A Collection of Love Poems

The following is a collection of poems written in a state of love and heartbreak, all placed in order of the time they were written to portray the process and feelings that consumed you when falling in and out of love.

Every single word was written in a state of intimate and raw feeling that I had never planned on sharing. Every single word is the truth and reflects I felt in the exact moment I wrote it.

I hope you enjoy and can relate in one way or another.

I hope it makes you feel, and maybe even brings you back to a situation you can relate to.

An Illusion

I had my first dream about you last night,

it was one of those dreams

that are too good to be true,

I was questioning whether it was real from the start

and assured myself it was

because your touch felt so real,

I convinced myself I couldn't confuse

your presence with a fantasy,

it started with something as simple as silence,

which then lead to talking,

we were becoming so close,

it felt so real

so safe,

I was so happy,

and then I woke up

reality hit me,

of course it wasn't real,

you're a dream

so why wouldn't I dream about you?

I don't know if the few minutes of your presence

was worth the ache it left me with after,

but I also don't want it to stop either,

I have the moment locked in my mind

and I can't find the key,

so I guess either way its not my choice,

all I ask is please don't let me fall too hard

because I still haven't recovered from the last one.

The Beginning

A different person but a similar feeling,

a heartbeat skip

a stomach flutter

a breath I can't catch

and an ache in my heart,

I feel nervous but safe,

I feel anxious but relaxed,

you're like my first sunny, warm day

after a really long and bad winter,

I have this longing ache

to be physically close to you,

My soul longs for you,

my heart aches for you,

just your presence makes my day better,

I want to know what you love and hate,

who you and wanna be

who you are

and who you were,

I want to study your face and

know what you fill your days with,

everything about you is so interesting to me,

I don't think anything you say could ever bore me,

I'm mesmerized by your presence,

when I find myself in the same room as you I tense up

I forget how to act

I forget how to speak,

I want to know you,

I know nothing could ever happen

but I can't stop this feeling from consuming me,

it's eating me alive

and I can't decide if I like it or not,

I keep telling myself I can't repeat mistakes

I have repeated so many times already,

but a bigger part of me misses the feeling,

the feeling of holding your breathe when you see them

and feeling butterflies fly all around inside you,

I'm tired of not allowing myself to feel like this

in fear that it will always ends badly,

but then again I don't regret loving the others,

maybe when things collapsed

there was a time my heart ached so badly

I would want to take it all back,

but looking back now

I wouldn't

because the beginning is such a breathtaking feeling,

the what ifs

the secrecy

having a person consume my mind,

its funny because the day I met you

I had planned to be consumed

by someone entirely different,

little did I know the unexpected would happen,

I don't know if I'm going to regret it

or if its gonna take the life out of me again,

but is it worth it if I just get that beginning feeling?

because I think it's too late to turn back time

and erase you from my life now

Ocean Eyes

Blue, blue, blue,

all I can see is blue,

you could so easily mistake it

for a beautiful ocean

as clear as glass,

similar to a body of waters reflection

radiating toward you,

they give you a feeling of

safety and uncertainty,

like diving into an ocean

having no idea

what could be waiting at the bottom,

a never-ending mystery

which could so easily scare you away

or consume you whole,

I think that's the best part

a summer getaway

that you'd remember forever

and never want to end,

an aching desire to

learn the secrets that live behind,

your eyes contain the beauty

of everything good in this world,

the color of your eyes

is becoming my favorite color

which is making me unsure

what to say when someone asks,

is it okay to answer with your eyes?

your eyes are the ocean

and I am slowly drowning in them

being swallowed by the waves I call feelings,

you make it hard to see and cloud my mind

but there's no turning back now

because I see your pretty blue eyes

every time I close mine

so its too late now.

Life Line

I haven't felt like this in an extremely long time,

I honestly don't know if it's you

or a mix of you and everything else,

I feel so numb

but I can still feel every pain and ache

at the exact same time,

I could not possibly express into words

how this feels,

I feel heartbroken,

I feel sad,

I feel angry,

I feel happy,

I feel scared,

I feel safe,

I am feeling every single emotion that exists

yet I feel as though I can feel nothing,

I know that doesn't make sense,

none of this makes sense,

and maybe none of it is supposed to,

but as much as I thought I was ready for this again,

I realize now

I was nowhere near as ready as I had thought I was,

then again who could ever be prepared for this,

nothing could ever prepare someone for this,

part of me wishes I could go back

and never meet you,

never know the heartbreak

you could shadow onto me

without even realizing it,

without even noticing

how much you could destroy me,

but at the same time

you bring me so much joy,

this is always the worst part,

the part that always shatters me,

and I have to blindlessly figure out

how to glue myself back together,

and I can never seem to find all the pieces,

whether you realize it or not

you took a part of me

and your stuck with it,

while I am stuck without it,

trying to figure out how to breathe

when my air supply has been cut in half,

now I have to start again from the beginning,

of this mess that took me years to repair before,

I hope it gets easier

because in this moment

if you asked me

if this was all worth it,

I would say no it is not

but if you asked me a week ago

or when I finally remember

how to live a life without you

I would say of course it is,

but right now

I feel dead inside

and I can not seem to remember

how to bring myself back to life

Outpouring

Up until now I wasn't sure if this was real,

if you were gonna be one of the ones

that stick with me five years from now

or if you were gonna be one

of the temporary stops on my journey,

that I could tell myself to not love you

and it would work,

but that doesn't always work

for the ones like you,

up until five minutes ago I wasn't sure

if you were gonna be one of the past loves

I would carry in my heart

till I was grey and old

one I would talk about to my children

one that would steal a piece of my heart

and never give it back,

you see when I saw you it didn't hit me fast

but then again it never does,

it was slow

then everything just crashed right at me,

until the rain poured down on me tonight

I still wasn't sure if you were one

I was gonna want forever

or for a week,

I was pulled into the ocean that was you

and I'm still drowning in your presence

being pulled deeper and deeper by the current,

I wondered blindfolded to a damn

that ended up cracking right in front of me

and I didn't have enough time to run out of the way,

so now I'm just consumed by the waves

while you don't even realize

I am drowning right in front of you

and you probably never will,

now I know you are one of the ones,

one of the ones that can break my heart like nothing

and brought rain to the drought I was loving,

now I know you're one of the ones

that I will always love endlessly

even after you shattered me into a million pieces,

now I know you're one of the ones

I have to add to the others I can't escape

the ones that got away

the ones who's love consumed me entirely

and broke me completely,

now I know your the same as the rest.

Helpless

I can't pinpoint what it is

but I can't seem to get you to escape my mind

everything about you just seems so perfect

I think the thing that keeps my love for you growing is that I shouldn't love you,

there is so many reasons why I can't have you

and why I shouldn't want you,

yet that just make my desire for you grow,

everything is saying it wouldn't work,

but that's all I want

and maybe thats the problem,

but I can't help myself

I can't help it if you look like an angel

or if you sound like an angel

or look like an angel

because I just can't help myself.

Moon

Whenever I see the moon on a lonely night

I think of you

i'm not sure what exactly caused me to pick that out of all things

maybe it's because it helps me feel closer to you

when I'm farther than ever,

because wherever you are

there's a possibility your seeing it too

or maybe just maybe

your even thinking of me too

it helps me feel connected to you

when I feel the distance overcome me

it gives me a feeling of security

a feeling of hope in my hopeless time

one day I hope we could look at the moon together

in the same place

but for now

this will have to do

so I hope you look at the moon

and think of me

and know i'm always right there

because that is where I will always be.

Rainy Day

Days like these are my favorite

rainy and gloomy

but they also remind me of you

a bittersweet feeling,

a reminder that things can never be,

it's days like these I would call sweet and sour,

an aching remembrance

a bittersweet love,

but that rain falling around in those streets filled with puddles,

i'm trying so hard to forget you

but days like this make it even harder

I could never trade it to forget you though

I would rather have this rain every single day

and live with this constant aching desire that is you

then live in a drought forever

because these gloomy days like today

make me feel everything

they make me find a way to place my words together

so much easier than any perfect sunny day

because days like these

show the world how I see inside of me

days like these are a perfect connection to my soul

unlike a perfect warm sunny day

which couldn't be further of a loss inside of me

I'm a creative hopeless romantic

and that fits just perfectly with these rainy days

I'm driving through these streets

I'm supposed to be inside

but all I desire is to stay outside in this rain

smell the wet soil and streets

that remind me of you.