Poetry about lost love, heartbreak and relationship problems
Previously covering both the sides of love, this section now focuses on poems about the dark side of love, heartbreak and the hurt caused by lost love. Happy love poetry now finds a home in the "upbeat poems" section. This category is reserved for love poems about troubled friendships and relationships and it's where poets offload emotional pain inflected by (ex) boyfriends, girlfriends, wives, husbands, family and friends. Which all begs the question, what is love anyway? Maybe you'll find out here.
Scattered_Thoughts
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Poem Published
Today 4:38am
Today 4:38am
Letting go
A vision in champagne satin
truest smile I'd ever seen
so bright, it lit her eyes
from the inside
like the Fourth of July
golden flakes and green
breaking through what
always appeared to be brown
I finally got to see
the barest trace of me
in her
bittersweet, that moment
when my own eyes
must have dimmed
from the effort
of gracefully letting go
truest smile I'd ever seen
so bright, it lit her eyes
from the inside
like the Fourth of July
golden flakes and green
breaking through what
always appeared to be brown
I finally got to see
the barest trace of me
in her
bittersweet, that moment
when my own eyes
must have dimmed
from the effort
of gracefully letting go
6 reads
IcarusVStheSun
Poem Published
Today 4:14am
Today 4:14am
CAVES & MAGICK
remember a time,
when i once cried
you an ocean of
salt-watered tears?
you'll be amazed
to hear
that ocean transformed
into a mighty great lake.
deep down, a cave was discovered
- filled with crystals and magick -
and the cure to such a broken heart.
so happy and always knowing,
this beautiful cave with every
wondrous dream to fulfill
will never be touched nor discovered
by the hands of the past.
COPYRIGHT © ICARUSVSTHESUN
when i once cried
you an ocean of
salt-watered tears?
you'll be amazed
to hear
that ocean transformed
into a mighty great lake.
deep down, a cave was discovered
- filled with crystals and magick -
and the cure to such a broken heart.
so happy and always knowing,
this beautiful cave with every
wondrous dream to fulfill
will never be touched nor discovered
by the hands of the past.
COPYRIGHT © ICARUSVSTHESUN
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0 Comments
HillaryAlexis31
Jain Doe
Jain Doe
Poem Published
Today 2:30am
Today 2:30am
Mountain to Canyon
The things he said
Were like a
Bad omen
The things he did...
The man she'd had
Was a Pout
From heaven
Innocently
Preaching his whit
But he questioned
Things she did...
Words
So slanted
Mountain to canyon
Into her heart
He poured his
All he recanted
Were lines punched
On the head
Rotten ends
Gave indigestion
In him
His judgments
Were frantics
Idyllic Rome antics
That loved to
See her fear win
His thoughts of her
Lesser than
The little
He'd...
Were like a
Bad omen
The things he did...
The man she'd had
Was a Pout
From heaven
Innocently
Preaching his whit
But he questioned
Things she did...
Words
So slanted
Mountain to canyon
Into her heart
He poured his
All he recanted
Were lines punched
On the head
Rotten ends
Gave indigestion
In him
His judgments
Were frantics
Idyllic Rome antics
That loved to
See her fear win
His thoughts of her
Lesser than
The little
He'd...
9 reads
2 Comments
jemac
Poem Published
Today 2:25am
Today 2:25am
Evening wine
Blush clouds swirl and float
Sun drips heavy like honey,
Sipping in the sky
Sun drips heavy like honey,
Sipping in the sky
9 reads
1 Comment
HillaryAlexis31
Jain Doe
Jain Doe
Poem Published
Today 2:25am
Today 2:25am
I love you
I love you
I love you
I'd like to
Say it three times
I do the math
When we
Try to divide
Still there's no
One above you
I'm sleeping
Divine
Be relieved
That
I love you
And begin things
With time
I love you
I'd like to
Say it three times
I do the math
When we
Try to divide
Still there's no
One above you
I'm sleeping
Divine
Be relieved
That
I love you
And begin things
With time
13 reads
0 Comments
JusTim_
Poem Published
Yesterday 10:41pm
Yesterday 10:41pm
Taste Of Innocence
Buttoned-up sunshine silhouette
draped in early evening fantasy
captured in aromatic ecstasy
let me
d e
o a
w s
n y
let me
wander
in your
b r
e e
z e
Drips of cinnamon touch
the true taste of innocence
and her lips melt atop
burning gasoline jet streams
b
l
o
w
n
across the sheets of time
with the corners holding me still
sunsets wink good night
draped in early evening fantasy
captured in aromatic ecstasy
let me
d e
o a
w s
n y
let me
wander
in your
b r
e e
z e
Drips of cinnamon touch
the true taste of innocence
and her lips melt atop
burning gasoline jet streams
b
l
o
w
n
across the sheets of time
with the corners holding me still
sunsets wink good night
26 reads
3 Comments
unnifaomsl
Poem Published
Yesterday 9:49pm
Yesterday 9:49pm
11-20-16
Overjoyed with the chance to speak to you,
I'm thrilled by your presence.
Hug me. Kiss me. Hold me.
I breathe you in and, Oh how sweet,
Sugary blood flowing to a cotton candy brain,
Rationality out the door.
I'm thrilled by your presence.
Hug me. Kiss me. Hold me.
I breathe you in and, Oh how sweet,
Sugary blood flowing to a cotton candy brain,
Rationality out the door.
12 reads
0 Comments
AaHarvey
Poem Published
Yesterday 8:51pm
Yesterday 8:51pm
Without you I am broken in two
You used to make me smile when things were hard;
Now without you I am broken in two.
I say I can’t live without you;
Something makes me wonder who I am without you.
You know I love you and I know you love me too.
Without your love, what will I do?
Without you I am broken in two;
Without you I am lost and broken in two.
I don’t want to wake up tomorrow and see you are gone,
Because without you I will forever be lost in the dark.
I need to be with you always, these feelings are real,
For I’ll always be wanting you and...
Now without you I am broken in two.
I say I can’t live without you;
Something makes me wonder who I am without you.
You know I love you and I know you love me too.
Without your love, what will I do?
Without you I am broken in two;
Without you I am lost and broken in two.
I don’t want to wake up tomorrow and see you are gone,
Because without you I will forever be lost in the dark.
I need to be with you always, these feelings are real,
For I’ll always be wanting you and...
19 reads
0 Comments
coralluna
Poem Published
Yesterday 6:12pm
Yesterday 6:12pm
Gone are the Days
Where once lay fullness and joy,
Now rests a great vacuous hole;
My Faith it aims to destroy,
As it slowly consumes my soul.
Gone are the days of love,
Numbness has stolen them away;
Sleep is all I think of,
As I struggle to get through the day.
His was the face of my world,
To his hands, my heart I did entrust;
But with his words we became unfurled,
And now we are an unbreathable dust.
Now rests a great vacuous hole;
My Faith it aims to destroy,
As it slowly consumes my soul.
Gone are the days of love,
Numbness has stolen them away;
Sleep is all I think of,
As I struggle to get through the day.
His was the face of my world,
To his hands, my heart I did entrust;
But with his words we became unfurled,
And now we are an unbreathable dust.
18 reads
2 Comments
SamiBmuse
Poem Published
Yesterday 4:49pm
Yesterday 4:49pm
Falling
Falling
Falling for you
it's so hard to allow
true love to come through
trials
and
tribulations
of the past
lingering in every corner
trying to skirt around the issue
but know it is still there
holding back, so as
not to get hurt
but hurting all the same
because this pain
is not from moving on
holding on to the past
maybe it is time
to
let it
go
Falling in love
with you
my heart sings
for me to let love in
but my mind remembers
the hurt
the pain
the...
Falling for you
it's so hard to allow
true love to come through
trials
and
tribulations
of the past
lingering in every corner
trying to skirt around the issue
but know it is still there
holding back, so as
not to get hurt
but hurting all the same
because this pain
is not from moving on
holding on to the past
maybe it is time
to
let it
go
Falling in love
with you
my heart sings
for me to let love in
but my mind remembers
the hurt
the pain
the...
19 reads
0 Comments
FromTheAsh
Poem Published
Yesterday 3:25pm
Yesterday 3:25pm
sandcastles and ashes
the taste of you still lingers
a pale reminder of yesterday
like the stale smoke of last night’s fire
remnants of the moment still visible
in ashes scattered across the hearth
it’s been long since you sat there
solemnly staring into the flames
as random thoughts leapt from your lips
and spiraled into my marrow
building castles in my shifting sand
to say I have regrets would be lying
your voice so often caressed me
and undressed me
with such heated intensity
and I would not now wish to forget
all the time you spent at...
a pale reminder of yesterday
like the stale smoke of last night’s fire
remnants of the moment still visible
in ashes scattered across the hearth
it’s been long since you sat there
solemnly staring into the flames
as random thoughts leapt from your lips
and spiraled into my marrow
building castles in my shifting sand
to say I have regrets would be lying
your voice so often caressed me
and undressed me
with such heated intensity
and I would not now wish to forget
all the time you spent at...
29 reads
3 Comments
audioharleea
audioharlee
audioharlee
Poem Published
Yesterday 1:34pm
Yesterday 1:34pm
Spell
In these moments
I sip slowly
My thoughts of you
In unsettled silence
Deciphering tongues
Spoken
As soul writhes in trance
Was I foolish to evoke them?
You a flame, immaculate
Shut up in my bones
No amount of watching heaven
Could compare to the heights of my prayers
For you, longing for an infinite in which
dreams blossom and grow
My sweet
You linger alone, kindred, as smoke billows
Still see me divine?
Find beautiful my decay?
Will you find me ...
I sip slowly
My thoughts of you
In unsettled silence
Deciphering tongues
Spoken
As soul writhes in trance
Was I foolish to evoke them?
You a flame, immaculate
Shut up in my bones
No amount of watching heaven
Could compare to the heights of my prayers
For you, longing for an infinite in which
dreams blossom and grow
My sweet
You linger alone, kindred, as smoke billows
Still see me divine?
Find beautiful my decay?
Will you find me ...
37 reads
6 Comments
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