heartbreak

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

When the Fire Burned Out
The day you died the sky felt like the inside of a spent match. Hollowed-out and silent, something ending, though I didn’t know what.
By Sara Krane2 months ago in Poets
My Mixed-Up Head
My Mixed-Up Head Thoughts collide like storms inside me, voices twisting into confusion. Truth and fear blur together, and the walls of my mind feel too small.
By Marie381Uk 2 months ago in Poets
My Rejection From Love
My Rejection From Love I opened my heart and it shattered, every hope falling like shards of glass. The words I whispered were not enough,
By Marie381Uk 2 months ago in Poets
Some Things Can’t Be Fixed
Some Things Can’t Be Fixed I tried to mend what was already torn, to stitch together pieces that would not stay. Every effort felt like water on stone,
By Marie381Uk 2 months ago in Poets
The Heart's Way
Not supposed to be thinking about him Every thought every day Making the light dim There's so much not to like about him
By L.I.E2 months ago in Poets
How Much Does It Cost for ✧:* *:✧Stream of Consciousness ✧:* *:✧ with a Side Order of Surreal?
↯↯⮒↭⮓🔔❗WARNING☠: The Director of the Department of Health and Human Services has proven that reading anything by Lightning Bolt does cause autism. Tylenol exlipicates the affectssituations. You've been warned. Proceed at your own ridiculousness.
By Lightning Bolt ⚡2 months ago in Poets
I Never Knew
I Never Knew I never knew how lonely my days had been, Not until you stepped into my life and stayed, Not until your presence settled into my breathing,
By Marie381Uk 2 months ago in Poets
The Crushing of a Fragile Heart
The Crushing of a Fragile Heart I felt the weight of every promise, a quiet crumble no one seemed to hear. While the world kept turning without pause,
By Marie381Uk 2 months ago in Poets
Tears. Top Story - December 2025.
What are these rich tears that fall from your face? This deep wellspring of truth that never lies, Which reveals what shallow words cannot say?
By Levi Dickson2 months ago in Poets
Love Without Witnesses
I loved you in ways that never needed proof, in the quiet refill of your water glass, in saving the last seat on the bus
By Milan Milic2 months ago in Poets
Divorced. Content Warning.
If you don't see me smiling, don't ask me why, assume things on your own, things that make sense to you, even more than mine,
By Parvathi J2 months ago in Poets
A Traffic Light in the Night
There is something about a traffic light in the night; In the dead of night, when the air is still, and the streets are lit dimly by lights that never turn off;
By James Scott2 months ago in Poets