They can break your heart, but they can't break your soul; poetry about lost love that comforts and uplifts.
Delicate flower i hear your cries Your thorns lonely like my eyes Your petals fall like my tears Only hope brought us here
By Anonymous_poet13about a month ago in Poets
The paper was just junk mail at first— a coupon for toothpaste, a dentist reminder, Your name misspelled in the corner like a dare.
By Milan Milicabout a month ago in Poets
How To Miss A Stranger By H. M. Zike What is it to miss a stranger? Someone who, by definition, you know nothing about.
By MissyMarie about a month ago in Poets
I fold the day into itself like a paper crane crease by crease, until my thumb aches. The kitchen light flickers—cheap bulb, old habit—
The Doctors Who Kept the Eyes They wore white coats and clean smiles, hands steady, voices rehearsed, speaking of care and treatment,
By Marie381Uk about a month ago in Poets
Oh, my heart, did you know? This love is like a freezing night, it makes me tremble. Oh, this love— a blade at my throat.
By glowlikevegaabout a month ago in Poets
I come to the table carrying ache, Not dressed up, not polished, not pretending. Just me and the weight of remembering What it cost You to call me Yours.
By Hannah Lambertabout a month ago in Poets
heartbreak taught me this I am my own source of heat winter won't last long
By Tina D. Lopezabout a month ago in Poets
Candle in the box lighting the whole place with glow cardboard leaking snow
By Raine Fielderabout a month ago in Poets
Sometimes, the hardest thing in the world is not doing something, like not lighting a cigarette, or not seeing your grandson.
By Harper Lewisabout a month ago in Poets
Black Water The water looked calm from the edge, smooth as an unbroken lie. Nothing warned me what lived beneath, nothing marked the reason why.
Maybe This Time" Maybe this time, someone played a trick on us— a love so loyal, now turned to dust, fading slowly into colors
By _a_whisper_of_sorrowabout a month ago in Poets