Breakup Poems

Believe At Least

I’ve run out of things to say to you
I who love how language feels 
Cannot see your thoughts to know,
How to ask what you conceal.

Perfection is fine to a point,
An everlasting urge
but I’d never breathe again,
If I did not share our eternal love.

The exquisite princess of maiden joy
Can sacrifice her honor and her name,
By giving
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Categories: breakup, break up, desire, girlfriend,
Form: Rhyme

Premium Memberbreak-up Senryus

Quick break-up Senryus.
Pick one to quickly, cut that old
relationship cord:

I'm sorry, say what?
I can't hear you (confused look)
- we’re breaking up.

You’re the guy that
every girl at our school wants
- it's their lucky day.

It's time that we took
our relationship to the
previous level.

I still cherish the
initial misconceptions
I had about you.
.
.
Songs for this:
Lovefool by The Cardigans
Nothing Can Stop
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Categories: breakup, boyfriend, break up, humor,
Form: Senryu


Breakup

Didn't feel the bird would fly off abruptly 
No break in providing food and water 
The cage, however, stayed open off and on 
Dating on the treetop _ new boyfriends 

28 August 2025
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Categories: breakup, break up,
Form: Quatrain

is it 4 ever gone?

When I see u i feel something right inside of my heart,
I try to act different like I don't  care,but I really hate being apart,
I know I've changed and you have too but is it for the good,
Cuz one thing that will never change i loveu dont even know if it could,
All I'm saying
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Categories: breakup, break up, heartbreak, relationship,
Form: Rhyme

HAHA I'M MANIC

All that 
remains 
of our 
love
is a faded Polaroid,
a carton of cigarettes,
and two cases of beer.
I'll forget you soon,
but for now,
I'm cracking open 
another one—
let's hope these 
memories 
blur!
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Categories: breakup, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse


WELCOME TO THE SLAUGHTER

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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Categories: breakup, betrayal, divorce, hate, hurt,
Form: Rhyme

This Damn Song

All I want in this whole world is someone to love,
Someone to hold, to cherish, to dream of.
All I need is someone to comfort me—
To stand by my side, to help set me free.

Someone to talk to, to whisper things to,
Someone, my dear… someone like you.

Someone who'll love me, and I’ll love them back,
Someone who’s
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Categories: breakup, emotions, heartbreak, heartbroken, lonely,
Form: Lyric

Her Name, Mine

We sat where the orchard meets the dusk,
Legs folded like unopened letters.
She laughed, and the wind—
Traitorous — carried it straight through me.

There was dirt beneath our nails,
Scratched from some old pretending,
And sap on our skin like guilt.
We called it a game, that closeness,
Two girls learning the language
Of not touching.

She wore her hair long, like mine—
A
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Categories: breakup, angst, break up, conflict,
Form: Free verse

WHAT I WISH MY FATHER TOLD ME


My father leave me since child,
I was about seven years old,
Nothing I remember which he told,
Than mother ice cream to sold.

My father have not yet died,
But he has kept me aside,
Phoning him a lot I have tried,
My calls ended without being applied.

Sometimes I fill myself bad,
Like I am not his blood,
How he has keep himself
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Categories: breakup, 1st grade, blessing, conflict,
Form: Rhyme

Breakup

I still remember the day 
You promised you'd stay.
Thought, not even in my dreams 
How swiftly you could slip away!
Fights were meant to happer 
But wasn't love to abandon.
Had you known the consequence
Our future would be to our convenience.
Whom should I blame 
For my efforts are in vain? 
In the throes of love I was
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Categories: breakup, anger, betrayal, boyfriend, break
Form: Rhyme

Firefly

If I had to use one word to describe our relationship it would be ‘dim’ 
Never something
But never nothing 
No,  we never talked about it like we were each others’ sun 
Maybe a flickering star at best 
Like a needle in a haystack
It wasn’t apparent to everyone 
But at least it was there 
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Categories: breakup, break up, crush, feelings,
Form: Free verse

Freeze

The sunset tides will wash me away
Jaded, but
          I try
                And now I stand to hear my breathless breaths.
Over the white noise, screaming out
"Sunrise, sunset, can you wash away the rain?"
My
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Categories: breakup, break up, depression,
Form: Free verse

The Mile Long Tree

Kill off the Mile Long Tree
For anyone who cares only cares about everyone
Revelation in mind, we don't feel the same
You should sort through your thick skull, my friend.
Each twig, a secret forever held
Each leaf, a statement never expelled.
My dear dreamcatcher, though my dearest is radical,
You're being ripped out by your roots, big buddy.
You're calling for
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Categories: breakup, psychological, relationship,
Form: Rhyme

It Still Hurts

Doesn’t matter how long it’s been

It still hurts after 7 months

I couldn’t be the friend you deserved

So you severed ties 

You wanted to protect your peace

Cannot blame you

Seven months later

I still grieve the friend I thought you were

I failed to be the friend I was supposed to be 

But your screaming and half truths still
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Categories: breakup, betrayal, feelings, friendship, how
Form: Free verse

Bridges

Distance, even for a short while, still is
Whether it’s a river or a stream, you still need a bridge
But bridges burn
And even when they don’t
They weather
They rot
They fall apart so slowly
You don’t notice until the floorboards have collapsed beneath you
And you’re left with nothing
Just the remnants of the bond you thought would last forever
Clutched to
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Categories: breakup, betrayal, conflict, friendship, heartbreak,
Form: Free verse

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