Poems on pain: TUC's Top 5 Collection - The Unprecedented Cult

The Unprecedented Cult (TUC) was founded with the core idea of bringing out the raw and dark side of life. I believe in writing and sharing the thoughts and feelings I have experienced over the years. Another intention of writing such poetry and songs is to create awareness about mental health concerns that accompany such emotions. Today, we are going to unravel some of the best poems on our blog relating to a very strong emotion: Pain.

Pain is experienced in a lot of different situations. You feel pain in darkness or sadness, you feel pain after a broken relationship, you feel pain when you lose someone close, you feel pain when you are hurt by a close one, etc.

Over time, on TUC, we have written many poems and songs that revolve around “Pain”. Each piece is written with experience. In this post, I am going to highlight my top 5 poems on The Unprecedented Cult that truly bring out the essence of “Pain”, extracted from different situations.

So, sit back. It is going to be a roller coaster ride.

#1 – Bittersweet: The Past

A melancholic, this short poem talks about the misery of a person who has come a long way with his/her bittersweet memories. The poem highlights the state of the person where he/she wants to relive and cherish the good old memories but is always clouded by sad memories of the past.

Poems on pain: Untidy and empty dark room with only a chair and a table depicting past memories, misery and pain.

I can feel the air
but can’t breathe,
I can see the light
but can’t reach,
I’ve always
pushed the life away from me,
my unsaid words
leave me hurting
more than the cuts underneath.

It’s so unforgiving,
life never shows its true meaning,
the night and day
follow their routine,
but every second
paints a new picture for me.

I’ve tried
to push it back in pain,
and the haze of it
blinds my faith.
I search for reality
all the time,
can’t trust my senses anymore
as I live in disguise.

Feel like talking to someone,
feel emotionless,
every word that comes out,
encapsulates a thousand pages of my regret.

I want to speak my mind,
but all that comes out is a lie.
I try to be calm,
but the misery boils
and takes away my life.

I want to relive
the moments I left in the past,
I want to go back
as this phase of life is wrapped in the dark.
I want to find
the best that resided in me,
but every time I push it back,
I am left drenched in those hurting memories.

#2 – The Survival: A Burning Past

One of the poems on TUC that highlights an abusive relationship, dark memories, sorrow, and pain of a person. The person in focus is distraught and living a broken and hurting life. All that the person wants is his/her life to become better and hopes for a day when the misery and pain will end.

Pages of a book burning depicting dark past or broken relationship.

The weight of the life you gave,
I still walk alone and see my hopes decay.

The faces that whisper in my head,
are the ones I thought I left behind, dead.

Frozen by those words, they still tear me apart,
and a chill in my spine pulls me into the dark.

Sitting with the doors shut, this screaming silence,
it reminds me of the creation of your uncalled violence.

Remember, how you hurt me and took away the heaven,
I’ve been crawling since and searching for redemption.

I’m scattered on your floor like pieces of the glass,
trying to pick myself up, what’s left in me to last.

I’ve drowned and burnt in your presence,
the things you did to me never made any sense.

You’ve used me as an object to be played,
the egoistic attitude in you was the truth you never ate.

Living the life on the terms you created,
you never saw the hurting life in me that was fading.

I’ve fought with this world all alone,
but you never saw the pain, that crippled me to the bones.

I’ve tried to overcome the memories you infused in me,
but you still stand there and mock my burning eulogy.

I’m looking for a path to start afresh,
a world, where will be peace and tranquil rest.

I’m looking for a place to call home,
a reason to be alive and to heal my wounds.

#3 – Masquerade: Another Day

One of the best poems on TUC relating to depression and the pain of living a dark life. The poem talks about the dual life of a person living with depression. This piece chokes readers with the reality that a person living in depression often has to live a life of dual identity. One when he/she is around people and the other when he/she is all alone.

A beak mask with a rose by the side showcasing hidden identity of a depressed person, pain, and misery.

Waking every morning,
torn apart,
choking in the sunshine,
another day embarks.

Picking myself up,
the weight unbearable,
my legs get frozen,
I feel deplorable.

Pictures of the past,
bleed within the mind,
broken, I see myself,
wearing a disguise.

Turning away from the mirror,
I hide my scars,
living in a society,
that puts on a facade.

Charade,
strong masquerade,
I walk down the road,
infused with pain.

Back home,
reality dawns,
something’s amiss,
so I wear my skin on.

The ground breaks,
I lie six feet beneath,
honing the pain,
I never sleep.

Feeling numb,
I run across the hall,
pick up a blade,
but can’t let myself fall.

Embracing an overdose,
I live in disdain,
holding onto this curse,
I crawl through another day

#4 – Silence Speaks: That Night

The poem talks about the situations where a person wants to talk to the person he/she loves and open up about his/her darkness, but due to the weight of depression, misery, and pain, he/she is not able to share.

The poem gives a message that when you are going through a tough time, you should always share your thoughts and feelings with your close ones. Not venting out or not sharing can create a communication gap and differences in a relationship.

Walking legs on a ground full of stones depicting pain and misery.

It feels like I’m still here,
just another day when I was broken,
when I walked down this road.
A pain in my heart, tears in my eyes,
pitch-black scene, and that dark night.

The cold breeze and the grey clouds,
my friends, in the space called silence.
I was numb,
not sure what was going through my head,
but I knew, I’ll never be the same again.

I wanted to reach out to you,
but you couldn’t understand what I was going through.
Never wanted to hurt you, put you through any pain,
just wanted to scream out loud and let you know,
how broken I was without you.

No feelings left,
torn apart,
walking with the silence, was solace in the dark.
Now, I’ve come a long way,
still, these streets haunt like ghosts,
and I am still standing at the crossroads.

I’m not afraid, no more,
it’s hard to revive me again.
Looking back at what I lost,
it’s another story of my pain.

#5 – Love Hurts: Empty Life

A poem that would be relatable to so many people. It talks about pain because of unfulfilled love. This piece highlights the reality that love is not always successful or reaches its full cycle. There are times when two people in love have to sacrifice their love due to certain reasons.

A box character crying and holding a torn heart shaped paper depicting broken love, pain, and misery.

You were an angel,
a thought floating over,
I saw you smiling,
on that day of December.

Intoxicated by your eyes,
I fell for you,
you had the smile of a thousand stars,
empathetic among few.

We hardly talked,
it was tough to open up,
the words unspoken,
the feelings locked up.

I was clueless,
when you asked the question,
I had a million thoughts,
running through my head.

In the end,
I gave in,
I accepted the fact,
and too expressed my feelings.

Not sure, if we made a mistake,
that came back to haunt me,
a pain,
like the hurricane in the sea.

I can’t forget,
the times we laughed together,
I can’t forget,
the times we cried together,
I don’t know,
when the darkness clouded us,
when it became so hard,
to survive any longer.

I pushed myself so hard,
the tears gave way to the pain,
you said nothing,
and got lost along the way.

I still don’t know,
why you came into my life?
Why did we promise,
to stand the test of time?

I know,
love hurts in a thousand ways,
what makes it strong,
is the one thing that betrays.

I’m done with this love,
was not born for it,
I keep losing people,
I think they don’t deserve me.

And, that’s the wrap-up. These are our top 5 poems on pain featured on TUC. Let me know which poems top your list in the comments section below.

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