They can break your heart, but they can't break your soul; poetry about lost love that comforts and uplifts.
Nearer My God To Thee The sea was quiet before the wound, A black stretch holding its breath, Steel confidence cut through the dark,
By ♿ V+ Marie381Uk 6 months ago in Poets
Why I Write Dark Poetry, By A Lonely Man I write because the silence screams, Because the night will not release, Because the thoughts inside my head,
A Red Rose Lay on My Grave The reddest rose lay on my grave silent tribute no hand to save its petals weep in quiet rain
Life Extinction First the bees went, their hum replaced by a stillness that rang in the ears like grief. Then the rivers slowed,
There was a time I use 2 smile… Before I saw the world was vile. I touched the radio, changed the dial, Set my tone, arranged my style.
By PIFF MAGZ6 months ago in Poets
I made the same mistake again last night. And yesterday. I was so close to changing my behavior…. Just one half-step behind.
By Gabriel B. Shames6 months ago in Poets
Been on fire, it burns, it hurts . Flares of pain, to brand the skin. There Is worse pain, I choose to forgive Be on my own, so now I can live
By Dana Mary Colleen Campbell6 months ago in Poets
The birds sang louder than ever before The Birdssang louder than before Rain fell steady, soaking the floor Worms surfaced, wriggling by the score
The Bigamist He kept two rings in separate drawers two smiles shaped for different laws one wife wore pearls and raised the roast
he picked her flowers and laid them bare once sweet, now sour if one compared ravaged the field staining the soil completely peeled
By Kelli Sheckler-Amsden6 months ago in Poets
I’m tired of existing, of this body that lives without you. I'm tired of a pulse being the only signifier that I'm alive.
By Daniel K6 months ago in Poets
We watched the sky take you the way we always do– without looking up. ... Just another departure board blinking, just another gate call swallowed by coffee cups
By E.S.Flint 6 months ago in Poets