heartbreak

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

I Stopped Asking
I didn’t say I stopped loving you. I just stopped waiting at the window. Stopped refilling the kettle for two. Let the silence steep longer than the tea.
By No One’s Daughterabout a year ago in Poets
Between the Lines
I never said you were worthless— just looked away when you spoke. I didn’t call you stupid— just laughed too long when you cried.
By No One’s Daughterabout a year ago in Poets
June
Eternally nocturnal Diving through wormhole after wormhole Fragile fraternal bonds Of an era long gone I’d rather stay low
By Atomic Historianabout a year ago in Poets
I Didn’t Say That Out Loud
I Didn’t Say That Out Loud When you belittled me in front of your wife I didn’t destroy you, by saying to her laughing face
By ♿ V+ Marie381Uk about a year ago in Poets
A Wedding Toast To My Past Lover. Content Warning.
Congratulations! To the Groom, To the Bride, Congratulations! My heart swells, My stomach drops, My throat is closing,
By Monica Carneiroabout a year ago in Poets
A Cup Full of Yesterday
The chipped rim whispers of mornings gone by, Of steam curling upwards like ghosts in the sky. The glaze, once bright, now softened with years,
By Just One of Those Thingsabout a year ago in Poets
“Behold, Love” (directly taken from the poem’s refrain – poetic, striking, and timeless)
1. Personification of Love The poet speaks directly to Love as though it were a sentient, powerful being—armed with a bow, like the Roman god Cupid. Love is treated not as a personal feeling, but a force outside the speaker, capable of action and intervention.
By Whispers of Yousafabout a year ago in Poets
A Train In The Night
Was it the rumbled cry that echoed too much the owl crying "who?" "Who are you?" into the shadowed, moonless air; Was it that the steel beams
By Ellie Hoovsabout a year ago in Poets
If I’m gone …. Content Warning.
If I’m gone, I am easily to be forgotten… If I’m gone, I can be cured for my mental health magically… If I’m gone, the world can feel more peaceful…
By Meghan LeVaughn about a year ago in Poets
In Silence. Content Warning.
In silence it eats away at my soul. The emptiness and fear. I struggle to keep control. My heart longs to have you here.
By Luna Verityabout a year ago in Poets
Time Does Not Always Heal
Five Years Ago... You Passed Away, Brother. The Night before I was Holding Your Hand and Thinking about when we were Younger...
By H.E. Dr. Cody Dakota Wooten, COIE, DFM, DHMabout a year ago in Poets
Writings on the wall
The year ends and a new one begins. This uneasy feeling like something's missing and I can't quite put a finger on it. It is the unknown.
By Yasabout a year ago in Poets