Time is healing my broken heart and clearing my mistaken mind. Your opinions of me were so wrong. I was never as bad as you made me out to be. My opinions of you were so wrong too. You weren’t all that great and did little for me except make my life miserable. P.S.
A man never knows
how to say goodbye;
a woman never knows
when to say it.
Helen Rowland
The pain from you casting me aside felt like it was going to kill me at times. The emptiness was crushing. Now two years later I still care about you, but it’s not a bad thing anymore. I’m in love with someone new now, but know you will always have a place in my heart. P.S.
Let no one who loves
be called altogether unhappy.
Even love unreturned has its rainbow
Eaton Stannard Barret
A once new, now old chapter has closed in my book of love. Another has come and gone leaving my heart more dry than before. There remains fertile ground there, but it becomes more scarce with each who professes love and then forsakes me. E.H.
Love is the One who masters all things;
I am mastered totally by Love.
I am ground sweet as sugar.
O furious Wind, I am only a straw before you;
How could I know where I will be blown next?
What is any of us but a straw in a storm?
How could anyone make a pact with a hurricane?
In the hand of Love I am like a cat in a sack;
Sometimes Love hoists me into the air,
Sometimes Love flings me into the air,
Love swings me round and round His head;
I have no peace, in this world or any other.
The lovers of God have fallen in a furious river;
They have surrendered themselves to Love’s commands.
Like mill wheels they turn, day and night, day and night,
Constantly turning and turning, and crying out.
From “LOVE IS THE MASTER” by Rumi
Never will I regret our extraordinary romance. There were reasons we met, reasons for the good times and reasons for the bad times, and most importantly a reason to end. We have more to learn, more to experience and more loving to do in this lifetime. T.T.
Hold up… hold on…
don’t be scared;
You’ll never change
what’s been and gone.
May your smile…
Shine on…
Don’t be scared
Your destiny may keep you warm.
Oasis
I was fifteen. You were a year younger. Now decades later I still think of you. My heart aches at times to know what became of you. We were each others first love; the one a person never forgets. I hope you’re happy and as deeply cared for as you deserve. I still love you. R.Y.
Something about first love defies duplication.
Before it, your heart is blank. Unwritten.
After, the walls are left inscribed and graffitied.
When it ends, no amount of scrubbing
will purge the scrawled oaths and sketched images,
but sooner or later, you find that there’s space
for someone else, between the words and in the margins.
Tammara Webber
There have been heart breakers, pretenders and those whose love was temporary. For a time I loved each one; some more; some less. Even after all the pain my faith remains strong that one day the love I wait for will come. All the rest has been preparation for your arrival. P.W.
I look off in the distance
at the skies of pink and blue
as the sun sets in the sky,
I am waiting for you.
The day has past, and night has come
The sky is bright with stars
But I won’t move and I won’t sleep,
I am waiting for you.
The days go by but I won’t cry,
For I know you’ll be here soon.
I won’t lose faith,
I will not stray,
I’ll stay and wait for you.
From “I Am Waiting For You” by Saphire Nightengale
Accepting life will expire for someone loved never completely comes even after they’re gone. Sometimes I forget for a moment and expect to run into you just around the corner. You’re still with me but I miss your voice, your touch, the way you looked at me and lots more. C.S.
I’ll catch your smile on someone’s face,
Your whisper in the wind’s embrace
Through diamond stars and songs and dreams
I find your love in everythingThe sun, the sky, the rolling sea
All conspire to comfort me.
From sorrow’s edge life’s beauty seems
To find your love in everything.I’ve come to trust the hope it brings
To find your love in everything.
Even as I fall apart,
Even through my shattered heart,
I’ll catch your smile on someone’s face
…..amazing grace.Beth Neilsen Chapman
Once upon a time we shared something truly special. Through high school and college we were the magical couple everyone thought would be in love and together forever. Things changed and we broke each other’s heart. Even now I am not sure what happened. E.T.
My heart literally hurts,
My chest is in pain,
Life without you
Will never be the same.
I can’t blame you,
Because I did you wrong too.
But now that it’s officially over
I don’t know what to do.
I’ll never forget your smile;
I’ll never forget your kiss;
But your presence in my life
Will forever be missed.
“The One Who Got Away” by Kiera
Children, careers and time teamed up on us and we were too weak as a couple to overcome the effects. Over time we lost each other and as hard as we tried we couldn’t regain the magic we once had. I will always regret learning a forever love doesn’t always last forever. D.E.
Ever has it been
that love knows not
its own depth
until the hour of separation.
Kahlil Gibran
I was so sure I could. You felt the same way. We love each other but when the night came to run away together, we couldn’t do it. Both of us started out to meet up at the station, but each turned around and went home before getting there. We just couldn’t leave our children. K.W.
I guess that’s just part of loving people:
You have to give things up.
Sometimes you even have to give them up.
Lauren Oliver
Broken Hearts Anonymous 