Heartbreak Poems | Examples of Heartbreak Poetry

I couldn't see it Blame the way the viscid blackness Of your soul Exterminates the sunlight Couldn't feel it Sinking in your tar like sand And blowing bubbles Like a boiling child Not loved enough to understand That living Isn't the same as having...Read the rest...

My bones can be broken by stones and sticks, But cruel words can also get in their licks. At times, it's more than bones that take a hit - Other parts are vulnerable, I admit. Sadly, words...Read the rest...

I don’t want to talk about it How you broke my virgin heart How you trampled on me Gave up on me in the middle Of a dirty mess, a hopeless tunnel! I don’t want to talk about it How you...Read the rest...

I wept until tears refused to flow again I thought by being with someone who is born again It means all will be well Well! Right here! All is not well...Read the rest...

Why have you plagued me? Why have you latched on my soul not ready to leave? What's my offense? Why have you fought my desires to do away with you? Why have you cried me to sleep? Why have you...Read the rest...

Her silhouette is draped in soft moonlight While an unseen sorrow cloaks her eyes With traces of a light lavender mist Hidden under dark blueberry skies She's oblivious to the lightning's dance Deaf to the sound of distant...Read the rest...

My life, empty My heart, pained Popping pills down my throat heart racing, blood boiling as I indulge myself in carnal desires Drown another glass seeking thrills on the fine line that separates life and death, hoping to forget u Another whiff(overdose) only to stay...Read the rest...

Window to the Soul The eyes of lovers are open doors, unlocked by true love and intimacy. Each of us holds ourselves captive in that inner panic room, that shelter we begin building upon our first...Read the rest...

NOTHING MISSING, NOTHING BROKEN With your head, roll out drums, Mighty trumpets in their stead, And like Eagles soar higher in the sky, The skies of your mind, Do not crumble on vain things, And do not hijack your...Read the rest...

His chapstick soft lips Distracted me From the perverse taste Of stale cigarettes He inhaled Between every other word But it didn’t Make my sagacious heart Uneasy He was winsome With that throaty laugh After...Read the rest...

As I succumb to the wounds you've inflicted gasping for air, for life, eyes bloodshot, cheeks wet, Will you love me then? My cold, bloodied body will lay lifeless in your bed, my crimson seeping into the sheets. What will you...Read the rest...

Let the rain fall, let it pour, Open all the windows and doors. Slow the footsteps around the house, Make all the voices quiet, just like a mouse. Can you hear the sorrows howl...Read the rest...

I once had a heart of gold, Now it is black and cold, Seeing him kiss another, Wishing I had listened to my mother. Disrespectful and manipulating, We are no longer dating. A...Read the rest...

Sometimes, I don't recognize the face I see, Haunted by the echoes of who I used to be. Influences, reflections, blood ties that bind, Leave me feeling lost, leaving scars behind. Ashamed of the shadows...Read the rest...

break … my heart? you did not break my heart you COULD not break my heart I utilized all the “Yous” that came before constructing barriers that you, in your most formidably malodorous and vehemently vile self, couldn’t penetrate in an eon of...Read the rest...