Best Aching Poems

I knelt amidst the mountain's rise
        beneath the weeping opal skies
            there to measure Io's swoon
    the envy of each lesser moon
trembling like a...

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She sits alone in quiet of the night
as thoughts of him wrap ‘round her yearning heart,
and whispers ‘cross her skin; her flesh excites
while longing for his touch when they’re apart.

She yearns to gaze into his eyes of blue
while feeling his caress engulf her soul,
and have...

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I am like a cascading willow over a flowing river
and a victim of the wind-
and my heart is aching with bleeding tears
that float away . . . 
for I am embarking on an unknown journey
and must make this journey alone, my dears

I languish weeping afraid...

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The aching rain beats down on me
   I shield myself as best can be
Its piercing slants like stinging bees
   The cold damp wind goes right through me

My teeth do chatter up and down
   My body's shaking all around
No warmth...

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Written: June 23, 2023
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Bonds packed with zeros—harmony, grief, regrets,
In this endless cycle, memory no longer begets. 
Your poetry is a symphony that stirs my soul.
But also a river of nausea in which I swim, whole.

Lonesome, dispossessed, my being in unrest,
A fetish for the departed, my electrons...

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I remember the gazebo
When I felt it was floating
The two of us sitting on the wooden floor
While the kids were doing nothing unusual
Or very interesting
But our eyes kept reconnecting
And I felt the moment would burst...

We talk only of work-related things
Only gestures in response to the...

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It's not the first time 
  her heart is breaking 
    She swallows tears as
      her heart is aching 

    Who'll explain the ache
      her heart is facing?
...

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You need to listen to me when I say
I simply cannot do this anymore 
I understand why you turned away 
In my eyes, there was something that told you
I was no longer the youth I once was. 
I used to harness the wind
Not even your...

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A letter from Bristol arrived on my doorstep
I knew its contents would cause me such pain
An invitation for a routine mammogram – 
My Goodness …two years have flown past again

I arrived at the breast-screening center
And sat down on a bright lime green chair
The x ray...

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"See: A Marriage Worthy, Letters Offered to an Aching Bride"



See 
The blood of man
drips from his fingers

note the true 
Son of Man
No loud crimson 

cardinal feathers
gently caressing
psalming minds

No White Hat 
nor flag in hand, yet 
Purple hearted

when War came 
carrying in his 
arms crucifixion

nails for...

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Aching Nights And Hopelessly Sad Morn

Aching nights and hopelessly sad morn
my life torn, ripped and nailed;
each day dark hours sliced and dice,
misery applauding as I failed
not once nor even twice but thrice!

Each day, worries eat into this fate
watered soup- soul needs more;
so lost, lost as...

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A constant ache
A raging churn
Within my heart
The pulse of it
Throws me under
One… Two… Three… Four
One… Two… Three… Four
One… Two… Three… Four
Then the silence
It boils inside
Pointing fingers
Not good manners
The aching stops
Silence is dread
Seconds, minutes
Hours, days, weeks... soon
The day will come
My soul will ache...

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Deep sublime aching of my soul,
The fount of all perfection,
My source of life and memory,
The cause of my direction-
Why must one suffer so much pain?
What person gained so great a goal,
And found in their loving true perfection,
Yet nothing of their life is stole?
I am unworthy...

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she ate my aching
sweet tender sushi
sea

I am her loving
worshiped lunch...

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In a far-off land, by the moonlit sea,
Two lovers once stood, as young as could be,
Hand in hand, they pledged their love,
A promise to keep, on wings of a dove.

But fate had other plans in store,
And soon the lovers were forced to part,
Torn from each...

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