BLUE SHIRT GOODBYE[Verse 1]
I was half a man in a boy’s disguise,
Wore my silence like a second skin.
Didn’t know how to break what I couldn’t define,
So I broke it with a nervous grin.
You were books I hadn’t read yet,
I dog-eared pages just to feel wise...
You danced in the rain,
I stood in it—awkward, trying to improvise.
[Chorus]
But I still...
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Categories:
sad love, 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:
sad love, break up, life, lost
Form: Free verse
Dream On
'Follow your dream'
easier said than done
as the girl of my dreams
for me she is the only one
and yet for her I don't exist
she sees through me sad to say
don't have what (it) takes her fancy
won't even look my way
as ships which pass in the night
our two hearts will never meet
I find mine's a dead-end dream
on...
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Categories:
dream, sad love, word
Form: Rhyme
Black holeWhy can’t I exist without you? Each time I try to leave you suck me back up into your blackhole.
Can’t help but love you for the way you make me feel
it’s like a loop of love and I’m stuck in it, swirling around your finger and getting caught up with you once more.
But I...
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Categories:
sad love, 12th grade, deep, for
Form: Free verse
cloudedToday,
the sadness slid in like fog—
not sudden,
just there.
Heavy without being invited.
I sit with it,
ashamed,
like I’ve broken something sacred
by feeling low in the presence
of someone so bright.
She laughs like clear water,
touches my hand like forgiveness—
how can I ache
when she exists?
But the ache doesn't check who I love,
only who I am.
It loops.
A guilt for feeling,
a guilt for...
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Categories:
sad love, absence, depression, feelings, how
Form: Free verse
I Lost My BodyIf I could go back in time,
I’d go back to when I believed in soulmates
the way I believe the stars in the night sky
guide us to a predetermined destiny.
Poorly illuminated by the moon,
leaving you to seek yourself intentionally.
Well,
I’ve learned you can throw away fate
when you make an extremist choice,
deviating against that destiny.
Like salmon in...
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Categories:
sad love, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
The Twine that BindsOut of my mind and lost in time
Holding on to a love unkind
Unwind the twine that cruelly binds
Me to my severed valentine
Her voice still calls through echoing halls
As madness clings to crumbling walls
All consumed in lingering perfume
Her presence like a ghost haunting this room.
Left behind—a love consigned
A fantasy born within my mind
She gave...
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Categories:
sad love, betrayal, dark, gothic, loss,
Form: Rhyme
Why embarass yourself?
You're not doing a stellar job
distracting me with idle chatter.
Life is not something to be ignored
and swept under a mat.
I've been living in limbo
no matter how you sugarcoat it.
Life is short and every beat matters.
Every day is another notch in the cog of time fleeting.
Life is a race to the finish line,
an obstacle course of...
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Categories:
longing, relationship, sad love,
Form: Free verse
Black Hole Lovegrab your pail, we'll clean the sea
fetch a comb to coiff the sand
don't fall for burning cities, to be
eternalized
as a pinnacle of table salt
pinch me, porfa!
looking up/down—that's insurance
perilous looking back
psychics looking forward
pronouncing words
over tomorrow's world
should you be dissolved
by hands
furious at future-telling feats
well, you would have seen it coming...
stay simple
pick peppers
plant cotton
gin it
for reason
...
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Categories:
sad love, abuse, grave, imagination, love
Form: Free verse
Heartbroken, still I loveI used to think heartbreak missed girls like me,
the ones who waited, who stayed soft and sure.
For years I prayed, “Lord, guard this fragile heart,”
believing stillness meant I’d skip the fall.
Then he arrived. The first to hold my hand,
the first to kiss me like it meant something.
He made me feel alive in quiet ways,
like maybe...
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Categories:
sad love, heartbreak, i love you,
Form: Free verse
Heartbroken yet not broken“I’d rather love a million times and have my heart broken every time, than hold a permanently empty heart forever.” –H.C. Paye
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Pure wickedness sets you apart,
Meanwhile, true love you led me to assume.
You purposefully broke my heart,
Leaving my vases filled with wilted blooms.
Yet I deter not; my heart lives to love,
Through many heartbreaks, still I'm...
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Categories:
sad love, anger, emotions, heartbreak, heartbroken,
Form: Rhyme
Dearest ReaderDearest reader, I have many secrets
But I wont tell you now, I'll wait till you're older
Heavens know I have many regrets
But I wont tell you now, please wait till I'm bolder
There are many things about me you dont know yet
But I wont tell you niw as you rhetorically cry on my shoulder
There is a version...
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Categories:
beauty, sad love, self,
Form: Rhyme
Too Close To The Sun
Have always known my limitations
it's a fact that can't be missed
I'll always go out on a limb
and you're an attraction I can't resist
am I being reckless to gamble on such a crazy game
am I overconfident and like a moth to a flame
will I melt my wings
these and a thousand other things
will I crash and burn...
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Categories:
sad love, flying, romantic love, sad
Form: Rhyme
Beautiful EyesBeautiful eyes
Tell vicious lies
In the middle of a storm
I’m not surprised
I haven’t cried
Searching for your warmth
I love you
But who knew
You didn’t feel the same
Did you love me too
Or was I just new?
Your favorite little game
A brand new toy
For you to enjoy
My light died within me
I fell for a boy
It was me he destroyed
Forever lost in...
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Categories:
sad love, betrayal,
Form: Free verse
Between Safety and Danger
tiptoeing
through a minefield
f r a u g h t
with combustible opportunities
a groom
jilted at the altar by bride
who'd rather stay
"just friends."
humiliated at his...
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Categories:
sad love, break up, devotion, love
Form: Narrative
Specific Types of Sad Love Poems
Read wonderful sad love poetry on the following sub-topics:
for her, for him, friendship, haiku, life, lonely, lost, missing you, pain
and more.
Definition | What is Sad Love in Poetry?