This poem describes the love/hate paradox I have going with my ex-girlfriend. She was, in more than once sense, my essence and my poison. If there ever existed something so perfectly tailored to fit everything I ever needed, she was it.

But as fate has it and is illustrated in the poem, it wasn't to be.

This poem originally was published in Sad Poems - Sad Love Poems

Alone
Purity once had a name,
And beauty once had a face.
Life once had a meaning,
And once I was safe.
Once there was freedom,
And once I could laugh.
Happiness once was alive,
And once I had another half.
Once I shared her love,
Once I was by her side,
Once I felt I fitted,
So quickly that died.
Her grace so great,
Her beauty so vast,
All I ever wanted,
Was for it to last.
Fate maybe had another plan,
Or maybe she had another love,
But it all fell apart,
The hand too big for the glove.
Now it's all died away,
Happiness, joy, love; all memories.
Now I walk alone in this dark, dark world,
With no light to guide my way.
180 Visitor Comments (from the Voting form)
  • rinesha
    good one. nice
  • Roni
    Hi this poem just says it all for me. The poet has felt the kind of love I feel for my ex. But in my case we keep going back and forth. Thanks, keep more coming
  • elizabeth
    I really like this poem. You should keep up the good work!
  • David
    When i read your poem i felt as if you wrote it for me. i recently got dumped and it hurt the way she just ignored me, as if i was completlely worthless. as it turned out, she did have someone on the side, which made even worse for me to get over her. This is a great poem, you speak for a lot of us out there. its comforting to know that there's people out there who understand how i feel.
  • jessica
    i like ur poem because it was nice
  • bryan
    i feel same way,im only 14 and this is my main source of depresstion
  • toni
    i love this poem. i can relate to it in a way. my first love left me about two months ago. and its still hard trying to move on.
  • felicia
    this is good
  • Tiffany
    I love that poem. it's hard to explain the connection it has with me and my ex,but there is one. I thank you for writing that poem.
  • kevin
    Man i kno what u mean but sometimes not all, it might have been for the best i loved ur poem to
  • Kelly
    All I can say is thats very sad same with all the others its really sad I hate how people dont have a family or that no one loves them but guess what theres a lot of people hat love them even if they dont know you so you dont have to feel this way anymore so I Hope u feel so much better when you read this.
  • Joline
    A very true,yet understanding poem that i think all of us have felt at one time.
  • phil
    This man describes how I felt last year with true clarity
  • Ronin
    Great Poem :-))
  • Katie
    this poem is so touchingg i loved it especially since i just broke up with mi boyfriend it feels terrible
  • Ricky
    the poem is nice its very emotional
  • YESSENIA
    I LOVE THESE POEMS SOOO MUCH!
  • Marie
    nice work! i really liked it!
  • ana
    This is a really great peom. I made a connection but I can't say it!
  • Allan
    The poem is well done and full of passion having experienced the bitter side of love.
  • luz de la luna
    wow. all i can say is wow thats an amazing poem thats like amzing. its a beutiful poem. i love it.
  • Tia
    This poem is very true. At the time of a lost you do feel as if you are alone. That you have lost the only person in the world that could hold you up and actually understand your feelings. I actually just lost my grandfather and great grandfather with in a month apart of each other and they were people that really back me up in things that I would choose to do. Even if it was a small act of backing me up such as a kiss, hug or even just a pat on the back. Now they are gone and I just don't know what I am going to do. they really were a face of grace. I really think that this poem should be a ten.
  • lhakpa
    well i am mr lonely ,,,and no one is her for me and i lost my dear so its ofr her dedication. its a really nice poem.
  • Rachel
    Your poem really touched me. i once had a love that passed away and i never thought that i would ever love again. but then i found my husben. and i saw that life can go on for me. but my love for johnny never died. what hurt the most was that i may never know if he loved me as much as i loved him. some people tell me that he must not have loved me very much because if he did love love the way that i have always thoghut that he did then he would have never left the world that way that he did. he killed himself. why he left me i will never know. but i have come to find out that things happen for a reason. just remember that life goes on and things do happen for a reason! GREAT POEM. I will be looking 4 more off your work.
  • ricky
    true expression of word difficult to find at a difficult time. thank you.
  • Pauline
    Hi there, itsa beautiful poem, if this is true i understand how hurt you are, as i have one throught the same road of tears and misery and its endless when you love someone so deeply.
  • Mitch
    I FEEL THE SAME WAY. PAIN. AND PAIN. CANT SLEEP AT NIGHT. SHES ON MY MIND. EVERY NIGHT DAY MIN, SEC MY THOUGHTS BEGANS WITH HER. NOW SHE IS GONE. ALL SHE LEFT ME WITH A PAIN. VERY NICE POEM.
  • silentstar
    I almost cry with this poem! Im so touch!
  • Johanna
    It really touched me:) x
  • marisa
    I love your poem it's real deep and not most gys would admit they feel that way when a girl hurts them RIGHT ON!
  • David
    This poem is excellent. It says alot of stuff that i'm going through. This is poem is a great poem.
  • Shayna
    i would say that this poem is pretty good i don't having anymore judgement aganist the poem.
  • Hannah
    this is soooooooo sad i think im going to cry cool poem you should be like a poet or sumthin
  • kennjane
    the poems you have written are very touching. i can really relate. i can remember what did my ex boyfriend did to me. but its okey. at least,now i realize that i better loved than not knowing how to loved. its a great poem
  • Elizabeth
    My boyfriend and I lost touch a while ago after he moved to a different school. I understood why he left, it wasn't his fault. But we lived in a small town and did everything together. So after he left I had nowhee to go. It seemed like memories of us were painted all over town and I just couldn't get away. He was everywhere because we had been everywhere I just couldn't get happy because I felt like I didn't deserve it that was an us thing I was only ever happy with him. After he left I realized (after a while) that any relationship where u NEED to be with them is unhealthy. I'm a lot better now, but befor I got better this is exactly how I felt it was awful.
  • tammy
    this poem really touch me. i understand how u feel. i feel alone when i loose da one i luv. he mean a lot to me. thanks,and hope to see more.
  • aisha
    it was just really sad but hopfully once again life will have meaning. life goes on
  • Brenda
    Nice Poem. Keep It Up
  • Anna
    I really liked your poem. It was really similar to my situation. But life goes on so you should move on too. Great poem!
  • courtney
    this poem is awesome. i feel the same way!
  • hayley
    your poem is really good i loved it
  • Kayelona
    i like this poem because i am now single . i loved ththe guy i was with dearly and he prewtends he don't care he talks to girls in front of me like my feelings don't matter but i wilkl always love him no matter what.
  • Stephanie
    This is a great poem is really grab my attention becuase i been really hurt from a guy. well keep up the good work don't give up easily be strong and focus to make another poems like alone.
  • Nakita
    hey i saw yo poem and i loved it i truly did! Nikki
  • Rachel
    you know i lost a true love. he was everything to me. and when he comitted suicide i wanyed to do the same. i felt lost and alone. but in the end i pulled throuhg. don't ever think you are all alone becase everyone is loved.
  • Angela
    Let me say something. wow. and Its unfortunate that I can say i am going through the EXACT same thing right now. excelent work. great figurative language. nicely put. 6 kudos!
  • Jessica
    awesome poem.
  • amanda
    UR POEM REALLY TOUCHED ME.
  • steven
    thanks for sharing that moondust, really got to me as everything you said is everything i am feeling myself since i lost the woman that was the centre of my universe a while ago
  • def one
    THE VOTE OF ONE HEART TO MELT. TO HAVE BUT ONE WORD THREWOUT MY HEAD YOU WOULD HEAR SILENCE WITH A WISPER OF CARMINE.
  • sandra
    i once felt that way about a person like that and its hard to move on. when you now that your love one is moving on and you not nowing waht to do. love your poem. sandra
  • sam
    i found this poem touching b/c my girlfriend says she doesnt like anyone else, but her name says she loves this other guy, and my good friend told me that she is going to dump me on valentines day. I wish my suppossed gf had enough heart to tell me the truth and not talk about everybody behind their backs.
  • Jennifer
    Your poem really touched me unlike any other and I just wanted to let you know.
  • SHOSHO
    I THINK THIS IS A LOVELY AND A NICE POUM
  • andrei
    WOW!
  • Amal
    ur poem was touching. wooooooooooow! it was fantastic
  • Danish
    Such a lovely poem, story of every other person.
  • Jaime
    I found you're poem very touching. I can relate it to so much! Rock on my friend
  • Joey
    I really love this poem its really says some thing and its pretty much simmilar to the poems that i right about lost loves and were do i go from here well i just loved this poem nice job keep it up.
  • Anna
    I really liked the poem. I wish my writing would come out with that much meaning as this did.
  • hmgcf
    it was very good. i liked it a lot it was well put.
  • Tara.
    awesome. i love it . by tara narvey
  • stud
    i. i feel like sometimes. your pain. it's so real.
  • Christian
    This was a very touching poem. It describes the exact same thing im going through now.
  • saba
    this poem is really wounderful. this is exactly how i feel after being left alone.
  • Karen
    I identify with the passion of lost love and bitter-sweet memories. I think mostly because I in the pain and the hallway. The writer touched this emotion for me.
  • lonely boy
    i liked this poem very much it touched me really hard knowing that someone else feels the same im a poet my self i write love, sad, and broken heart kinds too cause thats what im about i love to be loved by another of the opposite sex well thats why i want to start a poetry web site called the emotion poets society thats coming soon but this poem is really great i hope it gets more ratings sincerly lonely boy p. s always hold your own heart never let another cause when that time comes she'll have another lover
  • Caprisha
    I really love this poem it is very touching to me. when I read this it remind me of all my past relationships that I've been hurt in. I reaaly admire this poem!
  • Kristie
    I feel that this poem is so sweet and touching it almost brought a tear to my eyes.
  • Matt
    This is the same story of my last relationship. I honestly loved her, but she was not ready for any such commitment.
  • michelle
    the poem touch my heart. hoping for other poem like this
  • Daniel
    this poem make me feel all alone in side.
  • Josh
    mate, this poem is by far the best ive ever read, my g/f just broke up with me 15 minutes ago, and i now exactly what you intended us readers to feel. "it seems soo strange to think, that in a blink of an eye, everything we know and love, can be gone forever" Josh
  • francisco
    this poem is alot about my life now.
  • Gaurav
    The poem is too good. Really words can't describe this poem.
  • josh
    Hey this poem is really good
  • Jeff
    Very touching poem
  • lekif
    i really loved this poem it was very good
  • April
    I love your poem, it's everything I wanted to say about my ex but I could never find the words. I hate to hear about other peoples suffering, but it helps to that you are not alone.
  • Alva
    Wow! What a poem. it's nearly brought me to tears. amazing. touching. fair play to you. i feel for you.
  • alice
    this poem, is amazing and i never knew how much that i would be able to relate to something, with my heart being broken. your an amazing writer and dont stop that was, is brillent and it makes me understand the pain i myself am going through your words have a truth behind them that i cannot describe.
  • Fred
    I recently broke up with a girl i really liked or you could maybe say loved a lot. I read this and i thought of me, good job. Did you recently brake up with someone?
  • Raj
    This is so good. the same story happned to me so i realy like it, thanks for writeing it
  • Holly
    I feel like you!
  • Amy
    I thought it was beautiful i just broke with a two year partner and that is evernthiong i would waant to say! Absolutely touching!
  • Sasha
    This poem is very nice and intresting. It made me look at life in a diffrent way. It was very touching.
  • jc
    oh. my. God. i love this poem! It rocks.
  • mercedes
    the poem was very nice i feel bad that you relationship didnt work
  • Shanee
    man your poem was so deep and i know that whoever reads your poem will be touched that was awesome
  • Dalia
    THIS POEM REALLY TOUCHED ME ,I THINK IT EXPLAINS EVERY THING I WENT THROUGH WITH LAST LOVE.
  • Valerie
    Ill be your light.
  • Nia
    I love this poem. It hits close 2 home. I appericate the person that wrote this. It makes me think Im not the only person that has ever felt this way.
  • Summer
    It touches me because I have never had anyone to love, and thats how I feel.
  • monica
    this poem was so beautiful. am so speachless because this poem was so breathtaking.
  • Susan
    So sweet! That really touched me.
  • Anshu
    i thought the poem was great and exactly expressed how i felt about a special someone who ever wrote this poem is a great poet adn has real talent, this poem has helped me express how i felt and any way thanks it was great
  • Scared
    very nice poem! your a great poet, never give up on love like i have. You deserve to be loved. you'll smile once more! I can tell your a great guy, you'll find someone who will love you forever and love you for being the person you are!
  • Patrick
    Man, this poem really hit me hard. It's great. I lost someone that I really cared for and this poem is EXACTLY what I feel inside. I don't know what happened but I can't help it. Great poem. I have a copy on my binder.
  • Ace
    That poem was just incredible. I know what that feels like. Because a gril broke my heart and now I feel all alone
  • amanda
    This poem really did touch me, because I have experienced this, except I was the one that left, and it makes me see the other side of the fence.
  • Lauren
    Wow that was like exactly what happened to me.
  • Baby
    This hit to close to home, because I felt like this poem was about me, dealing with my pain
  • Gordie
    This Poem is so good, its exacly whats going on in my life right now and when i read it, it brough tears to my eyes.
  • Brooke
    I loved it. It related so much to how I'm feeling right now, it's a perfect ten threw my eyes. Great work.
  • 'maica
    that was good i'm not going to say i cried cause i don't cry but it was good.
  • Jennifer
    it was very touching to listen i'd sit down and listen to this poem anytime!good job:)!
  • Kelly
    Your poem reminds me so much of the relationship I have now. Im so in love and it might as well have died because its all one way and sometimes i don't know where to turn next. excellent piece,please send more and there is someone for everyone out there!
  • Chris
    This poem expresses my pain at losing my love. I'm afraid. I don't know if she's coming back to me, I feel no love for anyone but her. I feel like I'm walking in the dark, with no light to lead my way.
  • linda
    very nice
  • Hana
    hey i really liked your poem. it really helped me. my b-f just broke up with me and i'm very hurt! your writing just doesn't just help you it helps others, too. write back!
  • sara
    this poem is very touching and very deep i like it very much!
  • Lac ey
    you rock hard girfriend!
  • Arch. Bri
    well what can i say. it really touches my heart. "i like it", its one of the most beautiful poem i`ve read.
  • S
    Very touching and mirroring my feelings!
  • carl
    this poem really reminded me of my ex gf and how close we were and how suddenly out of the blue one day we broke up and since then i have been trying to hold up a strong front for all those around me and when i am alone i cry and wish things were back to normal and this poem you wrote was great and i can really relate to it
  • David
    When I read your poem, It touches me so deep. I felt like I want to cry so bad but only dry tear will come out. It reminds me of the many love that I had lost in the past. And I felt as those GOD himself play a cruel joke with me.
  • Lisa
    I loved this poem cause this is how I feel as I am now going thru a painful breakup and this hits home.
  • Raven
    Wow. That was. amazing! ^-^ It's really heart-felt
  • Vanessa
    awesome poem. brings back memories that so deeply hurt but still make me smile. i know letting go can be so hard. so keep your head up and keep striving! things will get better soon enough until then stay tuff! keep writing this poem was great and soon enough you'll find your fate!
  • Steve
    Exelent my friend. My fiance just left me and this poem says it all. loved it almost cryed.
  • deepak
    Only One word to describe This "Beautiful"
  • samantha
    Your poem was so awsome it touched my heart it reminds me of my boyfriend who is right now giving me the silent treatment =(! Thanx luv alwayz a broken soul!
  • michelle
    I feel like this is by the farthest that I've read the most painful poem. I really enjoy it because I can relate to the meaning of this poem.
  • chet
    I love this poem, it reminds me of my ex who who moved away without telling me. the year she left me it hurt so bad now its been like 2 years and i still hurts me from the day she left.
  • meagan
    great job I know exactly how you feel I too have lost my love and everything went with him! i love how you captured the emotions!
  • Jessica
    i think this is the best poem i read so far!
  • elena
    thats was soo beautiful. You really inspire me for writing more poetry!
  • danny
    this is another peom for guys that get hurt with love why do we even want it anymore. this peom was me because i felt something in side.
  • LILY
    THIS POEM WAS STRONG AND VERY MEANINGFUL\
  • josue
    I like your poem it touch me and make me cry its remind me the person that I love long time a go.
  • Robert
    This poem is very moving and heartfelt. Great Poem and is at the top of my list.
  • Kayla
    HOW SAD! When I read this I wanted to cry!What ever you do Keep on keepen' on! Dont stop wirting, I love you're words!good job!
  • Megan
    Wow. I LOVED IT! It's an amazing poem, one of the best I've ever read!
  • cole
    me and my best friend were gettin closer every day right befor christmas and we ended hooking up and everything seemed to be goin awsome we did everything together but one day she came to me and told me that it wasnt working out and she felt like i wasnt a friend anymore and couldnt talk to me as a friend. but anyways this poem made me feel like i wrote it.
  • Michelle
    This poem was very touching and emotional.
  • kelly
    amazing. im speechless
  • marcy
    this poem was very touching surely it describes what heartbreak fills like and you did a great job doing so!
  • Chetna
    Feeling the pain of a poet through their words is being able to relate to it. I did. Thank you.
  • Caroline
    I love this poem!
  • Camille
    Wow man, i feel ur pain. This poem was really sad how everything fit then it was like taken away. sigh. great job expressing urself
  • B
    I loved this poem. Very well portrayed.
  • Alysha
    I really related to this poem because sometimes I feel alone. But not because I lost someone but because I have no one to worry about loosing.
  • Marcelo
    Thnx Moondust nicely done, You get to the point, loud and clear. Thnx again for sharing w/us.
  • Lydia
    that is a great poem. awesome.
  • kioske
    This poem is very sad in it's meaning. Once someone has taken your heart, a vital yet brittle organ, you become a different person. "We are all torchured souls, but love is the one feeling that can save us. " Remember this and you will someday be set free.
  • Charly
    wow is all i can say. thats amazing. i didnt think love like that could be oput into words but you did a pretty good job. i feel for you. we are in the same boat.
  • Chelsey
    That was so beautiful, one of the best poems i have ever read. it was truly perfect
  • Thuy
    That was so nice. It was absolutely beautiful. I love your poem. It truly explains the meaning on Love. You're really good.
  • lyrva
    i like this poem. just remind me my lost one and only love. give it up the lovely poem.
  • zoggydaman
    its reading poems like this one that keep me motivated to keep on writing my own.
  • lisa
    sad
  • RONNI
    I REALLY LIKED YOUR POEM VERY MUCH WHEN I STARTED LOOKING FOR POETRY I FELT SOMETHING INSIDE AN WHAT IT WAS IT WAS YOUR POEM WELL IT WAS VERY GOOD AN GOOD LUCK ON MORE POETRY
  • blue
    The poems explains my deep sorrows within me. I always wake up in the morning thinking that we are still together side by side. But i was only disappointed to know tha it was just a dream. It always happens. Now, even in such beautiful dreams, i will always warn myself that it's just a dream and not reality.
  • Jen
    This poem was so beautiful. Love is a divine force, but it's amazing how fast it can be taken away. The words were so moving, and really express painful emotions. Just remember, that where there is an ending, there is always a beginning.
  • Rissa
    This poem is BRILLIANT! I enjoyed it sooo much to the point that it made me cry - it reminds me of my love for my ex bf sooo much. Thanx for sharing your poem with soo many of us.
  • Jen
    Thats a great poem
  • jon
    hey this poem is exactly how i have been feeling the oast year and a half i loved someone who broke my heart and sent my world crashing into an eternal hell all because i wouldn't let go and i still haven't but this poem is really good
  • Bekah
    This is how i've felt, alone, with no one to guide my way. This is such a sweet poem, and it tells a story of how you feel.
  • Gimi
    This poem is awsome. Keep the work.
  • erend
    it is really nice
  • maryj
    this poem rox. i can totally relate
  • Darkness
    this poem is exactly the situation i am in at this moment. i can almost not belive how close this poem relates to how i am feeling. DARKNESS..
  • C
    It's hard to put your heart in someone's hands and it's much harder to overcome the pain when it gets thrown away. But still it's worth not to give up and make this loneliness an ending.
  • Esther
    Moondust - please accept my congradtulations. I truly enjoyed your poem; and, as many said, it brings tears in my eyes. I hope you dont mind, I forward your poem to my former boyfrend, and hope that he could understand what I am thinking about Please keep up the good work!
  • Matt
    hey this is an awesome poem keep up the good work
  • Cynthia
    Your poem touched my heart and reminded me that I am not alone
  • Cleo
    Your poem had alot of beauty in it and was worded very good
  • fawensky
    i think that this poem is so deep because i've been through this same situation last year
  • Angel
    This poems great, it shows real feelings that are hard to express in words..keep up the great work
  • Some1inLove
    The poem was great and make thing alot, so thank you Moondust.
  • Angelina
    I love this sooo much! It is so emotional and cute. I love poems that rhyme. I think this is the best one I have ever read in my entire life. I may only be 14 but this is really good. Its the kind of poe teenagers my age are into. When we are sad this is the kind of poem we want to read. I strongly encourage the person who wrote this to keep up the good work!
  • Nikki
    I really loved your poem it was so sweet and I'm looking forward to reading more of your poetry! This hit me and made me think about my relationship that I'm in right now! Thank u for helping me find a way.
  • Matthew
    This poem really touched my heart. It was like reading my feelings. I truly hope that Moondust writes more poetry like this.
  • sandra
    what an excellent and upbringing poem. i enjoyed the poem a great deal. i have made sure to read the poem between the lines and understand it in the way it was expressed. however, it was a poem with a combination of love, hurt, anger and aspiration. to the author continue writing your poems, because i would love to read more.
  • AMIT
    A GOOD POEM WITH EXCELLENT WAY OF EXPRESSING THE FEELINGS
  • EMMANUEL
    I think this poem really is excellent because reading it makes me think twice so to my author keep this lovely work alive.
  • md
    i'm usually not about the poems that rhyme, but this one was really stinkin good. i've been there, man. nice.
  • chris
    my girlfriend broke up with me today and i think that poem fits me and her perfect and i rate from a scale 1 10 as 10 being the best i give it a 9 so thank u for letting me vote
  • J.p.
    I would just like to say, i can totally relate to your poem.it's so weird, i always felt so alone, like no one else knew how i was feeling, but your poem basically summed that all up..although it's w/ my xbf.i still can relate.
  • Darshaini
    I like this poem coz it is what happened to me. I loved a guy more than my breath. He is not with me now. He left me as he got a new love. Now i'm alone here,crying all through night thinking of him,but he doesnt realise how much i love him till now. As it was my first love,n he made many promises upon me i couldnt forget him nor the love he gave me. I can feel this author's feelings. It will hurt like anything if someone we love left us.

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