self-pity poems

I Can’t Go On, I’ll Go On | Stan Morrison - Read Poetry Online by Talented Contemporary Poets

I Can’t Go On, I’ll Go On | Stan Morrison

I sleep in a bed with two pillows
sadly such irony doesn’t escape me
I’m the victim master of this misery
my desk chair has become my throne

is this truly where I live
this address is so strange
it must that I live here
all my keys seem to fit

how much longer am I to live
I need to know how to pace it
with no access to answers
must I keep going doing

all my joys are mixed with memories
getting me through this blur of days
I can no longer stand this wallowing
my self pity permit’s long expired

don’t ask me for new insights
don’t spring any of your own
you won’t uncover how I’m coping
crying laughing in the summer rain

Woe Is Me | Ivan Jenson - Read Poetry Online by Talented Contemporary Poets

Woe Is Me | Ivan Jenson

Nobody can teach you
how to be lonely
because it is a self-taught
ability and affinity
to various levels of self-pity
yet, certain kinds of music
can enhance that solo
ballet in the depth
of the valley
of your moonless mood
and you should just admit
it’s pleasurable to be miserable
to stew and brood
refusing all emotional support
as well as the sustenance
of home-made food
and to think it all started
because you misunderstood
what somebody said or meant
which made you
check into solitary confinement
and only you can
unlock the door
to set yourself free
for you are the prisoner
and warden
with the key

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