouble,
It’s what friends are really for.

Whitish grey,
Do you lie?
Please tell me why,
Greyish white,
Harmless and thoughtless,
Tale binding with a long tail behind.
Light darkish grey,
Colours spectrum of deceit.
There is so many reasons to bluff. Caught red handed,
Fear is the main culprit!
Darkish greyish white,
The worst of the lot,
Sinister in it's form,
Cold-blooded stalker,
It's victim falls into instant death!
Which colour are you?
What good ever comes out from these?
Betrayal with epic historical portion,
From Kane,Mark Anthony to President Bush and Clinton!
Dont forget O.J ,Tiger woods and Arnold too!!
The price to pay is your name and fame,
And after that nothing will ever be the same..
Dont say white lies coz there are none,
Destroyer of happiness and your life,
That is the natural guile you face,
As a doctor to patients,
As a cop to criminals,
As a parent to your children,
As Most wives with their husbands,
The list goes on you see...
Do you believe you are innocent?
No lies,Back stabs,deceits or betrayals whatsoever..,
If so Dont start now,
But for others like me it is time to kick the habit,
Lying is like stealing ,
You keep on going until you get caught or are in a perilous situation.
It starts when you lie to your young ones,
It follows you till the last is home!
This is only a warning ,
Are you listening?

Its being lonely that hurts the most
The emptiness and loss of hope
Its sad this place I've come to dwell
I understand that I'm in hell
The bitterness envelops me
This tale of woe a tragedy
Lost amid the symphony
The darkest notes of melody
In the depths of my depravity
Afflicted with this... Malady

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The color of love
is sometimes indigo
a saturated midnight
of violet and jasmine.

My darkest lover
is a forest
a night of dark trees
she prefers black roses.

Darkness is our candle
we make love
with our shadows
in beautiful darkness.

She gave to me
a box full of darkness
and kisses me
with tiny sips of grey.

We prefer the night
drowning ourselves
in the depth of its hues
darkness soothes.

What strange places
our love carries us
to such dark passages
no cry of light.

Safe and sound
into darkest corners
in the circular
temple of her heart.

She is the raven
in the dark we began
in the dark we stay
in the dark we bleed...

The ancients gods can sing and dance
The modern ones can speak in tongues
And none of them wants marbles
When gold is what they are after

Help the poor with treats
But give the rich their banquet
Show your face in charities
But mingle socially with celebrities

And if you must spent lavishly
Do so to those with deep pockets
And throw away your old and unwanted
To brings smiles to the less fortunate

Be seen among the movers and shakers
And not the small time thieves and beggers
Nothing is free is their life policy
Agents are prostitutes in disguise

Inside a expanse of chaotic dark,
Into my abyss I did stalk,
Arrived at my workshop and
there I stopped,
Fitting my heart
with an unbreakable lock,
In the deepest dungeon,
I found a strong box,
I wiped off the cobwebs
and dusted the top,
Once it was shut and
chained up tight,
I double checked it was
chained up right,
Posted a guard on it,
Day and night,
Barbed wire and gun turrents,
Sharp spikes on uppermost posts,
CCTV camera system specifically
designed to watch it close,
Then you came into my life,
Rummaging and pilfering,
Like a thief in the night,
My walls you did break,
My love you did take,
Is there truly nowhere,
My heart will be safe...

A nightmare force me awakened
the tough life
force me awakened...

My dreams come through the walls
light up my dark room
darkens light ones...

My nightmares are plague carriers
dreams of life
sometimes brings death...

In my sleep I have nightmares
when awake I have my thoughts
I'm not sure which is worse...

Often my pillow is an ocean
some nights I drown
in my own tears and hopes...

If I scream wake me
I didn't mean to wake you
it was just a nightmare...