11 Poems About Heartbreak To Crack You Wide Open
Heartbreak is not for the faint-hearted. It will break you, taint you, and haunt you throughout your days and nights. Whether you are grieving an unrequited love or walking away from the love of your life, one thing is for sure…
A heartbreaking, is a heart opening; everything you have lost, will become everything that you find – within yourself, your memories and your future.
Until that time, let yourself heave, hollow and grieve; until your heart purges its wars and guides you to the person you were meant to be.
Poetry About heartbreak
1. RUIN OF LOVE - JADINE LYDIA
all this space
feels so empty
without you –
filling my heart
with lustrous wonder.
and i wonder why
the earth shattered,
our hearts crumbled
and the beginning
became the end –
countless bricks
becoming
earth-less rubble;
our ruin of love.
original poem – medium.com
2. I never really let you go - s. colinson
i never really let you go.
i convinced myself
to turn the page and
continue the story.
and still to this day—
the book falls open
on every page with
the words that read
‘you.’
poem by – S. Colinson
3. The Pink Heart - Jadine Lydia
Her heart ached.
A slow pulse of an infinite purge.
Heaving, hollowing, holding.
All that she had lost,
in his wake.
Her heart purged.
A tumultuous amount of tar.
Swirling, whirling, stirring.
Seaweed from the depths of her darkest matter,
tainting the glow of her green goddess blood.
Her heart stung.
A throbbing, lashing line.
As the explicit and undeniable truth rose,
to the surface of a sunken sea.
A web of lies and deceit.
Her heart wrung.
A flood of black matter.
Ring after ring after ring.
As her tears fell softly,
onto frayed heartstrings.
Her heart went numb.
A vital organ frozen in red,
flatlining as ferocious fear,
ran through her veins,
seeping through her system.
Finally, her heart sang.
As pale, pink quartz,
cleansed, cleared and caressed,
the channel of love,
as her love walked away.
extract from – And So She Chose
4. Not All Hearts Break Loudly - RW
Not all hearts break loudly.
Some hearts break quietly, piece by piece, day by day.
Until one morning you wake up and realise that you don’t enjoy the things you once did.
You no longer laugh.
You don’t recognise yourself anymore.
You no longer feel anything.
This is the saddest kind of heartbreak,
the one that breaks unnoticed by anyone,
not even itself.
poem by – RW
5. Even Though - Akhira
even though you didn’t make it to the end of
my story, I will always have the corner
folded down on your page, because it was
one of my favourites
poem by – Akhira
6. I guess it isn't fair to blame you - Alex Teng
I guess it isn’t fair to blame you.
I kept
pouring myself into your palms
even as I watched
all that I was
leak through your fingers.
poem by – Alex Teng
7. The Lonely Heart - Jadine Lydia
Her heart ached.
Heavy from loneliness,
full from fear.
A seam of sadness,
stitched, split and spat,
thick black tar,
on her pale pink lungs.
Hungry for love,
her stomach rumbled,
a thunderous roar;
an empty void.
Lightning hit her central system,
sparks burnt every last synapse,
and she screamed.
‘Let me be seen!’
The heavens opened,
her word was heard,
and suddenly, she could see.
Beneath her loneliness,
was stitched her fear.
Beneath her fear,
was etched her hunger.
Beneath her hunger,
was sown her soul,
just waiting to be seen.
extract from – And So She Chose
8. The Sound of Heartbreak - Nikita Gill
It is eerily terrifying that there is no sound when a heart breaks.
Car accidents end with a bang, falling ends with a thud, even writing makes the scratching sound of pencil against paper. But the sound of a heart breaking is completely silent. Almost as though no one, not even the universe itself could create a sound for such devastation. Almost as though silence is the only way the universe could pay its respect to the sound of a heart falling apart.
extract from – Your Soul is a River
9. You Weren't Mine But You Mattered - ERIC WILSON
i don’t have the right
to miss you—
not really.
you were never mine
to lose,
never mine to hold.
but still,
some part of me tugs
at your memory
like a loose thread
i forgot to tie.
it’s strange, loving someone
without a place to put that love.
carrying it around
like a secret
that aches quietly
against my ribs.
you weren’t mine.
but you mattered.
extract from – Eric Wilson
10. Dry Heart - Jadine Lydia
give me space
to bleed my heart dry,
then perhaps next time
it will only weep a little
and i won’t lose so much.
extract from – Simple Truths
11. I can never be - Aliza Grace
i can never be
just friends
with you
maybe because your eyes
remind me of the nights we spent together
i can’t look in eyes i once saw a future in
and pretend to see nothing.
poem by – Aliza Grace
RAW POETRY ABOUT LIFE, LOVE & HEARTBREAK
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This collection explores the depths of our existence, including themes such as heartbreak, death, loss and addiction, whilst inspiring you to accept the transient nature of life and increase your capacity to find the light.
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