Life Sad Love Poems | Examples

These Life Sad Love poems are examples of Sad Love poems about Life. These are the best examples of Sad Love Life poems written by international poets.


Premium MemberOur Four Years

After four years of marriage 
I cannot remember my life before 
You turned my life around 
Showed me life was so much more

Now every memory is of us
Every thought is about you
In everything that I partake 
It's a reminder of you

You loved me when I was down
But I never made it to my feet 
I was pulling you with me
With my anger and deceit 

As you walked away I saw
That you had tears in your eyes 
I know it wasn't easy for you 
And I had had a million tries 

You won't answer your phone 
You refuse to talk to me anymore 
That hurts my already broken heart
That shattered here on the floor

I wouldn't change a thing 
About all our good times at least 
But I'd change every argument 
And I never would be that beast


Premium MemberLiving together

Life, the ambivalent gift
Built of moments, incidents, experiences,
Images in colour, lingering
In cameos, memories, scattered

Blending in feelings
Breezes stirring love, need, fear,
Joy sometimes
All made of precious little bits
Vulnerable to annihilation

From what is listed
Thereof sing
Into the dark
Absorbent void
Which is the future

And sweet life lived together
In the grip of Time
Twists into sadness;
Contemplates forever
What used to be.

Premium MemberIt is for the best- separation

The river of love is dry, heart is dead,
music sepulchral, both had wept and said,
the door is locked and silence reigns within,
the battle is lost, nothing here to win.

tears no longer flow, and no reason to,
the birds fly past in silence as they go,
garden is desolate, roses have dried,
no remorse that the bond has been untied,

who can solve the riddle of broken heart,
where deep love and trust had once played a part,
the fading glimmer of setting evening,
darkness fills where once was new beginning.

No hope or wish to reorder days past,
the field has been scorched black and all is lost,
I walk in slow steps to life on my own,
memories live on, but I shall not mourn.

Premium MemberRomance Fouls Out

  
      It was love at first sight
         Everything about her felt so right

      Her shape, her motion, her shade of brown
         He took her with him to every venue in town

      But then, with no more basketball games slated 
          The love of his life quickly deflated

Premium MemberTriad Of Air

Firstly I loved a Libran who seemed so fair,
He lives his life with a certain kind of flair,
Yet over time showed he never would care
About the ways I would leave my heart bare.

Secondly I loved a Geminian man so couth
He listened to me even when I spoke truth.
But after few years, he took me for granted,
I felt a sudden silence left my heart slanted.

Thirdly, finally, I met an Aquarian so perfect,
I fallen so fast for his sweet, cool intellect.
I love him for all of what he is and has been,
I want to be in his future in which we win.

I loved through all three air element signs,
I indeed tried each like they were fine wines.
But now I see, fate was simply preparing me
To be mature enough for my true destiny.


Premium MemberEverlasting Legacy

For those who study the cosmos,
There is one fact they will learn,
We are all made of stardust
And to stardust we will return.

So, don’t look for me in just one place,
For it is not where I shall be,
I will be somewhere out in the cosmos,
Scattered, drifting and free,
Helping to build a myriad things,
My everlasting legacy.

Premium MemberCowardly Snake

In truth he was a cowardly snake,
Who left when my life was at stake,
Who I forgave in a new take,
Yet he will never be someone for my sake.

I hope someday his heart will break,
Because of how he left mine in ache.
I am sad his soul is another I cannot wake,
Even after trying after realizing he is fake.

Premium MemberBetween Denial and Reality

You’re not here with me tonight 
But you haven’t been in awhile 
I believe you’re coming home again 
That’s the beauty of being in denial 

That ship has long ago set sail
Any bridges burned and torn down
With my shattered heart and regrets 
I’m a failed king without a crown 

I turned a love so amazing and pure
Into this loneliness and heartbreak 
With out of my life is falling all apart 
I caused more pain than I can take 

I’m searching for any sign of hope 
Stuck between denial and reality 
Praying you will knowing you won’t 
Some day come back home to me

Premium MemberThose Two Dates

Those two dates were the greatest in my life,
Until you decided our chemistry was a lie.
Those two dates lead to a period of strife
In which you eventually made me cry.

Those two dates were of so much value,
Until you decided what we have can just die.
Those two dates made me feel it was true
That you too could eventually for me try.

Those two dates made me feel so alive,
Until you decided we can no longer try.
Those two dates made me feel I could thrive
Alongside you until the day you die.

Those two dates are engraved in my heart,
Until you realize we can someday again try.
Those two dates of ours before we fell apart,
Will always be why I'll never die.

Premium MemberResponse 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 together but now our paths divert,
we take with us the lessons that we learned.

----Tithonus.



AP: Honorable Mention 2025

Premium MemberWhy 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 sorts.

Ignoring the elephant in the room is
an embarassing act of cowardice.
Sometimes saying something-anything
is better than the insult of shameless pussyfooting.



AP: Honorable Mention 2025

Premium MemberWinter's Shadows

Why does a winter day
      often cast
Upon its grey streets
      thoughts of the past
Sunshine, we gaily thought
      would never fade
Laughter and lightness,
      promises made
Why does life often
      take a wrong turn
Why does it take
      a lifetime to learn
Endings are, at their best,
      always sad
Goodbyes are the worst:
      incurably bad
I realize Spring's flowers
      are very near
Robins will fly in with
      new songs to hear
But in Winter's shadows
     our memory hides
And in its stark echos
     sadness abides
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Premium MemberTaken for granted

Sincere apologies 

Diabolical policy 

My part in your life 

losing its  novelty 

Babe magnet wannabee 

Recurring anomalies 

Quantity first and always above quality

Premium Memberfor a moment

In the rush of living       my heart stops 

between each beat

and for a moment
or maybe just half a moment

she is there.
Not once, but always;

Waiting for me
between those beats,

in every one of my remaining days.

“ I miss you.”

Written as if the sun’s passing     mattered more.

As if being uttered with muttered words,

heard only in the hollow of a poets’ dream,

could bring the past to life 

or resurrect a love.

Premium MemberSad Beauty

Inside my breast, an empty aching heart 
beats for no reason since we're apart.
Each day, the sun across the sky does swing.
I wonder when I will not feel the sting 
of when, from my life, you did depart.

To feel, once more, the warmth that orb did bring,
As when I last heard your voice's gay ring, 
I look on the vivid field of flowers,
from my balcony for weeks, days, and hours,
and carefree birds fluttering on the wing.

Yet as comes the Autumn, Winter, and Spring,
and these bright birds, so beautifully sing,
until up my walk, you come back to me,
only sadness will I hear and see,
like each melancholy violin string.

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