#loss poems on Hello Poetry

Christina O May 28

If you somehow stopped by tonight
Would I still tell you goodbye?
Tomorrow's not gonna come
And yesterday should have mattered anyway
But today was just another day
And all I did was wish you had stayed

I never should have let you down
I never should have walked into that door
How was I supposed to know
Things were gonna change?

I wanted to be there
To show you I really cared
Somehow tell you these forgotten words
But then I unfolded
I fell down to my knees
And suddenly I knew you weren't there

I never should have said goodnight
I never should have let you walk out that door
How was I supposed to know
Things were gonna change?

Maybe because it was meant to be
And maybe this is how it's gonna be
Torn apart
And all broken up
Fighting for what's left
And trying to remember you

Dear God trying to hold on

I maybe should have come along
I maybe should have said something more
How was I supposed to know
Things were gonna change?

How was I supposed to know
I'd never see you again?

How was I supposed to know
It was going to end so soon?

How were we supposed to know
Living without you would feel like this?

I write this poem over 10 years ago.

#sadness #grief #loss #love

Connor O'Leary May 28

Ripple in REM

In my dream I wrote a poem like this
I can't recite it fully
But I wrote this in its essence
The one time I can find peace
Escape from the world
Yet my sadness
Leaks into my unsuspecting mind
My dreams aren’t dreams
Just glorified nightmares
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I used to find beauty in difference
But now I only see you
The same you
In everyone
In every labored breath
Of every man and woman
I see your lips,
Your comforting smile
Never felt like the rest
I used to appreciate
How everyone had their distinct features
Their own unique radiance
But the lights are getting dimmer
And yours only seems to glow brighter
I’m staring into the sun
I try to love someone else
But your always there
Shining in the peripheral
I used to be able to see growth in the change
But still, I sit everyday
Mourning your illusory loss
I used to be able to find meaning in the chaos
But now, it’s just chaos
Maybe someday
Someone will show me
The meaning
I've searched for
For so long
I used to understand
I didn't need to question
Why things happened to me
I used to

#sad #love #loss #grief #meaningless #lost #dream #nightmare

Reece May 27

Shorter Poem #28 "Letting Go"

Letting go is just a way to cope,
With the truth that some things are just out of our control.
We can hope that things get better,
That it’s just some unpleasant weather,
But in the end, it’s best to just let it go.
No need to drown in “What ifs?”
A waste of mental resources.
Multitasking,
And balancing,
The grief,
While remembering,
What we had,
Seems like an eternity ago.
I’ll bury those times,
Beneath a tree,
And plant a rose.
In the end,
It feels freeing,
To just let it go.

Sometimes it's best...to just let it go.

#short #grief #loss #pain #sad #depression #nostalgia #forget #past #hardship

RM May 26

Gone

And with you gone,
I was afraid I’d forget you.

But I was wrong.

I see you in everything—
in every wave that comes ashore to greet me,
in every song the birds sing
outside my window.

Even at night,
I find you between the stars.

And I wish I could leave the earth
just to visit you.

But I can’t—
so I lie on the cold stones,
look up at the sky,
and envy the stars.

Oh, how lucky they are
to be in your presence.

For the ones we still look for in the sky.
First post—thank you for reading.

#loss #grief #memory #love #stars #poetry

Jeremy Betts May 24

~•§•~ I Scream ~•§•~

Always trying to stop the next fight
Never in sight, a hopeless plight
I will forever try will power over might
Just to keep the darkness in the light
A familiar stint so I attempt to end it
A thought historically dependent
On a shrinking love remnant
Gone while I pretend it
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I scream
You scream
No ice cream
Just fighting
A violent theme
A borderline crime scene
Upstream
From the dream

I settle down
But have found
My last breath comes
Right before I drown
Feeling bound
To shifting ground
My pleas make
Not a single sound
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Who are you and who am I?
How'd we find answers in a lie?
Truth or dare or live or die
Six feet under there's no blue sky
I ask why to no avail
Your bull shiit's what flips the veil
How is it that you still prevail?
With the decision to up and bail
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Go
Just fuucking go
How many red flags are you going to show?
I'd rather not know
Why push friend to foe?
I get it, love didn't conquer all
Love birds in flight can indeed fall
Never though did I expect a wall
Or for you to skip the voodoo doll
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©2025

#life #challenges #love #loss #hope #depression

Lorraine Colon May 24

Circumstances

Life has dealt harshly with me at times
Throughout the passing years,
But with Love to guide me through each trial,
There was no need for tears

Though wealth never sought my company
Nor on my footpath tread,
The treasure of Love belonged to me,
So not a tear was shed

How many dreams ended on a heap,
Hewn by Fate's reckless shears!
But I had Love to encourage me . . .
I gave no thought to tears

Then a dark cloud hovered overhead --
Love had abandoned me;
Now, ever since that heart-wrenching day,
My tears flow endlessly

#love #loss

RedSparrow567 May 23

They Say it Goes Away

They say if I just got this far it all would go away
The pain the loss that haunts me would just be gone someday
The light and bright potential would chase the clouds away
But the darkness still lurks closely, crouched in waiting it lays
If I keep running can I leave it all in the past
Finally reach something so great the pain is gone at last

#pain #healing #loss #longing