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Sad Love Poems | Examples of Sad Love Poetry

Dearest Reader
Dearest reader, I have many secrets But I wont tell you now, I'll wait till you're older Heavens know I have many regrets But I wont tell you now, please wait till I'm bolder There are many things about me you dont know yet But I wont tell you niw as you rhetorically cry on my shoulder There is a version...

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Categories: beauty, sad love, self,
Form: Rhyme
Too Close To The Sun
Have always known my limitations it's a fact that can't be missed I'll always go out on a limb and you're an attraction I can't resist am I being reckless to gamble on such a crazy game am I overconfident and like a moth to a flame will I melt my wings these and a thousand other things will I crash and burn...

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Categories: sad love, flying, romantic love, sad
Form: Rhyme



Beautiful Eyes
Beautiful eyes Tell vicious lies In the middle of a storm I’m not surprised I haven’t cried Searching for your warmth I love you But who knew You didn’t feel the same Did you love me too Or was I just new? Your favorite little game A brand new toy For you to enjoy My light died within me I fell for a boy It was me he destroyed Forever lost in...

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Categories: sad love, betrayal,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Between Safety and Danger
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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Categories: sad love, break up, devotion, love
Form: Narrative
Heart Palpitations
So sick of this world and generation they tryna take ahold of my heart confiscation the taste is bitter or tart when it turns to ashes cremation I still got attachments i'm full of frustration love seems to be my passion eternally waitin cant find as if its out of fashion, yet i still got patience bout to have me ration and give up...

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Categories: sad love, heartbreak, loss, lost love,
Form: Rhyme



Life Is But A Dream
Row, row, row your boat Violently through the river Up creek without a paddle There is nothing left to give her Row, row, row your boat Crashing into the shore Choking on all the sea foam The venom of The Whore Row, row, row...

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Categories: sad love, betrayal, break up, love
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Speed Dial
Hang ups, I’ve got plenty of those Like a phone with too many busy signals, I couldn’t get through to you. I think the number you gave me was out of service. You said, “Dial me up” but the damn phone was a push button. I called long distance, the operator said “Put another quarter in.” Sadly I only had one thin...

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Categories: sad love, 9th grade, angst, crush,
Form: Free verse
Pains with no reprieve
You take joy in seeing my heart bleed, Because of your avarice and greed. The pains you caused come with no reprieve, Yet you’ve the audacity to leave. I invested every ounce in you, Your ponderings control all I do. My bitter cries you heedlessly sought, Yet you’re blind to the hatred you brought. How can your mind ever be at peace, When the...

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Categories: sad love, anger, betrayal, lost love,
Form: Rhyme
Deeply Sleeping
Chorus I'm deeply sleeping while she's breathing; two breaths mixing, two hearts beating. Verse I The wintry night totally dark and cold embraces us, it can never make us shiver; we keep warm and feel behind delighted each heartbeat measures a minimal fear. Verse II The many secrets of past loves remain inside, we've buried all evidence, too afraid to reveal any of them that...

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Categories: sad love, anxiety, betrayal, dark, desire,
Form: Lyric
The voice I once forgot was mine
I was married, but to me, it wasn’t marriage. It was poverty-induced— a fate sealed by hunger and silence. I was an orphan, taken in by my mother’s brother— the uncle who accepted that I could live with him. But he was abusive, an emotional robber. He broke the seal of my womanhood when I was just into the third of the teenage years. Long story short— he...

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Categories: sad love, abuse, betrayal, child abuse,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Missing The Good Thing
The good thing is I am never going to be crying, But the truth is there is still this deep heartaching longing For that very something with that very someone I am missing....

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Categories: sad love, break up, first love,
Form: Sijo
Movement without motion
Inspired by Bob Dylan's song "Abandoned Love" —————————————— Your fire burns deep in my ocean, But where is the ash of its burn? It's a movement without motion— A facemask fixed on the stern. I would rather fight a phantom, Than see your heart be fully claimed. I chose you—perhaps at random— To repair a heart love had maimed. My heart still jumps into my mouth Whenever...

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Categories: sad love, anger, emotions, feelings, love,
Form: Free verse
Words That I Can't Say
I wander the streets that my feet know you've roamed Back when you were still here and this city still felt like home I search for your shadow - love, where did you go? Without you, I'm nothing, so I turn to what I know Which is broken keys, broken melodies A broken song for a broken me I'm tongue-tied, can't...

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Categories: loneliness, music, sad love,
Form: Rhyme
ember lover
Looking at her is like a grainy old romance warped in a bathroom mirror— time distorts in her footsteps. She’s always smiling, even when tears circle in her eyes. Only on certain nights will she pull off the mask and fracture in hush, splintering inward. She speaks little— perhaps the quietest soul I’ve known. Her days revolve around his breath, his smile...

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Categories: sad love, longing, love, love hurts,
Form: Free verse
A Reply To Intact
Life span expires around 100 That final flash behind the brain dies fast — If I could choose, I’d leave this fleeting land Beside the man I love, my lifelong friend. Yet fate is cruel; now I must live on, As if the one I love has gone away, Learning how to bear the restless storm, From someone long lost in my...

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Categories: sad love, desire, emotions, encouraging, heartbreak,
Form: Free verse

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