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Naive
Categories:
break up, heartbreak, heartbroken,
Form: Senryu
Lost Before I Had YouHello, my love,
The love I cannot have.
So much love that I cannot hold,
Overflowing, yet trapped inside.
I cannot express it,
While someone bold
Is unafraid to bare her heart to you.
Do you sense this quiet feeling?
I reach for...
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Categories:
heartbroken, lost love,
Form: Free verse
Maybe You Never Loved MeAll this time all I wanted was for you to just love me for me,
But sadly through all these years I could never fully see
Maybe the truth is we were never actually meant to be....
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Categories:
heartbroken, break up, first love,
Form: Sijo
Serpent-Shaped TearsSerpent-shaped streams of tears slithering down my reddened cheeks
As I silently cry out all of the feelings built up for weeks.
Quietly reflecting on how he's changed because of my critiques.
...
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Categories:
heartbroken, break up, cry, heartbreak,
Form: Sijo
healing
heal my damaged heart all the broken pieces shattered- soothe my tearful pain
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Categories:
heartbroken,
Form: Monoku
I Gave Up on Getting BetterI gave up on getting better.
because every time i try
I fall back in again
And I hate feeling like i just messed it up again
Like I just screwed all my progress with the laziness of my...
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Categories:
heartbroken, best friend, betrayal, break
Form: Free verse
The AfterHow can you grieve someone who has never died?
You grieve the memories you shared, the sound of their voice, the warmth you felt in the comfort of their presence.
However now, the feelings no longer have...
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Categories:
depression, emotions, heartbroken, loneliness,
Form: Free verse
Just Like YouI met someone who looked just like you.
The same brown eyes, set back enough to make out the outlines of your orbital bones.
The same smile lines that house years of laughter, joy, and perfectly frame...
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Categories:
break up, feelings, heartbroken,
Form: Free verse
Bottle of RegretIn the bottle, I sought escape,
But found only demons that took my shape.
I'm sorry for the heart I broke in vain,
I screwed up with my selfish pain.
I drowned my sorrows, tried to numb the ache,
But...
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Categories:
addiction, depression, heartbreak, heartbroken,
Form: Rhyme
NOT ALL MENI'm afraid of you.
Yes, you, the driver on the empty bus, the last man left in the elevator.
Yes, you with a beautiful smile and the kind eyes, who has done nothing but love since...
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Categories:
heartbroken, abuse, deep, for him,
Form: Free verse
All Lies and WhysMy heart deceives me once again,
I write my poems, but in vain.
I thought my words could bring you near,
That my verse would make you hear.
But still, you stand, silent and cold,
Like an ancient statue, carved...
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Categories:
heartbroken, cry, dark, desire, emo,
Form: Free verse
Whispering RainSitting by the black window staring outside, watching people go by.
Looking at the birds flying free and careless in the clouded sky.
Rain falling slowly, hitting the window with a whispering sound and I ask myself:...
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Categories:
depression, heartbroken, life, love,
Form: Rhyme
The Silent ScreamWhen in that moment in my life
I did not believe it was actually happening to me
That just couldn't be
The longer I sat in that bed
I soon realized I was not dreaming...
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Categories:
heartbroken, anxiety, childhood, depression, emotions,
Form: Free verse
HELP ME, LORD
In the shadows of bitterness, I reside,
My life, a journey devoid of taste.
If only I could converse with You, God,
I would lay bare the depths of my despair.
Hope has slipped through my grasp,
Frustration...
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Categories:
heartbroken, anxiety, depression, faith, heartbreak,
Form: Free verse
Chained HeartChained Heart
She turns from love, a shadowed flight,
Afraid to face the softest light.
Her heart, though aching, will not yield,
Behind her walls, forever sealed.
Caresses fall like whispers lost,
Each tender word is met with frost.
Affection knocks, but...
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Categories:
heartbroken, love hurts, relationship,
Form: Rhyme
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