Lost Love Poems

Poems About a Lost Love

The loss of a lover, whether because they have passed on or for any other reason is a heartbreaking experience. Some never fully recover. There might always be a small place in your heart that holds the pain of this experience. This is natural and fine. Even when you find another person to love, it is OK to hold a place for the lover that has passed. You shared something profound together. The previous relationship that you had is not like your new relationship. Every relationship is unique and should be allowed a place in your heart.

Sad Love Poetry on Love That's Been Lost

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Tonight I Can Write The Saddest Lines
- By Pablo Neruda
Tonight I can write the saddest lines.

Write, for example, 'The night is shattered
and the blue stars shiver in the distance.'

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This poem reminded me of Ceara, whom I have recently fallen in love with. I was so out of my element by how I felt that I just blew it all to smithereens. I’m hurt but inspired because I had...

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Love Hate
- By David Charlton
- Published: March 2015
Poem About The Dislike Of Love

Picture

Of all the emotions a person can feel,
Love is scariest and hardest to heal.
Excitement and mystery impossible to resist.
Promises of magic perpetually persist.

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I Could
- By Chrys Lea
- Published: April 2017
I Lost My Chance With You

I could dream of you forever,
But it wouldn't put me beside you.

I could call your name on end,

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I have liked this guy for 3 years, and I know he liked me too (don't know if he still does). I still haven't told him, and I only see him every once and a while. I bet he's moved on though,...

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Hating You Sweetly
- By Alisea T.
- Published: March 2015
Poem About Destruction In The Heart And In The Emotions

I looked for a word to say,
but could not find one that day.

I wished for a word that would stay in your heart,

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Exactly where I am. I hate and love him so deeply at the same time. It's killing me that he shows no remorse for hurting me. He refuses to acknowledge or even try to rectify my pain. It hurts...

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The Bench
- By Emma Marie Etwell
- Published: January 2016
Poem Remembering A Lost Love

Sitting alone
On a bench that's made for two,
Only one side is empty,
For that place is meant for you.

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The experience in this poem is exactly the experience I had two weeks ago.
A Lost Love
- By Steve Stewart
- Published: March 2015
Poem About The Pain Of A Break Up

There's a pain in my heart that I'm feeling today,
for the love of my life feels further each day.

The sorrow is so much and the pain is so deep.

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I wish someone special could say this to me. Every day I wait in the hope that he will, and yet nothing. This poem is everything that I hope for, that I want, and yet I know I will not get...

The Love Of My Life
- By Dave
- Published: September 2008
To the love of my life,
though fate never allowed me to make you my wife.
When we met so many years ago,
it was love at first sight that I know.

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This is my story. It starts out beautiful and amazing, and like many love stories, it went downhill too fast. During the summer of 2015, I met this most amazing, funny kind, and handsome man!...

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The One Who Got Away
- By Kiera
- Published: July 2008
My heart literally hurts.
My chest is in pain.
Life without you
Will never be the same.

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I regret the love I lost but never forgot the night we had. Never told her how I felt. I left to go and fight. When I returned she was gone forever, never to have again except for that night....

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Moving On
- By Karren
- Published: November 2009
I treasured you in my heart.
I wish we'd never be apart
Because you're the best thing I've ever had.
I never thought I could be this sad.

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I am a young man who is struggling with the past as well. I dated my ex-girlfriend for two consecutive years, and nothing seemed to worry me. No fleeting shadow ever crossed our way. But then...

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700 Miles From My Heart
- By Sirenity K. Ball
- Published: September 24, 2018
Don't Forget Me

In my dreams you're right by me
Sleeping through the night beside me,
And when I wake up and it's a dream,
I don't have any tears left to comfort me.

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I know how it feels. I actually tried friends with benefits. This guy and I connected like that; we understood each other so well, but his best friend found out and he ended it yesterday. I...

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