Poems about Moving On
#MovingOn
Poems about moving on, dusting yourself off and moving forward after a breakup or difficult stage of life. Moving on poems, about finding the strength and courage to start a new chapter in life, finding freedom and closure on past events.
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Nolan
Nolan
Poem Published
23rd Feb 2025 3:16am
23rd Feb 2025 3:16am
Poorly Worded Closure for a Girl I Used to Know
I met the girl of my dreams.
An existential compliment.
To everything I thought I wanted.
And,
We didn't really stay together.
At the end.
We just didn't care.
But, we were inseparable from the start.
A passion past by on lazy hazy grey days.
Where the sun hides behind dismal clouds.
Brooding in the sky.
She was my own personal manic pixie dream girl.
That I heard about in movies.
I never watch.
Yet,
I pushed her away.
I cheated,
I lied,
I took her for granted.
I acted...
An existential compliment.
To everything I thought I wanted.
And,
We didn't really stay together.
At the end.
We just didn't care.
But, we were inseparable from the start.
A passion past by on lazy hazy grey days.
Where the sun hides behind dismal clouds.
Brooding in the sky.
She was my own personal manic pixie dream girl.
That I heard about in movies.
I never watch.
Yet,
I pushed her away.
I cheated,
I lied,
I took her for granted.
I acted...
#bittersweet
#breakup
#MovingOn
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Nachiyobe
Poem Published
20th Feb 2025 9:51am
20th Feb 2025 9:51am
Confessions After the Fact Pt 1
I had a good man once... but,
I lost him in the battle of to save him,
From the darker parts of the light he held in his eyes,
The parts that twist and coil within me.
And Lord knows I tried,
Tried to patch up and piece together,
The fragments of my wild heart,
And silence the shadows that whisper in the dead of night,
The secrets I kept inside,
Secrets so dark I was intent on keeping them hidden,
Trapped in the silk of my silence....
I thought,
Yeah I thought that if I could just show him the light,
Only the...
I lost him in the battle of to save him,
From the darker parts of the light he held in his eyes,
The parts that twist and coil within me.
And Lord knows I tried,
Tried to patch up and piece together,
The fragments of my wild heart,
And silence the shadows that whisper in the dead of night,
The secrets I kept inside,
Secrets so dark I was intent on keeping them hidden,
Trapped in the silk of my silence....
I thought,
Yeah I thought that if I could just show him the light,
Only the...
#bittersweet
#breakup
#heartbroken
#MovingOn
#TimeHeals
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ArkansasBoy
Poem Published
14th Feb 2025 10:17am
14th Feb 2025 10:17am
Gentle Ending
the black birds shadow a soft dark cloth
comes down quietly where light goes off
a cold beauty when things are still
when hearts stop beating and life stands still
no breath to take no tears to cry
just quiet sleep where all things lie
the worlds a picture with colors gone
as feelings fade and the spirits drawn
to starlight whispers and space so wide
a calm smile on a face that died
the body may rot and bones grow old
but something stays a story told
in dark valleys where secrets hide
deaths gentle river where...
comes down quietly where light goes off
a cold beauty when things are still
when hearts stop beating and life stands still
no breath to take no tears to cry
just quiet sleep where all things lie
the worlds a picture with colors gone
as feelings fade and the spirits drawn
to starlight whispers and space so wide
a calm smile on a face that died
the body may rot and bones grow old
but something stays a story told
in dark valleys where secrets hide
deaths gentle river where...
#dark
#death
#MovingOn
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ArkansasBoy
Poem Published
10th Feb 2025 12:45pm
10th Feb 2025 12:45pm
My Last Garden
I walked through the garden this morning
the flowers all bent their colors drained
by a sun that no longer remembers how to shine
the ground once soft beneath my feet
feels hollow now like something taken away
before I knew I had lost it
The roses don’t bloom the way they used to
their petals bruised from too much waiting
their fragrance gone leaving only a bitter taste
on the air the trees no longer whisper
secrets to the wind they are silent
and bent like old bones
holding on to something they cannot name
I don’t...
the flowers all bent their colors drained
by a sun that no longer remembers how to shine
the ground once soft beneath my feet
feels hollow now like something taken away
before I knew I had lost it
The roses don’t bloom the way they used to
their petals bruised from too much waiting
their fragrance gone leaving only a bitter taste
on the air the trees no longer whisper
secrets to the wind they are silent
and bent like old bones
holding on to something they cannot name
I don’t...
#acceptance
#emptiness
#FeelingLost
#grief
#MovingOn
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Shon
Poem Published
9th Feb 2025 7:47pm
9th Feb 2025 7:47pm
Play it again sam.
She strode in, lighting the room.
Noticing her immediately.
A jolt went thought me.
I froze as she waved at me.
Or perhaps to the guy sitting next to me.
I waved back in silence.
Avoiding eye contact.
As I'd been advised to do.
Definitely not speak to her in any way.
Told this would upset her so.
Avoidance & silence the strategic way.
Downward gaze as i passed her to the bar.
In the toilet had a breakdown.
Strong sense of mutual...
Noticing her immediately.
A jolt went thought me.
I froze as she waved at me.
Or perhaps to the guy sitting next to me.
I waved back in silence.
Avoiding eye contact.
As I'd been advised to do.
Definitely not speak to her in any way.
Told this would upset her so.
Avoidance & silence the strategic way.
Downward gaze as i passed her to the bar.
In the toilet had a breakdown.
Strong sense of mutual...
#MovingOn
#sadness
#UnrequitedLove
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Lilliputian
Poem Published
9th Feb 2025 7:19pm
9th Feb 2025 7:19pm
Drift Bottle
I’ve been holding onto
your fading beams,
like the setting sun,
for too long.
Perhaps it’s time for me
to let you go
in a drift bottle.
With the waves setting you free,
and your memory,
forever treasured with me.
your fading beams,
like the setting sun,
for too long.
Perhaps it’s time for me
to let you go
in a drift bottle.
With the waves setting you free,
and your memory,
forever treasured with me.
#bittersweet
#memories
#MovingOn
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DetectiveOGasm
Poem Published
9th Feb 2025 2:20pm
9th Feb 2025 2:20pm
Redacted
The evidence of us
once proudly displayed
has been carefully revised
There wasn't any major cause
just two lost souls
heading in different directions
You owed it to yourself
to find "your" happy
and the easiest way to know
was to extricate yourself
from the internal confusion
I was the sacrifice
and it certainly hurt like hell
being of the mind that I was in this with you
for the long haul
But connections have no guarantees
and I became slowly redacted from your history
...
once proudly displayed
has been carefully revised
There wasn't any major cause
just two lost souls
heading in different directions
You owed it to yourself
to find "your" happy
and the easiest way to know
was to extricate yourself
from the internal confusion
I was the sacrifice
and it certainly hurt like hell
being of the mind that I was in this with you
for the long haul
But connections have no guarantees
and I became slowly redacted from your history
...
#memories
#MovingOn
#relationships
213 reads
6 Comments
MYSTERIOUS_GIRL
Lizzy_3164
Lizzy_3164
Poem Published
6th Feb 2025 5:37am
6th Feb 2025 5:37am
DANCING ON YOUR GRAVE
Oh no I’ve been so bad
thought things I can’t take back
But I want what I can’t have
cos I can’t have it
Now I’m drowning in the sea
of my secret jealousy
this never used to be me
but its a habit
Oh it seems you live my dreams
The whole crowd screams tonight
But I’m in town to steal your crown
I see my name in lights
Everything has a price
even in paradise
I see you with my own eyes
abusing power
Oh I know you thought this show
would last another night
but I’m in town to steal your crown
I see...
thought things I can’t take back
But I want what I can’t have
cos I can’t have it
Now I’m drowning in the sea
of my secret jealousy
this never used to be me
but its a habit
Oh it seems you live my dreams
The whole crowd screams tonight
But I’m in town to steal your crown
I see my name in lights
Everything has a price
even in paradise
I see you with my own eyes
abusing power
Oh I know you thought this show
would last another night
but I’m in town to steal your crown
I see...
#betrayal
#breakup
#MovingOn
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Shon
Poem Published
4th Feb 2025 10:01pm
4th Feb 2025 10:01pm
Tumbling Object
Oooops slip and fumble.
My hand reaches to catch it.
Tumbling out of my grasp.
In slow motion I watch it fall.
Through its parabolic arc.
I see the images as it rotates down.
Recognising it as a Favorited mug.
Emotional attachment floods over me.
Iridescence warm feelings as well.
Memories strolling home.
Via the park behind her home.
Were I found this now spinning mug.
First a ping, which sounded ok.
Then a bounce, followed by a thud.
A resounding crack, not so good.
Several other...
My hand reaches to catch it.
Tumbling out of my grasp.
In slow motion I watch it fall.
Through its parabolic arc.
I see the images as it rotates down.
Recognising it as a Favorited mug.
Emotional attachment floods over me.
Iridescence warm feelings as well.
Memories strolling home.
Via the park behind her home.
Were I found this now spinning mug.
First a ping, which sounded ok.
Then a bounce, followed by a thud.
A resounding crack, not so good.
Several other...
#emotions
#MovingOn
#TimeHeals
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Damselinhandcuffs
Poem Published
31st Jan 2025 6:47am
31st Jan 2025 6:47am
Silent Peak
How much is left for you to feel?
Isn't this lonesomeness killing you with patience my love?
Eating away the molten layers
The pretty walls within your skin
How can you ever feel satisfaction still laying next to him?
Touching yourself
Keeping company to the growing empty spaces
That used to be so full-
Full of love
The deep taste of a shared future
The sweet pallet of its laughter
How much is left to feel?
As he lays sleeping...
Isn't this lonesomeness killing you with patience my love?
Eating away the molten layers
The pretty walls within your skin
How can you ever feel satisfaction still laying next to him?
Touching yourself
Keeping company to the growing empty spaces
That used to be so full-
Full of love
The deep taste of a shared future
The sweet pallet of its laughter
How much is left to feel?
As he lays sleeping...
#love
#MovingOn
#rejection
#relationships
#UnrequitedLove
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Revisionary
Poem Published
27th Jan 2025 7:00pm
27th Jan 2025 7:00pm
I cannot be a part of this no more
If I were to put it candidly, you have everything I’ve ever wanted.
You are the better half. The holy counterpart to my hell, introducing hail unto my brimstone.
Everything I wished for myself, and you come along and show me I was right for desiring those things.
Sharp shank to my rib every time I see your face and I minimize my half smile.
It’s beauty locks my cage and I remain captured, unable to look at you, with nervous laughter.
Your intellect engages my mind, makes me ponder, bound and enraptured.
Which is why, I cannot be a part of this no more. ...
You are the better half. The holy counterpart to my hell, introducing hail unto my brimstone.
Everything I wished for myself, and you come along and show me I was right for desiring those things.
Sharp shank to my rib every time I see your face and I minimize my half smile.
It’s beauty locks my cage and I remain captured, unable to look at you, with nervous laughter.
Your intellect engages my mind, makes me ponder, bound and enraptured.
Which is why, I cannot be a part of this no more. ...
#admiration
#ForbiddenLove
#hurt
#MovingOn
#sadness
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Shon
Poem Published
27th Jan 2025 6:25pm
27th Jan 2025 6:25pm
Discombobulated Heart
When I did not know no pain.
Life looked rosy, the future the same.
Now my heart is discombobulated.
Esp when someone Mentions your name.
Pain returns again & again.
Future looks bleak, black dog like!
Time slows to a trickle.
As light fades away.
I need space of time & distance.
Patience calm & confidence.
Till time speeds up again.
Times I've seen you.
Listened to your say.
Ok I'#ve had my say too.
I'm left confused.
As to what was actually said.
Do you find that's when others.
Talk about me...
Life looked rosy, the future the same.
Now my heart is discombobulated.
Esp when someone Mentions your name.
Pain returns again & again.
Future looks bleak, black dog like!
Time slows to a trickle.
As light fades away.
I need space of time & distance.
Patience calm & confidence.
Till time speeds up again.
Times I've seen you.
Listened to your say.
Ok I'#ve had my say too.
I'm left confused.
As to what was actually said.
Do you find that's when others.
Talk about me...
#BestFriend
#breakup
#MovingOn
#regret
#separation
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