Break Up Poems | Examples

Goodbye

You never smile when I see you
I never frown when I meet your eyes.
It seems to me that our story is over
We meant it when we said goodbye.
Form: Rhyme

Versatile friendship and relationship

All my life, I witnessed many times,

People walked into my life,

Quickly we shared our soul and mind, 

Then, for one reason or another

They eventually disappeared.

Some abruptly and left me with wonder,

Some with excuses and left without a trace.

Others just not interested and gone for ever.

It took me almost one year,

To let BB goes without a closure.

The way JC come and leave,

Triggered me emotionally upset.

JN on the other hand,

This was the second time,

She repeatedly made false promises,

Despite I asked her to focus.

Make no mistakes nor errors.

She just did not listen,

Bad things kept on happened,

Led me to make decision, 

Our friendship must end. 

It was quite ashamed, 

The way the relationships came and went.


Premium Member One Last Chance

You say there's nothing on earth 
That im able to say or even do
To restore the love in your heart
Or fix this relationship with you 

You're saying that you love me 
But the opposite is being shown 
You continue to push me away 
And say you need to be alone

What you are showing to me
Is your heart can be cold as ice 
I can't sense what you're doing 
Don't offer my love as a sacrifice 

Just grant me one last chance 
I can be the man you're needing 
There's nothing that I wouldn't do
For your love I'm here pleading
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Living Life Apart

Last night I dreamed of you 
I held you close against me 
I knew the second I woke up 
You would become a memory 

Why does my mind play tricks
That sadden and deceive me 
It's as though my mind is trying 
To purposely lead me to misery 

I wish you could come home 
But that's not an option anymore 
With all that's been said and done 
It's impossible to even the score 

I'm unaware of what's to follow 
On this journey to heal my heart 
I don't believe anything will dull 
The pain of us living life apart
Form: Rhyme

The Demon In My Ceiling

Never been to jail, 
But my thoughts come, 
Tattered and confined, 
Like the two cellular bars— 
That confine me. 
Where there once was room for two 
Now stands a solitary mast, 
On an empty prairie 
Whose sole conversation is—  
Whispers to the wind
Where we used to laugh,
Now only silence's tyranny rules— 
And dead signals from you.

The nights now fold like collars
And I button the silence over my throat
Tightly, chocking...
Enervating.

Storms are normal, they say. 
But this came like the devil’s wind— 
Stripped the roof, left me clutching splinters. 
When I needed your anchor, 
I found only static.
Like the noise before the storm 
Now these distances are cold—  
To the touch, 
And without coverage. 
Now I teeter, 
Rust consuming my base,
Like a diseased splinter.

Should I rush the edge?
And take flight
Or harness my emptiness
On the masts high?
Or medicate to cure—
This disease?

Confined, drink won’t satiate
And hope is a sardonic— 
Voice
Should I shout?
So you hear my cry
Or should I stay this way?
Let the signal die
Or stay,
And fight— 
The demon in my ceiling?

Or pull the chord…?


Premium Member I Didn't Know

I didn't know all this time it was wrong
To have feelings so soon, so strong,
Until I lived through a chain sequence
Of swinging between lust and limerence.

I didn't know people would be so shallow
About matching with me: leaving me hollow.
I carried myself through every heartache,
I consoled myself each time in a new take.

I didn't know I was being innocently lead on,
With how each of them came and gone.
I sit alone in my room, wondering why,
Was it me or just because they were "shy?"

I didn't know how hard it is to find love,
How hard it is to pursue them without shove.
I'll always grieve my losses in romance,
But I know one day I'll have my chance.
Form: Quatrain

Premium Member I Was Stupid For Loving You

You never cared about me really.
It hurts to finally open my eyes and see.
Now I just feel so stupid and lonely.
I am nothing but a fool to society.
Form: Quatrain

Premium Member I Can Lie Too

Verse 1]
You're so incredible, 
the most amazing man.
I'm taken to new heights of pleasure 
with the touch of your hand.
There will never be another man 
in my life who compares.
Your eyes, your smile... 
no one as perfect anywhere.
I will never forget, or stop loving you...
Well would ya lookie here, my dear…
 I can lie too!

[Chorus]
 I can lie just like you do!
Make promises, plan dreams that will never come true.
I didn't know I could be such a fool!
 I guess I was never, ever 
good enough for you...
See? there I go again, I can lie too!

[Verse2]
You are the man 
of every woman's dreams.
You sure knew your way 
around my body
I guess I had you going
 with all the fuss I made
So glad I was the star of all my high-school plays
Because you are an imposter...
And baby I should win an Oscar…
Cause as you can see
I can lie too!

[Chorus]
 I can lie just like you do!
Make promises, plan the dreams that are never coming true.
I didn't know I could be such a fool!
 I guess I was never, ever good enough for you...
See? there I go again, I can lie too!
Form: Lyric

THE OTHER SAW IT BARE

“I’m repulsed by you,”
I say.
Maybe that will make me feel better.

Frozen, trying to remember memories
because you made me hate them.
Two sinners bonded,
creating a friendship
against everything in the commandment.

Oh, look what we became
One sinner gave it all.
The other… saw it bare.
The sinners?
Both right.
No wrong.

The sinners are separated.
One saw it as a joke.
One swore it all.
One never forgave.
Both fell.

The Devil laughed.

I saw.

Kiss me

Said you could
Hold it; hold fast
Hold me
That you weren't
Scared
Said the storms
Were worse at sea
That you saw
The sadness underneath
That you loved 
The taste of smoke and ash
Of the flame
That burns through
Me

Premium Member No One Can

You'll no more know another man,

for if I can't have you, no one can

Premium Member I't Still Hurts

Years have passed since i lost you 
It seemed like forever that I cried 
It still hurts when i think about you 
And how your love for me died 

I should have seen It coming 
With all the wrong that I done
I took your love for granted
Showing you I wasn't the one 

I can still see you drive away 
As clear today as back then 
And each time it never fails
It breaks my heart once again

I believe I would love you better
If I could love you once more
But i know i would again fail
Leaving your heart broken and sore
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Words Cut Deep

I realize that I cut you deep
With this awful words I said
Those words now permanent
Living forever in your head

If you happen to forgive me
Those words stuck in your brain 
Will forever be playing over
As they continue causing pain

No matter how much I try
Those words will not erase 
You'll be reminded with pain
Every time you see my face 

How can you ever love me
After everything that i said 
We are victims of my words
And our love is now dead
Form: Rhyme

Glass Promises

You wore truth like a tailored suit,
 Smiling sharp in the evening light—
 But lies stitched seams I couldn’t see,
 Till silence screamed through every night.
Your eyes, twin lanterns in the dark,
 Once held the stars I swore were real.
 But stars, it seems, can flicker cold,
 And hearts can kiss, yet never feel.
You spoke of “forever” in soft-spun lace,
 While weaving webs behind my back—
 Each word a thread of false embrace,
 Each step a crack along the track.
You touched another, lips untrue,
 With hands that once held all of me.
 Did guilt not whisper in your spine,
 Or did betrayal set you free?
I drowned in questions, bitter rain,
 Searching for reasons in your flame.
 But fire only knows to burn—
 It doesn’t care who speaks its name.
Now silence sits where love once lay,
 A ghost beside my coffee cup.
 And all your truths, once sweet as spring,
 Taste bitter in this shattered cup.
So take your vows and glass-made dreams—
 They break so easy, don’t they, dear?
 But know the cost of what you’ve lost:
 A love that held you—without fear.

Premium Member Heartache I Cannot Rid

My heart is breaking in pieces
And being ripped out of me
This heartache is for the ones
I broke without showing mercy 

Living this life without you
The pain is all that I can take
And what makes it even worse
Is that I caused this heartbreak 

If I were able to go back in time 
And alter all that I did wrong
You be here in my arms tonight
Which is right were you belong

But I can't go back in time
And resolve the things I did
I'm stuck in reality with regret
With a heartache I cannot rid
Form: Rhyme

Specific Types of Break Up Poems

Definition | What is Break Up in Poetry?

Poems Related to Break Up

lost love, boyfriend, girlfriend, pain, depression, sadness

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