Love Hurts Poems | Examples of Love Hurts Poetry

where the smile doesn’t meet the eyes resides the line between apathy and resentment in an inward sigh or soft curse a bubble of pain in the embers of a fading fire sparks of memory in the hollow of the chest not one echo out of the blue, into the blue glittering...

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I didn’t want to light the flame, But damn, you handed me the match. We played a bitter little game— Now neither one can scratch the scratch. I offered peace, I begged, I tried, You laughed and chose the sword instead. So now the happy parts have died— I burned the photos in my head. The goal was never you or me, It somehow...

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There’s a wildness in you Burning like the desert sand It taints a man’s blood A fierce promise in your eyes More glorious than sunset over the mountain It defies me to say ‘no’ But that’s the only answer I can offer For I’ve taken an oath And I must live it For honor – for fidelity Let passion perish ...

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Throbbing, concave marks adorn my skin—records of your hunger, sated only by the meat of my body. Though the pain is sweet—craved, fulfilling—and my blood rushes to provide you with drink, my head—detached, neglected—wanders. Tell me, if the flesh fell away like tender rib meat off of the bone— would you still ache to sink your teeth into the me that remained?...

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You came into my life When I was struggling with the storms, My eyes were shut, My breathing was slow, My lungs were dusty, There was no glow, But you, My heart, You, you, you, You embroidered something in my soul, Something beautiful more than my eyes can speak, Something dangerous more than my words can decipher, I thought there was no love until It was just You,...

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Verse 1) You lay here beside me, but I feel so alone, Your touch don’t feel like it’s mine, just skin and bone. Every day, every year, I wonder what’s wrong, When you say you love me, but it don’t feel strong. (Chorus) I don’t feel your love, I’m reaching for more, We’re living in a house, but we’re strangers at the...

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The squirrel’s hell is, for the hound, heaven. And the rain, thunder, which flatten leaven, Quench also the thirst of blossom’d flowers. Tears spring forth joyful, in equal power With grief and lost hope. Mourning by morning, laughing and crying Roller coaster emotions’ living, dying. The hurt exquisite, the joy so fleeting, My soul stretched to infinities meeting. I scream, then...

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We all love love, but all agree that friction is our enemy: when all slides nicely, that’s the thing! Of lubrication do I sing. The oil of primrose, asphodel, or axle grease, or KY Gel, one substance that the people hunt will always be a lubricant. In Kokomo, Kalamazoo, rubbing, scraping, just won’t do. If you’re from Oshkosh or Duluth, you know the truth –...

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I've kept the promises I made Stood steady in the storms Never caved in to the waves First one, then two, even three Never failing, always strong But the one I never got to make Is the one that haunts me still As the precipice approaches I still consider the jump But what once was safe Has become suicide So I'm left with...

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tiptoeing through a minefield f r a u g h t with combustible opportunities a groom jilted at the altar by bride who'd rather stay "just friends." humiliated at his...

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Like a storm trapped in her chest she moved in circles footsteps restless heart pounding louder than thought. She had lived inside a lie vowed to love through anything clung to promises already crumbling made peace with pain to feel something. When dawn rose, it lit the truth the smiles were masks the kisses rehearsed, and yet, she stayed not for love, but for the hope...

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Sometimes, I feel completely alone. No matter how much I try to reach out, or try to connect. Sometimes, I feel unwanted. No matter how much love I pour out, or try to perfect. Sometimes, I feel misunderstood. No matter how much I try to explain, or try to correct. My delivery always seems off or lost in translation. I’m told that...

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Written: July 4th, 2025, for contest: Sponsored by: JCB Brul **************** a — l — a | | b a s | | t — e —...

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You told me you could never leave You told me you would never say goodbye You told me you never wanted to be free But you told me a lie—just another goodbye Your words were empty, your promises all broken You had me believing, but now I just cry Your ‘I love yous’ were just lies you told” Trying to forget but...

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When love hurts its like a blink when in need of full attention when love hurts its like the birth of sin still in need of redemption when love hurts I sit under the moon with my insides turning inside out with loneliness coming to rescue me again when love hurts the only thing I see is us...

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