Heartbreak Poems by Teens

Broken Heart Poems

Time heals all wounds, they say, but heartbreak is a wound deeper than most. Emotions can range from profound sadness to intense anger to utter emptiness in the course of a single day, which is exhausting. Having to face the person you loved at school or elsewhere can be excruciating and draining. Crying yourself to sleep might even become part of your daily routine. Most of the time, it seems impossible to find the strength to just let go and move on. After all, how can you force your heart stop loving someone? Find comfort in the shared experiences of others as you navigate your own journey of healing and moving on.

191 Poems Reflecting on Heartbreak, Cheating, Confusion, Moving On, and Missing You

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1. Perfect Guy
- By Tabitha Houghton-Smith
- Published: May 2010
I thought I found the perfect guy,
one that knew how to treat me right.
But I forgot to hold on,
and now he's gone.

I thought I found the perfect guy,
one that knew how to treat me right.
But I forgot to hold on,
and now he's gone.

I should have pushed harder for it to work,
but I didn't and now I'm hurt.
I can't remove his picture from my mind
I think about him all the time.

He meant everything to me,
and now we can't be.
I ruined it all,
I say as I slowly fall.

I miss the way it was with him,
and now the light's starting to dim.
Everything inside is dead.
I can't get him out of my head.

I need him to survive.
He makes me feel so alive.
He has my everything,
and without him it's just not the same.

When he told me good-bye,
all I could think of is why.
I hate having to act like it's all right,
especially when all I do is cry at night.

I hate dwelling on my past
and sitting here wondering why it didn't last.
I wish I could be with him right now
I should get over him, but I can't learn how.

I think about how it used to be and I smile.
I hoped he planed on staying a while,
but he left me alone and helpless,
and he knows it's him I will miss.

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2. Forever
- By Bri
- Published: February 2016
Poem About Love Not Lasting

I thought our love was going to last forever.

My heart is now in so much pain.
My tears are falling like pouring rain.

I can no longer sleep a full night.

My heart is now in so much pain.
My tears are falling like pouring rain.

I can no longer sleep a full night.
I can no longer fight.

We broke each other's hearts.
We were torn apart.

We are no longer together.
What happened to forever?

No one can save me from the dark's might.
This time there will be no light.
I'm not going to fight.

There's no reason to.
When I did fight, it was for you.

I know I never did show how I felt.
Just believe me,
every time I saw you,
my heart would melt.

Just know...
I loved you then,
I love you still.
I promise
I always will.

I don't know why
we had to say our goodbyes...
but I'll love you till the day I die.

My heart is broken,
but I still have hope.

One day
we might get back together.
Maybe next time will be forever.
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3. In The Longing For A Dream
- By Erica
- Published: December 2017
Poem About Longing For Love

Hello! My name is Erica, and I'm a thirteen-year-old who has secretly been writing poetry since fourth grade. This is about how I am deeply passionate about someone I will never even meet, and if you have read any other poems you will know that I mention Finland a lot, because that is where he is from. This one is about how I love him so much that sometimes I can't even sleep. It's hard to love someone you can't have. I hope you like my poem "In The Longing for a Dream."

It's four o' clock in Finland,
And I know that you're asleep.
I know that you are dreaming, and
If you're not, you're counting sheep.

It's four o' clock in Finland,
And I know that you're asleep.
I know that you are dreaming, and
If you're not, you're counting sheep.

I always get what I'm wanting
But never what I seek.
There's a difference between what we can have
And we can keep.

I turn to my left side
Then I turn onto my right.
I wonder if you're struggling
Like I do every night.

I close my eyes and picture you the
Way I want you to seem.
A tear comes sliding down my face
In the longing for a dream.

It lays its weary head down on my
Pillow's fraying seam.
It lays its weary head down
In the longing for a dream.

I can picture you so clearly
Sleeping soundly in your bed.
The crickets lullaby you softly as
The moon slides overhead.

The breeze knocks on your window
While in your sleep you're gently breathing,
And beneath your warm blankets
Your lovely heart is gently beating.

You nod your head slightly
And soon again you're lying still.
The night cradles you in loving arms,
And you know it always will.

Yes, it's four o' clock in Finland, and I
Know that you're asleep.
Don't know what about, but you're dreaming,
And if you're not, you're counting sheep.

Keep dreaming while you can, my love. Stay
Safe and warm within your bed
For life is but another dream. Just
Not inside your head...

I close my eyes and think of you.
Maybe it's not as late as it seems.
A tear comes sliding down my face
In the longing for a dream.

It lays its weary head down on my
Pillow's fraying seam.
It lays its weary head down

In the longing for a dream...
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4. Just Let Him Go
- By Aubrey
- Published: April 2009
I wrote this poem when I was going through a hard time dealing with a break-up. I was watching TV, and I heard the words, "You've gotta learn to just let go." Those words really stuck with me. So I grabbed my notebook and started writing. I hope this poem helps some of you get through those hard break-ups.

We had a lot of fun
When we were together
I'll never forget
I'll always remember

We had a lot of fun
When we were together
I'll never forget
I'll always remember

The laughs that we shared
The dreams that we had
But those dreams changed
And they left me sad

I know you've moved on
And found someone new
But I have to admit
I still wish for you

This isn't healthy for me
I really need to stop
When I think about our past
My heart wants to pop

So as I say my last goodbye
I want you to know
That I'm trying my best
To learn to just let go
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5. Sometimes I Feel
- By Keyeria Sowell
- Published: September 2013
Poem About Not Giving Up On Love

This poem is for those young people who feel as if their partners are treating them like they don't matter. But really they know and understand that they truly care for each other.

Sometimes I feel as if it was bad to fall in love at first sight,
But other moments it feels like it was just so right.
Sometimes I feel as if you don't care,
But other moments it feels like you'll always be there.

Sometimes I feel as if it was bad to fall in love at first sight,
But other moments it feels like it was just so right.
Sometimes I feel as if you don't care,
But other moments it feels like you'll always be there.
Sometimes I feel as if we just weren't meant to be,
But other moments it feels like you're the only one for me.
Sometimes I feel as if this is all a game,
But other moments it feels like I should share your last name.
Sometimes I feel as if you don't notice me,
But other moments it feels like it's only me you see.
Sometimes I feel as if you wish we weren't together,
But other moments it feels like we will be forever.
Sometimes I feel as if I should just give up,
But other moments it feels like you are my good luck.
Overall, I understand we will have some ups and downs,
But despite the doubts I have and bad times we go through, I appreciate the love we have now.
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6. Missing Him
- By Chantel Johnson
- Published: September 2015
Poem Wondering Why I'm Still In Love

Still in love but don't know why. We don't talk anymore, and I like another guy, so what's going on? I'm falling for you once again. I wanted one more chance to be yours again.

Day by day,
Miles apart,
I hold him close
In my heart.

Day by day,
Miles apart,
I hold him close
In my heart.
My heart likes him here,
But my mind wants him to disappear.
So confused but so in love,
Looking at the stars above,
Remembering what we had
And what could have been,
When we were in love,
And how we were friends.
He was like family to me,
I trusted him with all my heart,
But in a million pieces
He shattered it apart.
I only asked for one more chance,
Just to get it right,
But he turned me away
And bid me goodnight.
Now these tears are here to stay,
Streaming down my face,
Wondering why he would turn me away,
And now we don't talk anymore.
That's so true,
So why am I still in love with you?
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7. What Did I Do Wrong?
- By Miranda S
- Published: November 2009
I Want You Back Poem

This poem is about being so close to someone and then all of a sudden they leave, and you have no idea why.

I can't stop singing Taylor Swift songs
I can't stop asking what I did wrong
You were once there and now you're gone
I'm too scared to turn the light on

I can't stop singing Taylor Swift songs
I can't stop asking what I did wrong
You were once there and now you're gone
I'm too scared to turn the light on

My face streaked with tears
Bringing out my worst fears
I can't say I don't care
Because having you is my only prayer

You were once so close and now so far
I don't know where you are
I just want you back with me
That's all I want, you see
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8. Unloved
- By Elizabeth Shears
- Published: April 2017
Wanting Someone You Can't Have

Have you ever fallen for someone who messed with your head? This is basically to express those feelings of loving someone so much. They love you back one day, then the next day they don't. And even though it hurts, you ignore the pain and refuse to give up on who you think is the perfect guy/girl.

I really feel like there's no use
loving you through this abuse.
The pain is just too much for me.
It's not enough for you to see.

I really feel like there's no use
loving you through this abuse.
The pain is just too much for me.
It's not enough for you to see.
I don't know what else I can do
To keep myself from wanting you.
I hope that you're worth fighting for.
You're everything I want and more.
I love you, so who else can I blame?
I know you'll never feel the same.
It hurts to feel this love for you,
knowing you don't feel it too.
I hate that things can feel so right,
but then my future's not so bright.
What's wrong with me? What did I do
to become so unloved by you?
Putting myself through all this pain,
why do I do it? I can't explain.
I just can't take this anymore,
but I won't stop until I'm yours.
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9. Hopeless
- By Brooke
- Published: January 2019
Being Cheated On And Losing Hope

You think that you love someone, but it turns out they liked someone else the whole time.

This isn't the way it was supposed to be.
Things started out so perfectly.
We were so happy, our future set in stone.
Never would I imagine myself alone.

This isn't the way it was supposed to be.
Things started out so perfectly.
We were so happy, our future set in stone.
Never would I imagine myself alone.

But time after time, you broke my trust.
What I thought was love, you felt as lust.
You locked up my heart but gave her the key.
I watch as you now love her and not me.

I should have known it was too good to be true,
But yet here I am, crying over you.
Now I am left heart-broken and betrayed.
How stupid I was to think you would stay.

You shared love with her, knowing I was the cost,
And I realize now that all hope is lost.
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10. There Was One More Thing
- By Erica
- Published: December 2017
Wanting A Second Chance

Hi! I am a thirteen-year-old girl who has secretly been writing poetry since I was in fourth grade. I love poetry so much, and even though I'm still learning, I write all the time. My love for hockey and for the boy I can never have (whom I refer to as The Finn in many of my poems) inspires me to write. I wrote this one about the feeling of when something ends too soon and there was still so much you wanted to say and do. I hope I can inspire some people out there! Thank you so much for reading!

If there was one more thing I could tell you,
I'd tell you that you saved my life.
I'd tell you that you are my savior.
In the darkness you are my light.

If there was one more thing I could tell you,
I'd tell you that you saved my life.
I'd tell you that you are my savior.
In the darkness you are my light.

If there was one more thing I could thank you for,
It would be how strong I have become.
I would thank you for the strength you gave
That helped me overcome.

If there was one more thing I could see again,
It would be your smile I can't replace.
I would want to see you come home again.
Never another tear to cross your face.

If there was one thing I could wish of you,
I would wish for you to come home.
I wish that once you would notice me,
Wish you don't leave me here alone.

If there was one more thing I could have from you,
It would be a moment. A second. A glance.
All I ever wanted from you was you.
All I ever wanted was a chance.

If there was one more thing I could ask you,
I'd ask if you would have cared.
If you could see, would you have cared about me
If you had known I was there?

If there was one more thing I'd want from you
It would be a memory to save
So when you're gone I could still hold on,
So I could still be brave.

If there was one more thing I could tell you,
I'd tell you I've loved you all along.
I've been here for you. I'll wait for you.

I'm going to miss you
When you're gone.

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11. Heartbroken
- By Greg Thung
- Published: August 2012
Heartbreak Poem For Him

I had lost hope before on love due to other rejections. But this girl is the one that told me to hold on and not give up, so I listened to her. I fell in love with her a few weeks later and was about to send her a poem I wrote for her on Valentine's. With a friend, I found out she liked her neighbor and they were planning to go out. It hurt that she didn't care about me and that I meant nothing to her. But what hurt the most was the fact I did a lot for her, but it was all for nothing. I still love her, though.

My mind always told me to "leave and advance,"
But my heart told me that I still have a chance.

So I listened to my heart and gave it a shot,

My mind always told me to "leave and advance,"
But my heart told me that I still have a chance.

So I listened to my heart and gave it a shot,
It was a bad choice; now look at the misery and failure it brought.

I thought I'd have a chance, so I kept holding on,
But I know that the last ray of hope is gone.

Sadly, it was you, the girl I trusted the most,
Who left me feeling empty, just like a ghost.

Today, the little hope I had inside, you killed.
I don't know why you destroyed something you helped build.

I must have been crazy to even try,
Because all it did was crush me inside and make me cry.

And I cry only if there's too much to hide.
Like right now because I've got nothing inside.

It has been about 5 times I have tried,
And all those 5 times, I've been denied.

I remember the rejections, you bet I remember them.
So I just sit here and write about it in this poem.

I remember the tears I cried and I shed,
But the pain feels like I bled red instead.

You can taunt me all you want and call me a quitter,
But I give up 'cause I have been treated like litter.

I actually almost thought I'd get to be with her,
But now it tastes so bitter, I still get that shiver.

"Huh? What's that? You think I've been used?"
That don't bother me. To me that's normal news.

I got nothing to lose, nothing to gain.
I'm fed up of all this miserable pain.

So when someone tells me to try again,
Why should I bother? Nothing will change.

I know it will always be the same result:
"Mission failed" - another insane insult.

I thought this would work, not leave me hurt.
Now I'm on the ground beside the dirt.

With the help of a sneaky friend, I read what you typed.
Now all those words you said will come haunt me at night.

If you had given me one chance, I would be your lover.
But I didn't ask for you to make me suffer.

When I'm tying to forget, as I lay on my bed,
Those heartbreaking moments rush back to my head.

It was paradise each time I saw your face,
But now I feel like I'm stranded in space.

It was on this "love road" that I travelled so far,
That left me like this: afraid and scarred.

That road gave me too much pain to bear,
So I've decided, from now I'm gonna be solitaire.

The road I'm going for will have nothing to fear.
And all the sorrow I have inside will all disappear.

Nothing can change my decision. I trust nobody anymore.
I'm not gonna play around. Love is no sport.

So I'm gonna go back to the same old me.
Yes, the shy guy on the piano named Greg.T.

So, do me a favor and make your neighbor feel special, no cheating and stuff.
Don't treat him like me, 'cause one broken heart is enough.

The guy you want is a very lucky boy.
Just don't use him and treat him like a toy.
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12. Confused By Loving You
- By Tennicee Reynolds
- Published: November 2015
Poem About Feeling Invisible

I wrote this because I've liked this boy for ten years. He used to be my best friend, but he started dating this girl, and one year he just wouldn't talk to me, so I backed off. I found out later that he knew I liked him but he wasn't the only one...everybody in the whole school knew. I stopped talking to people, and he began avoiding me to the extreme (basically it was like I was invisible).

I wish we could be,
But I can hardly breathe.
How do I face the day
When my happiness always gets swept away?

I wish we could be,
But I can hardly breathe.
How do I face the day
When my happiness always gets swept away?

I loved you, still do,
But it doesn't mean that I want to.
You broke me,
Turned me into something I could never be.

Lost in confusion,
Frustrated with this illusion
That maybe you just might love me
And maybe you'd hope for what we could be.

But that's not true.
You couldn't care less about my feelings for you.
Lost and frustrated with all the lies,
But I can't stop seeing those beautiful blue eyes.

I can't get your face out of my mind
No matter how hard I try.
I can't take this anymore.
Am I really that invisible?

I could wait forever,
But time would sever.
You're gone,
But what keeps me holding on?

I see you at school,
But I feel like such a fool
For not telling you
The truth.

It's finally coming out,
And right now I have no doubt.
The truth I've waited too long to tell you...
I'm in love with you.
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13. To "The One"
- By Kayla White
- Published: August 2018
Poem About Getting Over A Crush

A girl is saying goodbye to the boy she thought was the one.

I see the way you look at me; it starts a flutter in my heart.
I feel the sadness, confusion, and pain throughout my every vein,
Even though we're worlds apart.

I see the way you look at me; it starts a flutter in my heart.
I feel the sadness, confusion, and pain throughout my every vein,
Even though we're worlds apart.

I hear your voice; it comforts me. It's like a work of art.
I taste the emptiness of you leaving, even though you were never mine.
I can't smell your cologne; maybe it's time I broke apart.

Using all my senses, I realize you're not a part of me,
And even though I'm about to cry,
I think of your smile and whisper, "Goodbye."
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14. Dust To Dust
- By Erica
- Published: October 2018
Change And Moving On

Hello, I am a fourteen-year-old girl who has been writing poetry since I was in third grade. I am so glad that you came to read my poem! This is my most recent poem, "Dust to Dust." It was written in the midst of a sorrowful time but expresses in abstract ideas how nothing ever lasts, whether good or bad, and everything moves on and continues in a circle. This poem is heavy with symbolism and abstract thoughts. I hope you enjoy! Thank you so much!
Love,
Erica

If your heart was a diamond, perfect and clear,
glittering gleaming like a broken heart's tear,
if lust was coal, dusty and black,
would it make you realize you want to come back?

If your heart was a diamond, perfect and clear,
glittering gleaming like a broken heart's tear,
if lust was coal, dusty and black,
would it make you realize you want to come back?

If music was woven with golden thread
soft... like the locks lay upon your head
I would listen all day... and through the night
I would play it once more to make things right.

For if poems and words were always the truth
and were spun into realities as beautiful as you,
my creation would be worth the time that it takes
and the toll that it makes.

For days are like mountains and years are like hills
and the tears are the rivers that turn all the mills.
Though they bring sadness and though they bring pain,
Has one seen a rainbow without any rain?

Though things cannot last, still nothing can die.
It is a circle broken with only goodbyes.
An echo in silence... a wonder we forgot
the weeping of a willow was all for not.

One less second is no concern of mine,
but one may wonder where goes that time...
You can think it like this, you can think it like that.
Will the thinking bring those moments back?

It has been so long, moments have wasted!
Fruits of love I have never tasted
rot on the grounf but will grow towards the sky!
It is the endless circle broken only with goodbye

Crumbling in my hands, the hopes of a past,
leaving, believing that all this could last.
Soil turns to sand and then sand into dust
and blows away in the wind... something bigger than us.

This greater purpose... this greater end
can be seen in every sunrise, every heart of a friend.
Coal into diamond and diamond to rust.
Ashes to ashes and dust to dust!

So be it if words are spun into lies.
It is all just the circle broken with these goodbyes.
In the end... dreams will come and others will rust
it is ashes to ashes and dust to dust!
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15. The Promise
- By Elende Wharton
- Published: July 2010
Getting Your Heart Broken

I wrote this when a boy left me. I thought we were meant to be, but he didn't keep his promise.

I love you.
Those three words didn't mean a thing.
I thought we were meant to be,
But I guess it was just a fling.

I love you.
Those three words didn't mean a thing.
I thought we were meant to be,
But I guess it was just a fling.
There's a wall around my heart, stopping me from crying,
But there's something inside of me
That feels like it's dying.
You were everything I needed, cared for.
I chose you, but now my heart is sore.
You will never realize that you were my best friend too,
But believe me when I say this,
I really did love you.
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16. He's Gone
- By Ashley Bahr
- Published: February 2017
Descriptive Poem About Feelings After A Breakup

This is about an experience that my best friend went through, and I just wrote about it.

He's gone,
Like a shadow when the sun goes down.
The magic fades when he turns around.

He's gone,
Like a shadow when the sun goes down.
The magic fades when he turns around.

And he's gone,
Like words in the sand on a windy day.
He never heard what she had to say.

He's gone,
Like dirt washed by rain from the ground.
She lost everything she thought she'd found.

And he's gone,
Like April turning into May.
How could he just turn away?

He's gone,
Like flowers turning into dust.
She tried so hard, but it wasn't enough.

And he's gone,
Like daytime fading into night.
One moment there; the next, out of sight.

He's gone,
Like old things giving way to new.
He never knew what he put her through.

And he's gone,
Like blue sky turning into black,
And now she knows that he'll never be back.
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17. Soundly In Your Bed
- By Taeha N. Ryder
- Published: February 2020
A Poem About Missing My Best Friend

My name is Taeha and I am sixteen. I befriended someone who soon became my best friend. He was the definition of a best friend. He means the world to me. He moved a little over one year of our friendship, and I haven't seen him in close to a year now. We talk here and there but not often. He keeps promising to come visit, but that has not yet come. This poem shows just how I feel about the situation, and I am very proud of it.

I am lying awake in my nice, warm bed.
I am not sleeping because you are stuck in my head.
I try to forget that you were ever here,
But you made a huge impact in that one short year.

I am lying awake in my nice, warm bed.
I am not sleeping because you are stuck in my head.
I try to forget that you were ever here,
But you made a huge impact in that one short year.

My heart hurts as I think of you.
You are everywhere in my thoughts, like animals in a zoo.
I picture you sound asleep in your fluffy bed,
No sort of worry ever enters your head.

I stare at the ceiling as one lonely tear runs down my cheek.
I am crying in silent agony, forcing myself not to squeak.
The pain breaks me as I turn left and right.
My heart is destroyed every single night.

The silent river flows even faster without a sound.
I imagine you holding me as my heart falls to the ground.
Please catch my heart; do not let it break.
I do not wish to continue this painful ache.

I am falling apart without you as I lay in my bed.
Only visions of you are filling my head.
I cry and I cry, though I know it's not right.
My heart shatters; this happens every night.

Oh, how I hope that you remember me.
Only you can set my heart free.
All of this pain and heartache fill my tired head.
I am falling apart while you sleep soundly in your bed.
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Wonderful poetry Taeha, your despair shows through every word you've shared. I hope one day your friend shows up, with a big, warm, consoling hug.

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18. Smiling But Dying
- By Joevel De Leon
- Published: September 2013
Poem About Your Crush Liking Someone Else

Teenagers often get heartbroken...and some of them want to tell it to that person, but they can't...so they express it with a poem. This poem is for everyone out there whose heart is breaking today...

Today as I went home,
even if I'm with my friends, I feel so alone.
Thinking of you made me feel so blue,
for you love her, and I'm in love with you.

Today as I went home,
even if I'm with my friends, I feel so alone.
Thinking of you made me feel so blue,
for you love her, and I'm in love with you.

This heartache makes me want to cry,
but instead of tears, I express it with a sigh,
for I don't want them to see
that I'm crying, because I'm falling for you badly.

"It's just a little crush," that's what I say,
but it's making a big hole when I see you every day,
for when I follow your stare, it leads to her,
and sometimes, I feel like tears are going to make my vision blur.

I know it's pathetic, but when you talk to me
I feel so pleased and happy,
but still, I know that you're not going to love me
'cause your heart belongs to her completely.

You're just a fantasy,
and you'll never love me in reality.
I know that someday you're just going to be a memory
that I will remember when I'm lonely.

But someday is not yet today.
It still is far, far away,
but I wish you'll notice anyway
that my heart is breaking,
and even though I'm smiling,
just look in my eyes,
and you'll see that I'm dying.
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19. My One-Sided Love
- By Hussein A. Termos
- Published: July 2018
Grief, sadness, death...old problems I've faced, but today I'm getting past them. The problem I've failed to beat is my one-sided love, the one lost in the waves of my life but is still there to press on my heart wound every time I close my eyes.

My love to her is a roaring fire.
She's all I ever did or will desire.
Without her I am no more,
'Cause she's all I live for.

My love to her is a roaring fire.
She's all I ever did or will desire.
Without her I am no more,
'Cause she's all I live for.

She's my red colored rose,
Yet I don't know why her I chose.
Guess that's the way the heart is,
That way of working is only his.

I hide behind a "hey" or a "hi,"
But the truth is that I'm just too shy.
The truth is that I'm just too scared
Of her reaction if she knew I cared.

Every day my feelings I fight,
Try to change them, make them right,
But they already long ago are,
They already went too far.

Sometimes I feel like a creep.
I feel I'm on a mountain that's too steep.
Sometimes at night I can't even sleep
Because of what's hidden down deep.
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20. The Reason Why
- By Erica
- Published: December 2017
Poem About How Hard It Is To Move On

Hi! I am a thirteen-year-old girl who has secretly been writing poetry since I was in 4th grade. I love poetry with all my heart. I wrote this one today because I was thinking of somebody I miss so much, and all of a sudden the first snow of the year began to gently fall outside. I began to write, and it turned into this poem that I named "The Reason Why." I hope it can relate to everybody out there who is missing someone, especially someone who meant a lot to you. Enjoy and thanks for reading!

The first snow of the year falls around me.
I stare out my window. It never fails to astound me

How each flake is different. None are the same.

The first snow of the year falls around me.
I stare out my window. It never fails to astound me

How each flake is different. None are the same.
None try to be like others, just stay how they came.

And the frozen rain falls from the sky with no sound,
Gently drifting to rest and to sleep on the ground.

A cool white blanket hides the scars of the earth,
Covering the ground in a winter's rebirth.

And I wonder, is this beauty what you see every day?
This peaceful wonder that you overlook and say,

"This happens around me. So I walk away."
This is the beauty you overlook every day.

Outside, snow is falling. A beautiful white.
Pressing my face to the window. A beautiful sight.

All around me is beauty. But inside me is pain,
So I watch the snow falling. The frozen rain.

The surface untouched by small children's shoes.
They watch in astonishment from their window views.

Heavy flakes fall from a calming grey sky.
I'm hurting, so the sky continues to cry.

I still miss you. I miss you every day that goes by,
Knowing that I am the reason why.

So I watch the snow fall...hiding what I'm regretting.
I'm sick of remembering what you are forgetting.

I still miss you. I miss you every day that goes by,
Knowing that I am the reason why.

I still love you. I'll love you till the day I die,
Knowing that I am the reason why.
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You're welcome. It's really sad when someone dear becomes a stranger in two minutes. It's a nice poem that was greatly expressed.

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Heartbreak Poems by Teens

Broken Heart Poems

191 Poems Reflecting on Heartbreak, Cheating, Confusion, Moving On, and Missing You

1. Perfect Guy

2. Forever

I thought our love was going to last forever.

3. In The Longing For A Dream

4. Just Let Him Go

5. Sometimes I Feel

This poem is for those young people who feel as if their partners are treating them like they don't matter. But really they know and understand that they truly care for each other.

6. Missing Him

Still in love but don't know why. We don't talk anymore, and I like another guy, so what's going on? I'm falling for you once again. I wanted one more chance to be yours again.

7. What Did I Do Wrong?

This poem is about being so close to someone and then all of a sudden they leave, and you have no idea why.

8. Unloved

Have you ever fallen for someone who messed with your head? This is basically to express those feelings of loving someone so much. They love you back one day, then the next day they don't. And even though it hurts, you ignore the pain and refuse to give up on who you think is the perfect guy/girl.

9. Hopeless

You think that you love someone, but it turns out they liked someone else the whole time.

10. There Was One More Thing

11. Heartbroken

12. Confused By Loving You

13. To "The One"

A girl is saying goodbye to the boy she thought was the one.

14. Dust To Dust

15. The Promise

I wrote this when a boy left me. I thought we were meant to be, but he didn't keep his promise.

16. He's Gone

This is about an experience that my best friend went through, and I just wrote about it.

17. Soundly In Your Bed

18. Smiling But Dying

Teenagers often get heartbroken...and some of them want to tell it to that person, but they can't...so they express it with a poem. This poem is for everyone out there whose heart is breaking today...

19. My One-Sided Love

Grief, sadness, death...old problems I've faced, but today I'm getting past them. The problem I've failed to beat is my one-sided love, the one lost in the waves of my life but is still there to press on my heart wound every time I close my eyes.

20. The Reason Why