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The DamageThey are afraid.
They see the power I contain.
They tried to collar it
and control me so I would never see that power.
What they failed to understand
is the care and love
they endlessly received
was coming to an end
and...
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Categories:
break up, goodbye, how
Form: Free verse
EndIt ended as it began.
Not with an exclamation
But with a sigh
A soft exchange
A parting of hearts
Us turned to you and I
...
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Categories:
break up, divorce, heartbreak,
Form: Free verse
Night After Youthe last words of farewell
were shaper than a knife
the last words of farewell
damaged more than a cannon fight
all my fears conquered that war
leaving me to drift on the sea
with no sign of shore
thus began...
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Categories:
break up,
Form: Free verse
Used to be a homeEverything about this place reminds me of you
From the couch where you once sat to the bed we used to lay in
From the kitchen where I once cooked for you to the bathroom where...
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Categories:
break up,
Form: Free verse
The Rhythm of HerYour heart still beats with passion
Like the striking of a drum
But it no longer beats for me
It is still beating a continuous pattern of love
And she was the new design
The sound is beautiful the...
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Categories:
boyfriend, break up, cry,
Form: Free verse
Never to be Sameour inimical truths
our baleful words
have torn us apart
i stood for myself
you stood for yourself
i gave you signs
you gave me signs
but fate had other plans
now dark heart is all we have
with all its chambers full...
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Categories:
betrayal, break up,
Form: Free verse
Our love was about a third of the way to its endOur love was about a third of the way to its end.
But how could we have known that, my friend?
So, we kept going merrily along,
thinking that nothing could ever go wrong,
till our love was about...
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Categories:
12th grade, break up,
Form: Rhyme
Brave
As she walked across the bridge that day, I watched her light that match. She stood and watched as it burned so she knew he can't come back. She was over hearing his excuses. She...
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Categories:
betrayal, break up, courage,
Form: Rhyme
cry freedomCry Freedom
Not many Americans know the world is not looking westward they see the fall of the value
they see the poverty of the suffering people who die of curable illnesses because they can’t pay the...
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Categories:
break up, abuse, anti bullying, break
Form: Free verse
Disconnection NoticeI scroll through the reels of my memories
Your pixelated smile flickers, haunting the glow of my screen
I swipe again, hoping to find you,
But you're just a shadow in the...
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Categories:
break up, heartbreak,
Form: Free verse
A Rose from Forgotten FriendA Rose from Forgotten Friend
Let me share a story of a rose
which I found, in my old book
N believe me, I don't remember
I don't remember who gave it
I don't remember, when i...
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Categories:
break up, emotions, friendship,
Form: Free verse
Tomb Of Unresthigh rising waves crashing on my tomb
the tomb of stone i built on my grave
a sailor on a sea on a ship with no sail
i carved my story on stones with my nails
in a well...
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Categories:
break up,
Form: Free verse
Dethroned QueenOnce, she was the moon that lit my night,
A beacon of silver, so soft, so bright.
Her laughter—music that haunted my sleep,
Her beauty—a secret my heart longed to keep.
Through endless streets, I wandered in vain,
Begging forgiveness,...
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Categories:
anger, break up, hate,
Form: Free verse
SpiralThe signs were always there
Dishes piling up
Packages at my doorstep
Tangled hair in a messy bun
Cereal boxes lying here and there
Dust gathering outside my bedroom door
The thousand calls you ignored
I have been stuck in the...
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Categories:
break up, anxiety, depression,
Form: Free verse
If I Set You FreeI released your hand, and let you fly
Hoping you'd return, with a loving sigh
But the winds of freedom, swept you away
Leaving me with tears, and a heart that's gray
I set you free, with a love...
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Categories:
break up, emotions,
Form: Rhyme
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