heartbreak

They can break your heart, but they can't break your soul; poetry about lost love that comforts and uplifts.

Life
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By Atomic Historian3 years ago in Poets
Gone But Never Forgotten. Content Warning.
In the shadows of my heart, you reside, Oh, Dad, your absence, an ocean I cannot hide. Your laughter echoes in the corridors of my mind,
By Kel3 years ago in Poets
the name on your cigarette
you smoke the cigarette with my number on it let it burn to ash like always running running running to ruin dragging anyone along for the ride
By Chaia Levi3 years ago in Poets
Don't
when your flesh is weak and you want to give in don't when you've lost the will and the resolve to fight don't when the mountains ahead
By Paul Stewart3 years ago in Poets
Lonely is the night
Alone is the night alone is the fight Alone is the time when you feel Everything at once When you feel everything is loss
By Paul Stewart3 years ago in Poets
A mother unknown. Top Story - December 2023.
I hesitate to ask Maybe it’s her Are you my mum? No I’m theirs - Where is mine? Is she in that photo? She’s in another country
By P. K. Gani3 years ago in Poets
october changes
I suppose if I'm being honest, I am just now, realizing my true identity. I know that sounds strange, for someone my age, but nonetheless, it's true.
By Kelli Sheckler-Amsden3 years ago in Poets
Shattered
You shattered me And then looked down with disgust Because I was broken Because I couldn’t be what you wanted What I once was
By Vicious Avarice3 years ago in Poets
impossible. Content Warning.
he wanted to know if he was unbreakable. home-grown against impossible odds. self-made from the hardest situations. he always overcame the road ahead,
By ⸘jason alan‽3 years ago in Poets
haiku december, december!
earlier up's nice will do a diff'rent two weeks and then i'll move on . . . [12/4/23] . . .
By kory salajka3 years ago in Poets
Red flags. Top Story - December 2023.
Deep down, I think I like the red flags, the familiarity of them. All the warning signs feel like excitement at first, muffling the little voice in the back of my head, the one who asks questions, thinks things through, the one who knows better.
By Kay Husnick3 years ago in Poets
In the Garden of Desire
In the Garden of Longing, where friendship flourishes with elegance, Passions bloom, embraced by the warmth of our presence.
By Waseem Chem3 years ago in Poets