1. What's Next?
I lie awake tonight,
Wishing of things I can change.
I try to convince myself,
But it's all so strange.
Is it me,
Or is it you?
Do I try,
Heartbreak Poems
Healing Poems for Heartbreak
When your heart is broken it is the saddest thing in the world. All your energy leaves you and everything in your life seems to lose all meaning. You gave your heart and soul to this love, and now it is no more. How can your heart ever be whole again? There is a very deep thought attributed the Mystical Rabbi of Kotzk, "there is nothing as whole as a broken heart". Although a broken heart is painful, it brings a person to turn to God. He realizes that he is ultimately alone in the world except for God who is always there to comfort him.
41 Devastating Poems about Heartbreak
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Featured Shared StoryThat has so much truth: I think we all do that at times and our companions get used to it. But sometimes we push too hard and push them away. But with true love comes an unbelievable force...
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2. Mad Girl's Love Song
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"I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead;
I lift my lids and all is born again.
(I think I made you up inside my head.)
The stars go waltzing out in blue and red,
And arbitrary blackness gallops in:
I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead.
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3. What Lips My Lips Have Kissed, And Where, And Why
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What lips my lips have kissed, and where, and why,
I have forgotten, and what arms have lain
Under my head till morning; but the rain
Is full of ghosts tonight, that tap and sigh -
4. The Siren
He wrote her a song, but it never got finished
They both fell in love, but it was soon diminished
She sits on his bed and cries in his lap
He cries back at her, knowing they can't go back.Featured Shared StoryThis is absolutely unique and astonishing. I've never had a boyfriend myself, but there was someone who came very close. We were best friends, doing everything together and having the time of...
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5. Do You Know
Do you know a life of loneliness and one filled with pain,
living a life with nothing to gain,
Surrounded by darkness, overwhelmed with shame.
A life without peace with no one to blame.Featured Shared StoryWell, same stuff, but I know I need to be strong for my kids! The thing that crushes me is my 6-year-old hears his dad call me a whore or say, “Mommy's just crazy, Roman." My son, now after 2...
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6. He'll Never Know
I want to run, I want to hide
From all the pain he caused inside.
I want to scream, I want to cry.
Why can't I tell him goodbye?Featured Shared StoryHey Hannah. I have felt like you before. You can fall for someone so completely and they could never feel the same. Just focus on what makes you feel happy. One day you will see he won't even...
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7. A Broken Heart
How do I mend a broken heart?
My entire world has fallen apart.
How do I find hope in a brand new day,
when the one I love has gone away?Featured Shared StoryI am feeling this poem deep in my heart. My husband of 10 years has found someone else to love. He asked me to move out, and I have. I feel so disconnected from my life, the life I knew. I...
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8. I Tried So Hard
Analysis of Form and Technique
I tried so hard.
I tried my best.
I gave you my all,
And now there's nothing left.Featured Shared StoryHe was my first love We started dating while I was in high school. He was at university. We were so much in love, promising each other that we would be together forever. He taught me how to...
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9. Ode To You
Every morning I see your face,
And for that fleeting second I'm in a different place,
A place where we smiled, laughed, and talked,
A place where we could hold hands wherever we walked,Featured Shared StoryThere was a boy. We were on our way to 5 months and then all of a sudden, he liked another girl. It turned out she liked him too. I wanted to be supportive. I stepped down and let them be...
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10. And The World Carries On
The plates will still shift
and the clouds will still spew.
The sun will slowly rise
and the moon will follow too.Featured Shared StoryThis poem is really so good. I feel this poem; it's just amazing.
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11. The Weeping Willow
Last night I woke up and you weren't there.
I told myself that I shouldn't care.
I wrapped my arms around a pillow,
Staring out the window at the weeping willow.Featured Shared StoryI have always loved the weeping willow more than any tree. I love it because it is so strong and resilient and bows with the wind rather than breaks. I promised myself that when I finally had...
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12. Ebb
Famous Poem
I know what my heart is like
Since your love died:
It is like a hollow ledge
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13. The Good Times Are Over
I was happiest with you
I thought you were happy too
Now that you left, only sadness does remain
I can't get the thought of you out of my brainFeatured Shared StoryI remember my first relationship. I almost threw my whole life away for this one boy, because I thought he loved me. I didn't know him; I knew only a shell of him in which he used to hide...
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14. To A Young Girl
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My dear, my dear, I know
More than another
What makes your heart beat so;
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15. Hollow
Emotions.
Do you feel them?
She was numb and frozen,
Yet it dimly sparkled like a dying gem.Featured Shared StoryWhen you feel empty and hollow, I feel like it's easy to feel alone. This poem helped me realize that I am not alone and that there are other people out there who struggle to feel again, who...
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16. Heartbroken And Confused
My heart feels like it's torn in two.
Why can't I just be with you?
Every day another tear,
Every day a lot more fear.Featured Shared StoryI am the type of person who doesn't believe in love, but what I feel for this guy is something I have only felt for one person. I swore off love, and I don't want to fall in love with him...
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17. Bottom Of My Heart
Don't talk anymore, my love
Just look at me
and you will understand
how I feel.Featured Shared StoryWOW!! This is exactly how I feel. The guy I love just fell in love with my best friend and I've been crying non-stop! This made me stop for the first time. Thank you.
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18. I Don't Sleep Because Of You
I don't go to sleep at night
because you haunt my dreams,
and waking up to find you're not here
is harder than it seems.Featured Shared StoryThis poem expresses every emotion I'm feeling right now. We had 16 years together and a few on and off but the last were mainly all on until that Sunday night when he texted telling me that...
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19. Look Me In The Eyes
Look me in the eyes
And tell me what you see.
My hopes and dreams are shattered.
Is there no future for you and me?Featured Shared StoryJust feeling empty, out of words to say, finally you've said mine to the fullest. Thanks I was depressed but now am okayreading it over and over again. Thanks once again.
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20. My First Love...My First Heartbreak
I never thought I would love someone like you,
Never in my dreams that I would meet you.
But then, as I traveled on my life's journey,
You walked into my life, and I fell for you.Featured Shared StoryWhen I was 19 (I'm 21 now), my first love was far away. It was a long-distance relationship. I never thought that would happen to me. We had such a great time. She was my everything. I didn't...
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