Captivating eyes,

gorgeous smile,

charismatic personality

Swept off my feet again

Helpless to your charms

Falling yet again

Despite how hard I fight

Alas this story is

Already written or

At least the ending

I'm hopelessly tangled

You walk away without

So much as a glance

Disappearing as quickly

As you had materialized

Leaving nothing but

A crushed heart

Yet again

#angstpoetry #heartbreak

So tired of trying

Why is it that the

More I reach out and help

The more I mess up and

Suddenly become the villain?

I just want to be the one

To stop the hurt, the pain,

The distress for others

If I can take on that burden

To lessen it for even a

Fraction of a time for

Another person, another friend

I'd sacrifice myself to help

And yet the more I do

The more I try to take on

The worse things get and

Instead the world turns on me

The goal is to alleviate the

Pain, the distress but

Instead I'm the one who

Takes on all of the burdens

If it never works or if

I become the villain

What's the point anymore?

#poetry #angstpoetry

Can't breathe

Darkness is closing in

I fight to escape and yet

Breaking free seems impossible

Closing my eyes only

Brings more haunting images

Unable to erase from my brain

Walls are collapsing

Much like my fragile barriers

I reach out but there's

Nothing to hold onto

No one there to save me

Rescue can only come

From deep within me

And yet I don't know if

The strength remains anymore

I struggle to remain,

To stave off the hopelessness

Desperately grasping to

Hold onto that last sliver

Of hope

#poetry #angstpoetry #depression #depressionpoetry

When I met you

I didn't expect to feel anything

Surprisingly fell for you

My closed heart slowly

Opening its doors

I thought we connected

Finding at least enough

To form a friendship

Stupidly I trusted again

Only to have my heart

Crushed yet again

Never to be worthy

Of anyone

I can’t breathe

The walls are closing in on me

One by one they leave

Finding someone better

Less damaged, less tormented

A better replacement

Someone who isn’t me

Too many issues drive them away

The more I care, the less they do

Until I’m left alone

Wondering what’s wrong with me

What’s so unlovable

How I can never be good enough

My heart hurts and my breath chokes

Unable to relax, I sit here

Endlessly replaying things in my mind

Trying to comprehend the mess

That my life has become

Nothing ever seems to measure up

And I do nothing but stumble and fall

Failing myself and everyone around me

The harder I work, the harder I fall

Until I’m left helpless for a solution

Sitting here alone, wondering

Tired of never being

Good enough

I only fail everyone

No matter how hard

I try and work

Nothing is ever good enough

Just when I think

Things are getting better

Everything falls down

I wish I had the answer