A Poem to help those with Broken Hearts

[TroubledTwenties]

I read all these posts of breakups, and no contact questions, etc. and I sit and reflect on it. There was a point when I, myself felt like my world fell apart. I wanted to post this poem, because it's helped me on my way to being "ok"

 

I want to tell those who have just had a new breakup to hold on, I KNOW you're hurting, and you feel like you can't move on, and even if you did, you don't want to right now. For those of you who've been a few months of "no contact", and want to talk to the ex, or wonder or just are in this confused/limbo state...day by dayyou will get better. Take care of yourselves, and if you need someone to talk to, you are not alone, there are plenty of great people on this forum!

 

 

The Art of Letting Go

 

It's over. He's gone.

Why do we have to part while

the love is still there?

Why do we have to suffer?

Why do we have to cry when

somebody bids goodbye?

Why do beginnings have an end?

Why do we have to meet

only to lose in the end? There are questions left unanswered,

words left unsaid, letters left unread,

poems left undone, songs left unsung,

love left unexpressed,

promises left unfulfilled. In a relationship,

one of the hardest things to do

is saying goodbye and letting go.

It is as hard as breaking a crystal

because you'll never know when you

will be able to pick up the pieces again.

More often than not, they who go,

feel not the pain of parting:

it is they who stay behind that suffer,

because they are left

with memories of a love

that was meant to be,

a love that was. At the beginning and at the end

of a relationship,

we are embarrassed to find ourselves alone.

Unfair as it may seem,

but that's the way love goes.

That's the drama, the bittersweet

and the risk of falling in love.

After all, nothing is constant but change.

Everything will eventually come to its end

without us knowing when,

without us knowing how,

without us even knowing why.

And we must forget not because we have to

but because we have to. In letting go, sorrows come

not as a single spy but in batallion.

It seems that everywhere you go,

everything you do,

every song you hear,

every turn of your head,

every move of your body,

every beat of your heart,

every blink of your eye and every breath

you take always reminds you of him.

It's like a stab of a knife,

a torture in the night.

Funny how the whole world

becomes depopulated

when only one person is missing.

Just imagine,

there are billion people on earth

and yet it seems you feel lonely

and empty without the other. I don't know if it's worth calling an art,

but letting go entails

special skills sparkled

with a considerable space and time.

Time heals all wounds but it takes

a little push on our part.

Acceptance plays a part.

Not all love stories end with

"...and they live happily ever after." Sometimes we have to part because of

circumstances beyond our control.

We have to suffer if it would

mean happiness for others.

We have to cry to

temporarily let go of the pains.

Every beginning has its end

like every dawn has its dusk.

It's something we can't control,

something we had to live up. It's over.

He's gone. But life has to go on.

Goodbye doesn't always mean forever.

There will always be a place and time

where questions will be answered,

words will be spoken,

letters will be read,

poems will be recited in the night,

songs will be sung in harmony,

love will be expressed in solitude and

promises will be fulfilled.

Somewhere. Somehow. Someday.

[almostgolden]

TroubledTwenties, That was such a beauitful poem , Thanks for sharing it with us!

[sifa]

Really beautiful...says all i m feeling just now...all the pain is still there, still love him and still hope deep inside one day, somehow things will change...have resolved on the way to go now though...we both need time alone to sort out our issues...then maybe we can start working on something again, maybe just a friendship, i hope for more...either way, i hope and trust that then the unanswered questions, the unspoken words can be said...

[JTS]

It is so hard to let go because we feel like our time has been cut short with this person, yet is an essential part of life. Thank you for this poem it really shows how we are all feeling right now.

[LukeYLuke]

It is strange to realise that someone is feeling the exact way i do right now... it was like someone was reading my emotions. brought a few tears to my eyes. xx

[landclark]

This so brought tears to my eyes! This was a bad day. Been crying off and on for hours. It's so hard to see him move on without me. So hard to give up hope. This poem expresses exactly how I feel.....

[hurtbylove]

Thank you for that.

 

It's been one month since we parted and I still feel pain, the wound is slowly healing though.

 

We are not alone in our suffering.