heartbreak

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

interWOUND
I QUIT all in halls still duskened, But why do I come apart only to have others anointed? I was soft in a granite-turned world that's COLD and HARD,
By Komalabout a year ago in Poets
(Lackadaisically)
I've hidden myself away safely, for years I've learned sharing only tears the stitches out those thoughts fueled by the memory of hurt and fear
By Kelli Sheckler-Amsdenabout a year ago in Poets
Evidentiary Support. Honorable Mention in I Didn’t Say That Out Loud Challenge. Content Warning.
If only every shutter flash Left sooty remnants on my skin Streaks of hot ash Highlighting every trace of sin Scarred lashes gouged deep in
By K.B. Silver about a year ago in Poets
You're Breaking Me Apart
Shame, embarrassment, Disgusting, Guilt, Is it my fault? Can you hear me? Can you see my tears? Lonely is the world I walk,
By Carol Ann Townendabout a year ago in Poets
How to be a bad boy
The night you lied about who was calling while we were on the phone together— I called my ex afterwards. That day you wouldn’t kiss me  because your friend was around— I slept with my neighbour.
By Mischief Muchanetaabout a year ago in Poets
How to Say F You Without Saying the Words
I’m not done. You fancy yourself vital — like the sun. Who told you I needed a tan? Plenty of you in the bakery — you’re just another bun.
By Mischief Muchanetaabout a year ago in Poets
You A Trigger. Top Story - June 2025.
A trigger on a gun never tells it to calm down It fires it I tell you my thoughts And get told to calm down Its not that I am too emotional
By L.I.Eabout a year ago in Poets
I'm Not In Love
Introduction This is a gentler, melancholic entry, and for this, I am using the nonet form. I'm Not In Love 😪💔💞💔😪Not One Word Can Ever Leave My LipsHow I Feel In My Heart For YouI Hold Back, Can't Make A SlipMy Feelings Must SubdueGot To Get A GripBut I've No ClueFeeling WhippedI'm BlueLipped😪💔💞💔😪
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred about a year ago in Poets
room full of looms
I am consumed And when they take me to be exhumed They will find an empty room And when they open that room They will find an empty cavern
By Melynda Klocabout a year ago in Poets
all that's left
I asked you to write down whenever you thought of me so I could know the times I was eating you alive but I didn't realize that you are acid and I am not a noble metal and I thought I could forget about you but you flow through my veins and eat away at my brain and pretty soon all that's going to be left of me is you.
By Melynda Klocabout a year ago in Poets
Siren of the Sea
He beckons me forth, my sanded toes dusted like candied fruit, ready to be washed clean by the delicate froth of white salted foam.
By Ellie Hoovsabout a year ago in Poets
Did I ever have You
I see you leaving Drifting away from me Oh my love please Don't do this to me Gently I put my hand on your cheek With my thumb resting on your chin
By CotardDelusionzabout a year ago in Poets