Heartbreak Life Poems | Examples
These Heartbreak Life poems are examples of Life poems about Heartbreak. These are the best examples of Life Heartbreak poems written by international poets.
The earth shakes, mimicking my weary bones,
And the ground is wet with tears left behind.
The cage of whiteness, locked tightly inside,
Upholds the heavy weight of every day's design.
Secrets and memories are ghosts we keep,
Bound tightly within the walls of the chest—
Forgiven, forgotten, or just cast aside,
The architecture of a heart aching for rest.
My steps falter on the unpaved ground,
Stumbling under the weight of a calcified spine.
Yet all this physical aching scarcely compares
To the quiet, structural cage of skeletal frame—
That has, until today,
Only answered to the marrow of your name.
LONG AGO
It seems the love I've known
Has always been the contingent and transitory kind
Maybe that is why
I have felt so alone
For a long time
Long ago, when I was younger
The feel of life was so good, I thought I’d have a great future
But so many things went annoyingly wrong
Like someone had changed the rules without notice
Many stories that were inspired never got published
Although, a few good things did occur
I lived by day and tried to keep my feelings in
I am not sure how I could have survived without family
But that was so long ago
You walk the way the wind blows
Or so the story goes.
You rode the waves of blue,
And lived a life with no clue
You blow smoke of tar
And drive a beat up car
You live in built-up walls,
Where twilight slowly crawls.
A fortress made of stone,
To keep yourself unknown.
You traded wind and sky,
To watch the world go by.
But rain taps on the window pane,
To remind you of the pain.
And the wind still knows your name,
Before you quit the game.
You throw the portal wide,
And cast the ghost aside.
Out where the blacktop gleams,
You wake up from your dreams.
You head across the bay,
To find a better way.
You turn toward the east,
The captive soul released.
The engine starts to roar—
You walk the way no more.
I have already had the hardest day,
the day my youngest son went to heaven.
So, the days that I struggle now, seem to be
very hard at times, but not the hardest!
I know that I am strong because I have kept
living my life, despite wanting to curl up in ball
and never leave my bed again.
I keep going to work, living life, playing the violin,
writing my heartbreak in poetry, loving my family
on earth and trying to make a difference in the world
that became dark for me on the hardest day.
I may be a grieving mess at times,
but I AM doing my best.
When your caught up in life of rent
Compromising your soul to survive in the dark
Caught in a cycle of dark, desperate circumstances.
Only way is to pay.
Out of the brokenness
Comes beauty
Something once hidden
Is now free
Free to be seen
Free to fly
Free to live
Before it was bound
Strangled
Barely hanging on
Desperate
Sometimes it begins with a small crack
Then
There are times
A sudden bursting
Regardless of how
Regardless of when
Regardless of why
Out of the brokenness
Deliverance
A bursting forth in a brilliance of light
Live
Fly
Freedom is yours.
©Deborah Seale 2026
in the finale of a love story.
i was left out of the script
of the comedy and
the tragedy
when Tom Hanks
was still funny (always)
and acting (still)).
Helen Hunt
and Tom
Hanks
are too good
at acting
to watch their same
movie twice.
Take it, we all must.
How do you mend a broken heart?
Believe in better days ahead.
Wordku: 5-7-5 words
AP: 1st place 2026, 1st place 2026, Honorable Mention 2026
in a sea of nothingness,
a buoy
you cannot know
the weight of small words:
“don’t shoot!”
“we found your child”
“Help, is on the way”
“thank you for the chocolate you sent me.”
When all the dust settles
And the storm has passed
Regardless of the form it came in,
Fire, wind, water, earth, spirit,
We are left where we started
But changed forever.
As the shock waves reverberate ever less
We know those waves will never really end.
Yet Life goes on,
And within our core we can find peace,
Peace within the storm and peace
The morning after.
The best thing in Life is not a thing,
And so barely even nameable,
As we live it every day.
Last night I dreamed of you
I held you close against me
I knew the second I woke up
You would become a memory
Why does my mind play tricks
That sadden and deceive me
It's as though my mind is trying
To purposely lead me to misery
I wish you could come home
But that's not an option anymore
With all that's been said and done
It's impossible to even the score
I'm unaware of what's to follow
On this journey to heal my heart
I don't believe anything will dull
The pain of us living life apart
HeartBreak And Beyond That
Oh Yeah, I Get It!
Past Those Dreams
And Passions, All
That Need For Purpose,
Defined Importance,
Relative Value…
Beyond That.
Runs Perfection,
Still In Motion,
This Creation,
Unique And Beautiful,
Loud Bizarre!
I Believe
We're
Allowed To
Appreciate A
Miracle In Motion,
Anyway…
Stand Back And
LOOK! To See
How Good It Is!
How Beautiful, Though!
THAT
Kind Of
GOOD.
Before…
We Sever
Ties, And Move On.
-Gray Squirrel
07-29-2025
Fool am I for trying to believe.
Fool am I for seeing only what I wanted to see.
Fool am I for listening to my heart.
Fool am I for tearing me apart.
Fool am I and fool I’ll always be.
Fool am I for thinking you’d love me.
Fool am I for sinking in your eyes.
Fool am I for believing all the lies.
Fool am I and now a fool I am alone.
Fool am I with broken heart and broken home.
Fool am I for finding solace in the night.
Fool am I for never putting up a fight.
Fool am I for stopping you in your life.
Fool am I for picking up that knife.
Fool am I for not listening to your screams.
Fool am I.
Breaking Point
Miracle Man
3/12/2025
I’ve given thought lately that each person,
has an unknown breaking point.
Beyond which is felt, that just coping,
is no longer a viable choice.
Life is filled with obstacles,
that push many toward their endpoint.
Once breaking point is reached,
its too late to silence Satan’s voice.
Remembering a friend who took his life,
And suicide I would never anoint.
Though I never took a step in his shoes,
his choice has taken my reason to rejoice.
This world is full of heartache
An ache that makes the joy
More poignant and real,
If we only care to notice.
And when we notice
Joy and sorrow dance
A dance that makes it all
Worthwhile.
(12/12/24)