#exes poems on Hello Poetry

Mel Little Aug 2020

Lover

The way my name wraps around his mouth
is the same way I've wrapped my mouth
around him, 100 times, probably more, I stopped keeping track.

What do I have to change?
                             everything
          nothing

And we have been down this road, with its curves and twists, at least 100 times, maybe less, I stopped keeping track.

And I fail to squash it every ******* day, but I will never not miss him. Never not hear his laugh in my dreams.

What do I need to work on?
                             everything
            nothing

Happily ever after seems far away.

#relationships #freeform #love #exes #breakups #reuinting

Amanda Hawk Jun 2020

Fragments

One shoelace

a few bolts

ticket stubs

a half of a picture

souvenir key chain from Florida

fragments

of him

tiny ghosts

tucked in the corners

so I always find him

never quite

let him go

always reappearing

clinging on to my skin

leaving the residue of his name

#fragments #relationship #exes #name #skin #residue

Quill Jun 2020

Habits

I still lay with my back pressed against the wall
A habit I learned from the two times you slept in my bed
And a habit I need to unlearn

#relationships #sleep #habits #exes

Blackenedfigs Apr 2020

2/5/20

My biggest fear
is that he marries her
After having spent an entire lifetime
detesting the very idea of it.

#love #heartbroken #heartache #loss #unrequitedlove #marriage #exes #ex #exlover #her

Blackenedfigs Apr 2020

Ode to an ex-lover and Bukowski

I remember naps with you
God, your arm
         my arm
         your leg
         my leg.
Can we go back there?
Even if just for one day?

You see
my heart was bursting then
and I can still feel it now,
in the same way that I can still smell the salt
on your skin.

#bukowski #love #heartache #heartbroken #unrequitedlove #exes #exlovers

Ylva Jan 2020

exes for a reason

She's probably feeling the way I felt before,
Sometimes I miss you, when I don't have the right anymore.

#exes #love #feelings

Robin Lemmen Dec 2019

When He Comes Back Around

Don't forget the scratches that healed into nothing
He might not have scarred but he certainly clawed
Aimlessly and wild
At your heart
His intent set on never loving you right
That counts for something
So don't let him back in when he lies crying at your feet
Begging to be understood and pleading sorrow he doesn't feel
Bruises may lose color but never their ghost
So remember that because each hit after
Will hurt a tiny bit more than the one before

#loss #mentalhealth #abuse #introspection #scars #him #exes #losing #love #wildlovers

CR Franklin Aug 2019

Part of me

Part of me wants to reach out
And invite you back in
Part of me wants you to put out
Just to remember you from within
Part of me wants you to knock on my door
Just to keep it unanswered
Part of me wants to win you back
Just to rid you from my mind's front

Part of me wants to say I miss you
Just to hear you say the same
Part of me wants to see you
Just to see your pain
Part of me still loves you
Even though I never felt so alone
Part of me still hates you
For making me feel so alone

Although some of me still wants you
Most of me already knows
That the part of me that loved you
Has packed my ****; ready to go
But there's still that part of me
That wants to send you this poem
To tell you that part of me
Still misses my Jasmin

So instead of texting my ex and continuing our on and off streak, I decided to share my thoughts with a bunch of strangers. Enjoy strangers!

#break #ups #exes #girlfriend #love #on #and #off #relationships #chrismegistus