I Loved You Until You Said That
Categories:
break up, heartbreak, heartbroken,
Form: Crystalline
UnkindOnce upon a time it was you who was meant to be mine,
But I know better now how we were unusually unkind
To each other, even when we were on each other's minds....
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Categories:
break up, sad love,
Form: Sijo
MESSAGE TO GHANAIANSGhanaians are beating
The drum of shame
For Nigerians
Which they will later dance to
Calling Nigerians in Ghana
All sorts of names, due to some misunderstanding
Now they're promoting hate just because of mistakes.
Ghanaians are on the street
Creating scenarios
Nigerians the villains
Forgetting they triggered it
Forgetting what their Ghanaians
Are doing to Nigerians as well
No country without...
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Categories:
break up, africa, anti bullying, black
Form: Didactic
Swollen Sore HeartI've amassed a fair number of brown South Asian lovers.
In my mind I revisit one whom I slept with beneath covers,
As my swollen sore heart began beating ever sadder....
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Categories:
boyfriend, break up, heartbreak,
Form: Sijo
Slow Burning StarOur spark was a magenta-aqua gradient supernova.
A bright flash of love so nearly blinding it was eye-opening.
Our talks echo in the chambers of my inner cosmos....
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Categories:
boyfriend, break up, lost
Form: Sijo
Never Be Over YouI knew after the longest moment we made love,
That you could be better than someone sent from above,
But soon enough you told me we weren't meant to be,
I know you had only meant to see me free:
But I sadly and sentimentally told you,
I would always love you no matter what you'll do.
I descended into a...
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Categories:
break up, desire, lust,
Form: Quatrain
BLUE SHIRT GOODBYE[Verse 1]
I was half a man in a boy’s disguise,
Tried to speak truth, but it came out lies.
Didn’t know how to break what I couldn’t define—
So I blew us up like I’d lost my mind.
You were books I hadn’t read yet,
Said lines I loved but never met.
You danced in the rain, without regret,
I stood in...
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Categories:
absence, angst, break up,
Form: Lyric
Response to love letter
Dear Eos,
I
wish I still felt passion in my heart toward
the generous soul that you are.
You always saw beauty in the world
and painted strokes of life
with a brush of sweetness and delight.
I
am sorry for the suffering life's put you through.
The heart is a fickle thing. It simply was not meant to be.
We've walked...
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Categories:
break up, life, lost
Form: Free verse
I Walk On
A ghost still lingering in my head, a shadow of what once was
Echoes of your voice, did I hear amongst them a mournful sob
I walk on, I walk on, I walk on
There is no point in looking back; I can’t change what can’t be
My heart is broken, but at least this broken heart remains free
I...
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Categories:
break up, absence, beautiful, betrayal, break
Form: Rhyme
a growing indifferencea growing indifference
roses and thorns will not release me
I try to get along, ‘doesn’t come easy
it isn't the money or the phony power play
y' just don't want me in the most familiar way
I've seen your eyes with a new distance
that won't be denied, a growing indiff'rence
oh yes, oh my
poor me, and mine
no burning rubber, 'hardly...
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Categories:
break up, divorce, feelings,
Form: Rhyme
ComplicitDon't know how I missed it,
How I got so complicit,
How I overlooked those parts of you.
And now I'm in danger,
The man I love turned into a stranger,
And I'm starting see we've got more problems than a few.
Holy F%ck do I feel stupid.
How did I even do this?
How did I let this...
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Categories:
abuse, break up, dark,
Form: Rhyme
Every Break of Dawnoh lord
every break of dawn
i
shall
see
the
sunrise
in
her jasmine green eyes
and
all
the
light
have not gone
through
her
sweet smile
lord
restoreth me again
every break of dawn...
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Categories:
break up, image, imagery, inspiration, inspirational,
Form: Free verse
Not Good Enough for YouI saw the light in you, warm and wide,
But felt too small to walk beside.
You gave me love, pure and strong—
But deep inside, I feared I’d do you wrong.
You dreamed of futures, of holding tight,
But I saw shadows in my sight.
Not because I didn’t care—
But because I knew I wouldn’t be fair.
You deserve someone steady,...
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Categories:
boyfriend, break up, deep,
Form: Rhyme
Break my heartMaybe you did break my heart, but it was yours to break from the very start, I loved you, and I still do, from the moment I met you, from now to the start, I knew I’d love you with every broken piece of my heart.
...
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Categories:
break up, first love, i love
Form: Rhyme
Letting GoLike sand held in my hand,
I know I squeezed too tight,
Grain by grain you will drift away,
And with wind take flight.
I'll keep my hands wide open,
I'm stepping to the side,
So when you look about you,
Your space is open wide....
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Categories:
break up, courage, cry,
Form: Lyric
Specific Types of Break Up Poems
Definition | What is Break Up in Poetry?