“I look at the world like frost in a windowpane, confused, unseeing, and I wait for a solution which will never come. I see the world through eyes glazed over, searching for relief from the ungodly pain. Fuck the stigma. I just want normalcy.” PainPoetryFearDespairEmotionsMental HealthConfusionStigmaNormalcy Book:Cells Source: Cells
“You could see it in her eyes – pain made them very deep. Everything about her reeked of death – that gorgeous skin, haunted eyes, porcelain breasts – death masking a soul just marking time. People wanted to get into her. She just wanted a grave. Some wishes eventually get fulfilled.” PainDeathPoemDepressionReflectionSelf AwarenessWishes Author:Scott C. Holstad
“i allowed you to destroy me, my self-confidence, my ego, my identity as a human being and as a man. for years i was a shadow of my former self. the pain you caused was brutal and intense but i have a new life and a new incarnation and you’re hardly worth thinking about anymore and being free at last of your clutches, I have a new world to look forward to.” PainIdentitySelf ConfidenceNew LifeStarting OverRelationships Breakups Book:Junction City Source: Junction City
“Winter, and You are the only Possibilities in this World. Paper, pen, Teeth, bones, and skin, The future is now. How will you make This work, snowflakes Against the window, Every ounce of pain Like blood on my lips.” LovePainPoetry Author:Scott C. Holstad
“We share this moment not through touch but our eyes, yours brilliant, shining, willing, wanting to know feel the pain, understand, mine dead to the world, a bleak history of empty files” PainPoetryHopeFutureBleakEmotion Connections Author:Scott C. Holstad
“do you hate yourself i wonder? you can’t expect others to accept you until you’ve been able to accept yourself. sometimes i think i can really feel the pain. i’ve been there, i live there. but if you can make it through, nothing will beat you. you know the madhouses are full of emotional suicides. let’s just take it day by day.” PainSelf HatredPoetry Quote Book:Grungy Ass Swaying Source: Grungy Ass Swaying
“We wake up, breathe, live life often against our wishes and our better judgement. We console ourselves by telling ourselves this is no fault of our own but that doesn’t take away the reality of the pain, the streaming dreams, the utter shock of life, the shattered pieces of survival.” LifeRealityPainSurvivalBlameMeaning Of LifeShattered DreamsExistential Dilemma Book:Cells Source: Cells