Keepsake boxes of various sizes and types hold sweet memories of when we were together. Cards, letters, notes, used tickets and little souvenirs of all kinds are cherished mementos of our ‘once upon a time’. Keeping it all allows me to still hold on to a little piece of you. D.W.
Now you’re
just somebody
I used to know.
Gotye
How foolish I was to believe willing myself not to love you was something I could accomplish. All I did was end up hiding my feelings that eventually erupted and overcame me. I thought I was getting even with you for hurting me, but my denial ended up only hurting me more. P.S.
The walls we build around us
to keep sadness out
also keeps out the joy.
Jim Rohn
There have been times I couldn’t imagine bearing another day of heartbreak living without you, but somehow I did. Moments have come when the weight of grief almost crushed me, but I survived. My love for you is both my misery and my redemption. B.G.
I thought of you with love today but that is nothing new
I thought about you yesterday and days before that too,
I think of you in silence I often speak your name
All I have are memories and your picture in a frame
Your memory is my keepsake with which I’ll never part
God has you in His keeping I have you in my heart.
Anon
I have loved profoundly and been loved deeply a few times in my life. But you, and only you, are the one I loved most. I still dream about you. Frequently I wake up in the morning with thoughts of “us”. Usually I’m happy for what was, but sometimes I am sad for what I lost. K.M.
Within you I lose myself…
Without you I find myself
Wanting to be lost again.
Author Unknown
The truth hurts, so I lied. “I think we need a break. I love you but just need some space. We’ll be back together soon.” I thought that was the best way of letting you down easy. Months passed. I never called. Then realizing my mistake and calling, I found out I was too late. R.B.
So many times I thought of that day,
When you held my hand
And I walked away.
The pain in your eyes burned through me then
When I close my eyes now, I see it again.
A love so young, so unbridled and raw
Being trapped and confused was all that I saw.
How could I know what I feel today
When I closed the door on your heart
And walked away?
Taken from “Is It Too Late?” by Lara Gerard
Now I know the full force of the pain of a broken heart. I thought I’d been in love before. I cried over several men before, but the hurt passed. You breaking up with me six months ago was devastating. Only through the agony have I realized how deeply I care about you. D.B.
Get a life! Move on!
All the usual advice
That flies over my head.
How CAN I explain?
How can I get through?
Without him beside me.
I’d rather be dead.
To my dreams and desires
He is lost to me now.
And lost he’ll remain;
And the only thing living
Is my sense of real pain.
Taken from “Lost Advice” by Alison Stormwolf
Overall I’m doing well. My job is going good and all my family is healthy. I’m still single and not dating. Is that because I haven’t forgiven myself for hurting you, because you’re stuck in my heart or both? I wake thinking about you most days. G.D.
The first person who’s on your mind
the moment you open your eyes
after a night of sleep
is the reason either
for your happiness,
or pain.
Unknown
Life moves on. I’m married now. I have two children and love my family a lot! Eight years ago you chose another over me. My life had to take a different direction. The one you picked has left you behind and now you want me. I will always love you, but you’re too late. V.M.
You say you want me, and it’s too late.
Once my love for you was so great.
But it’s too late to love me now.
You say you need me, and it’s too bad.
I know the feeling and it’s so sad.
But it’s too late to love me now.
Don’t you know how hard I tried to hold out just for you?
Loving you from memory day by day.
Then someone came into my life, turned my dreams around
…taking all the love you threw away.
From “It’s Too Late To Love Me Now”
By Bourke, Dobbins and Wilson
I went by your apartment wishing to catch a glimpse of you, but at the same time hoping I wouldn’t. I feel a strange combination of “I miss you” blended with “I don’t want you”. Even after how you hurt me I still love you, but my pride will never allow me to let you know. S.B.
A heart breaking
isn’t always as loud
as a bomb exploding.
Sometimes
it can be as quiet
as a feather falling.
And the most painful thing is,
no one really hears it,
except you.
Unknown
It’s been two years, two months and two days since I last saw you, spoke to you or heard your voice. You’re a thousand miles away living your new life but still are always with me in my heart. I’ve prayed what remains of you within me would leave, but God is not listening. C.E.
The times we shared together
Are remembered now only in my mind.
A small but important part,
Shaping today’s world
With yesterday’s memories.
Another chapter in the
Unwritten biography of my life
Never to be experienced again,
Remembered only in my mind.
From “Visions of You” by George Betts
Broken Hearts Anonymous 