Short Sad Love Poems

Published: October 2020

When we give someone our heart, there is always a chance it will get broken. We never want that to be the outcome, but too often it is. Dealing with a breakup or unrequited love is crushing. These short poems capture the despair experienced when a relationship does not work out. Even though these poems are short, the expressed emotions are powerful. Dealing with heartbreak is always a heavy and draining experience. We hope these poems remind you that you’re not alone.

39 Short Poems About Heartbreak

Without You
- By Dawn
- Published by Family Friend Poems December 2016 with permission of the Author.
This is a poem I wrote for my boyfriend who is incarcerated!

Missing Boyfriend Who's In Prison

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All these days and nights without you here,
It's a little bit more than I can bear.

The days are cold and so very long.

All these days and nights without you here,
It's a little bit more than I can bear.

The days are cold and so very long.
I don't know how much longer I can be strong.

My nights are so lonely and sad.
Sometimes I can't help but get mad.

I see your face everywhere I look.
It breaks my heart that my great love is what they took.

Without you here it feels like the end.
I'm lost without you 'cause you were also my best friend.

I'll be counting the days and nights till we're together again.
Until then, it's all my love that I send!
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Someday You'll Miss Me Like I Missed You
- By Summer
- Published by Family Friend Poems April 2011 with permission of the Author.
It made me get a lot off my chest, so now I'm good and over him.

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Someday you'll miss me like I missed you.
Someday you'll cry for me like I cried for you.
Someday you'll want me back like I wanted you.
Someday you'll understand why you broke my heart when I didn't.

Someday you'll miss me like I missed you.
Someday you'll cry for me like I cried for you.
Someday you'll want me back like I wanted you.
Someday you'll understand why you broke my heart when I didn't.
Someday you'll understand that I was the only girl that put up with all your mess.
Someday you'll know how pain feels, how you hurt me.
Someday your life will turn upside down like mine did when you broke my heart.
Someday you'll have someone hurt you like you hurt me.
Someday you'll realize how lonely life can be.
Someday you can sit down and think how much I meant to you
When you meant the world to me.
Someday you'll know how I really felt.
Someday you'll try to come back to me like I tried with you,
But someday you'll love me when I won't love you.
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Without You
- By Daniel X. Wofford
- Published by Family Friend Poems October 2016 with permission of the Author.
I feel lost when I'm without my girlfriend, whether because of an argument or we work opposite schedules. She is my world and I love her. I'm 20 years old and adopted. Love never came easy to me and neither has trust. So when I fall in love, I fall fast. Anxiety and depression overtake my body when I'm without her.

Endless And Lonely Days When You're Not Near

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Without you, days seem endless.
Without you, my nights are lonely.
Everything seems so empty.
Only with you I know I will be fine.

Without you, days seem endless.
Without you, my nights are lonely.
Everything seems so empty.
Only with you I know I will be fine.
Moments with you are frozen in time.
When I'm with you,
I feel that nothing in the world can tear us apart.
I feel that when I'm without I get left with a broken heart.
When I'm with you, I feel that I will love you forever.
Without you, nothing lasts forever.

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Love Is A Mirror
- By Quinn
- Published by Family Friend Poems August 2017 with permission of the Author.
There was a girl that I put all of my love into but got nothing in return.

Heartbreak Like A Dagger

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A sharpened dagger stabbed in his heart,
Ripping in two, ripping apart.
It took only a few words, but her words cut him deep,
Stealing emotions, making him weak.

A sharpened dagger stabbed in his heart,
Ripping in two, ripping apart.
It took only a few words, but her words cut him deep,
Stealing emotions, making him weak.
A two sided mirror true in reflection,
A double edged knife cutting connections,
A place in his heart forever reserved
For the one that he loved but didn't deserve.
She twisted the dagger; it tore him apart.
She stole what was left; she stole a broken heart.
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Voice Of My Aching Heart
- By Shishir
- Published by Family Friend Poems September 2017 with permission of the Author.
Company of certain people in life makes you feel complete and happy, but separation from them brings pain and frustration. This poem covers emotions generated from such situations.

Your Presence Makes Me Feel Complete

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I have always felt alone except when with you.
This is the voice of my aching heart and believe it's true.
You showered your love on me for a very short duration.
I don't know how I will handle this frustrating separation.

I have always felt alone except when with you.
This is the voice of my aching heart and believe it's true.
You showered your love on me for a very short duration.
I don't know how I will handle this frustrating separation.
Your memories always flow in my mind and bloodstream.
Your sight immediately brings on my face a happiness gleam.
True love has the power to conquer all the inhibitions.
One enjoys his life journey under all conditions.
Voice of my aching heart will never go in vain.
Clouds of love in my stressed life will for sure once again rain.
Unfulfilled desires of life will then give me no more troubles,
Whether I achieve something great or just get reduced to rubble.
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Drowning
- By Amy O Connor
- Published by Family Friend Poems October 2020 with permission of the Author.
This poem comes from Amy O Connor's poetry book, A Beautiful Complexity. The poem explores the overwhelming and sometimes suffocating nature of intense emotions, particularly in the context of love and heartbreak. The poet describes the waves of their feelings for someone and how these waves can suddenly pull them under and leave them gasping for air, unable to escape the depths of their emotions. The poem portrays a sense of powerlessness in the face of strong feelings and the struggle to stay afloat amidst the turmoil.

The Waves Of Love: A Poem Of Heartbreak And Turmoil

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They come in waves,
my feelings for you.
And not pretty whitecaps
dancing at my feet.

They come in waves,
my feelings for you.
And not pretty whitecaps
dancing at my feet.
But when I least expect it.
When life seems to be
a quiet stream of continuity.
They come to disrupt.
So forceful they pull me under,
so that I am drowning and once again,
can’t catch my breath.

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Your Touch
- By Dan
- Published by Family Friend Poems October 2017 with permission of the Author.
This wasn't written for anyone in particular. Hopefully it will make someone feel better who is going through a breakup.

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Over the years I've been through so much,
But it all seemed worth it when I first felt your touch.
In the blink of an eye you've gone away.
All that's left are memories of yesterday.

Over the years I've been through so much,
But it all seemed worth it when I first felt your touch.
In the blink of an eye you've gone away.
All that's left are memories of yesterday.
They say you don't know what you've got until it's gone.
I couldn't disagree more; I've known all along.
You're beautiful outside and in.
On top of that, you're my best friend.
I hope you feel better; I hope you can smile.
Just know that I'll be praying for you all the while.
If there's anything I can do, just let me know,
Because it's in times like these that true love will grow.
Take things slowly; there is no rush,
But until I see you again, I'll be longing for your touch.
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When We
- By Dana Schwartz
- Published by Family Friend Poems February 2013 with permission of the Author.
This is written from experiencing a marriage and several relationships with a "bad boy." My home girl and I have spent years watching, waiting, and standing behind our ol' men who have lied, cheated, abused, been locked up, and taken us for granted. It seems like an endless cycle until we either win, lose, give up, or die.

Poem About Giving Up On Someone You Love

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When all we hear are the empty promises and lies
That leave behind broken hearts and shattered lives,
When trust is gone and hope is lost,
What are we fighting for and who really pays the cost?

When all we hear are the empty promises and lies
That leave behind broken hearts and shattered lives,
When trust is gone and hope is lost,
What are we fighting for and who really pays the cost?
When you tell us you're sorry but you do it again,
Why do we believe you, why do we keep giving in?
When we finally realize we made a mistake,
It's too late, we've sealed our fate.
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The Pain Of Goodbye
- By Madeline Matterson
- Published by Family Friend Poems October 2015 with permission of the Author.
So many times I've had to say goodbye, and I know from experience that the person may be gone, but the pain of goodbye stays.

Poem About The Goodbye That Hurts Too Much To Say

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I could fill the oceans with the tears I've cried
Or cover the entire earth with blankets of failed tries.
Countless times what I thought was truth became a lie.
Everything is falling apart, and I'm sick of asking why.

I could fill the oceans with the tears I've cried
Or cover the entire earth with blankets of failed tries.
Countless times what I thought was truth became a lie.
Everything is falling apart, and I'm sick of asking why.
It gets so bad, to the point where I just want to die,
But all of this is nothing compared to the pain of goodbye.
What's the point of believing if you could never fly?
I'm a bird with clipped wings, a well that has run dry,
I'm an undone knot with ends too loose to tie,
But still, nothing compares to the endless pain of goodbye.
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Dear Heart
- By Barbara Bailey
- Published by Family Friend Poems July 2011 with permission of the Author.
My poem is about what the heart feels when it's been broken by a cheating boyfriend.

Heart Broken By A Cheating Boyfriend

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Dear heart, please stop breaking.
Please forget the one who caused this aching.
I know I am the one who placed him there,
But he was not true and I cannot share.

Dear heart, please stop breaking.
Please forget the one who caused this aching.
I know I am the one who placed him there,
But he was not true and I cannot share.
When I gave him my heart he promised the world,
But that promise he shared with more than one girl.
Dear heart, do you think that you will ever heal
And piece back together what I allowed him to steal?
How will I ever fall in love again?
Dear heart, will you ever let anyone else in?
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Reality
- By Keioma Livan
- Published by Family Friend Poems April 2015 with permission of the Author.
Have you ever been in love with someone who, for some reason or another, just can't love you back or at the least can't love you the way you want them to? If so, this is the poem for you.

Poem About Someone Who Seeks True Love

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Just saying your name makes me realize
how much meaning you add to my life.
I watch your actions every day
and long to hold and kiss you when I'm awake,

Just saying your name makes me realize
how much meaning you add to my life.
I watch your actions every day
and long to hold and kiss you when I'm awake,
but reality dawns a rainy day,
a world of fantasy and dismay.

In my dreams I make you mine.
I hold you 'til the end of time,
but when I awake to find that you're not there,
my world is full of sorrow and despair,
and reality, like a rushing wind, destroys my hope,
my everything.
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Missing You
- By Jaira N. Biel
- Published by Family Friend Poems June 2016 with permission of the Author.
Hi, I was a teenager in love when I wrote this. I wrote a lot of poems. It helped get that emotion out. Not everyone we fall in love with is meant to stay. I have 2 kids and a loving boyfriend. I wouldn't change a thing. I'm very blessed, thank the Lord. But the first time I fell in love is always deep within.

Poem About The One Who Got Away

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Missing you is like a day without light
or a rose without petals.

Every time I think of you

Missing you is like a day without light
or a rose without petals.

Every time I think of you
My days grow shorter,
My heart gets weaker,
and my love grows stronger.

I had a dream that everything was perfect,
But then I realized nothing is the same.

Missing you is like a day without light
or a rose without petals.
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I Thought Wrong
- By Elizabeth V. Zander
- Published by Family Friend Poems December 2017 with permission of the Author.
This is about how you can have someone you truly love hurt you and break your trust but still try to avoid the voice inside of you saying that you need to move on. This story is based on a real experience in my life.

Poem About Letting Go Of Someone You Love

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I thought you were my everything.
I thought you were what I longed for.
I thought you loved me.
I thought wrong.

I thought you were my everything.
I thought you were what I longed for.
I thought you loved me.
I thought wrong.

I thought you cared for me.
I thought you made me belong.
I thought you wanted me.
I thought wrong.

So as I lay down,
thinking about how I was wrong,
I just kept on desperately wishing...
hopefully that, too, was wrong.

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My Love Is Gone
- By Ralph P Quinonez
- Published by Family Friend Poems February 2019 with permission of the Author.
The hardest thing is losing the love you have.

I No Longer Feel Whole

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Lord, hear my prayer oh so dear.
My heart is aching; my mind isn't clear.
My love has left me; it hurts my soul.
Without that love, I don't feel whole.

Lord, hear my prayer oh so dear.
My heart is aching; my mind isn't clear.
My love has left me; it hurts my soul.
Without that love, I don't feel whole.
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He Is Hurting Too
- By Poetrebelunderground
- Published by Family Friend Poems October 2018 with permission of the Author.
Sometimes when a guy and a girl break up, most of the concern goes toward the girl. Everyone sees that she is in pain and she's hurt. The purpose of this poem is to point out that everyone in the relationship has been affected. The guy hurts, too. He wants people to see that he is drowning while everyone is throwing her a life rope.

A Guy Also Hurts During A Breakup

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He's tired of the pain.
He's tired of every lie.
He's tired of the countless nights
When all he does is cry.

He's tired of the pain.
He's tired of every lie.
He's tired of the countless nights
When all he does is cry.

He's pretending not to care.
He said that he is fine,
But really he is hoping
Someone will read his mind.

Everyone's sad for her;
No one knows what he's going through,
And not even his friends can see
That he is hurting too.
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In The Shadows
- By Holly A. Blackwell
- Published by Family Friend Poems January 2016 with permission of the Author.
I met a boy a while back, and I fell in love with him. He left university and we stayed in contact, but then he suddenly cut me off and made me feel worthless. The hardest part of all this is that, although it was hard to move on from him, when I was moving on, he returns and I'm back to loving him, even though he doesn't care. I wanted to write this for me, to express my feelings and help the healing process.

Poem About Being Left In The Shadows

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You left me in the shadows, alone in the dark.
I was left crying and upset the day you broke my heart.
I tried to move on and meet someone new,
But when I was in their arms, I wished it was you.

You left me in the shadows, alone in the dark.
I was left crying and upset the day you broke my heart.
I tried to move on and meet someone new,
But when I was in their arms, I wished it was you.
I tried and tried to push my feelings aside,
But my feelings for you I couldn't hide.
Time passed, and I changed and grew.
I matured and moved on from the person you knew.
I started to pick myself up, I saw the light,
Until I saw you that Saturday night.
For you played with heart like you did before,
Made me feel like we could be more,
But you left my life, like you did before.
No cares in the world when you walked through that door,
So now I'm in the shadows, alone in the dark,
Now crying and upset as you've broken my heart.
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Lost Love
- By Robert B. Wolfe
- Published by Family Friend Poems August 2016 with permission of the Author.
This is about my first love that I gave up when I went into the service. I never stopped loving her.

Poem About Missing My High School Sweetheart

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As I sit and ponder the day away.
I remember the young love I gave away.
I searched for a love like I left behind,
Too young to realize she was one of a kind.

As I sit and ponder the day away.
I remember the young love I gave away.
I searched for a love like I left behind,
Too young to realize she was one of a kind.

Like a ship in the night,
She sailed away.
The hurt I felt
I still feel today.

For years I walked along a lonely shore,
Dreaming of the eyes I'll see no more.
The love I felt, I still feel today
For the love of my life that I gave away.
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Darkness
- By Brendan Michael Pagano-Staffaroni
- Published by Family Friend Poems August 2015 with permission of the Author.
This poem comes from the pain of losing a girlfriend. When the person you love leaves, your whole world turns upside down, making it feel like you will constantly live in darkness.

Poem About Loss Of Girlfriend

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I wish this world of darkness would come to an end.
I lost a girl, I lost a friend.
I'd give it all back if only I could.
I've said it a million times, I know I would.

I wish this world of darkness would come to an end.
I lost a girl, I lost a friend.
I'd give it all back if only I could.
I've said it a million times, I know I would.
I miss her more and more every day.
She's gone, and my world is dark and grey.
My life is a cloud of endless rain.
I wish I could escape the endless pain.
What's the point of living if she's gone?
There is no sun, there is no dawn
In my endless world of darkness...
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Empty
- By Vincent
- Published by Family Friend Poems February 2011 with permission of the Author.
After months of being lied to, being able to trust again doesn't come easy. I write to vent and to collect my thoughts.

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Feeling down, alone, and empty inside,
Decisions to make but can't decide.
Hurt from pain of a broken heart.
Days go on as if they are dark.

Feeling down, alone, and empty inside,
Decisions to make but can't decide.
Hurt from pain of a broken heart.
Days go on as if they are dark.
Looking for happiness, the light to return.
My soul feels empty, deceptive, a burn.
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You Used Me
- By Ellia Keil
- Published by Family Friend Poems February 2011 with permission of the Author.
This poem is based on how a guy used me just to get his first kiss. He made me feel horrible. I never really felt love, and I thought he would show it to me, but he didn't... so apparently, used is all I'll ever be.

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You used me.
I thought you were the key,
But the truth is that you used me,
So now I will never be free.

You used me.
I thought you were the key,
But the truth is that you used me,
So now I will never be free.

I thought you loved me,
But I was totally wrong,
I thought you were my forever,
I thought you were my song.

Now I lay here in a crumpled mess,
Now feeling totally -less.
You used me,
And used is all I'll ever be.
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Short Sad Love Poems

39 Short Poems About Heartbreak

This is a poem I wrote for my boyfriend who is incarcerated!

It made me get a lot off my chest, so now I'm good and over him.

There was a girl that I put all of my love into but got nothing in return.

Company of certain people in life makes you feel complete and happy, but separation from them brings pain and frustration. This poem covers emotions generated from such situations.

This wasn't written for anyone in particular. Hopefully it will make someone feel better who is going through a breakup.

So many times I've had to say goodbye, and I know from experience that the person may be gone, but the pain of goodbye stays.

My poem is about what the heart feels when it's been broken by a cheating boyfriend.

Have you ever been in love with someone who, for some reason or another, just can't love you back or at the least can't love you the way you want them to? If so, this is the poem for you.

This is about how you can have someone you truly love hurt you and break your trust but still try to avoid the voice inside of you saying that you need to move on. This story is based on a real experience in my life.

The hardest thing is losing the love you have.

This is about my first love that I gave up when I went into the service. I never stopped loving her.

This poem comes from the pain of losing a girlfriend. When the person you love leaves, your whole world turns upside down, making it feel like you will constantly live in darkness.

After months of being lied to, being able to trust again doesn't come easy. I write to vent and to collect my thoughts.

This poem is based on how a guy used me just to get his first kiss. He made me feel horrible. I never really felt love, and I thought he would show it to me, but he didn't... so apparently, used is all I'll ever be.