Christmas can be a difficult time when you are missing a special someone.
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Remembering Loved Ones at Christmas with Heartfelt Poems…
Those we love can never be more than a thought away…
for as long as there's a memory, they live in our hearts to stay.
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Although it's sad to reminisce on Christmases we knew,
this year I shall celebrate in memory of you.
I'll put aside my sorrow with every unshed tear,
and concentrate on all the joy we shared when you were here.
Our time together taught me what Christmas time is for,
and that's what I'll remember until we meet once more.
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Every day without you since you had to go,
is like a summer without sunshine and Christmas without snow.
I wish that I could talk to you, there's so much I would say.
Life has changed so very much since you went away.
I miss the bond between us and I miss your kind support.
You're in my mind and in my heart and every Christmas thought.
I'll always feel you close to me and though you're far from sight,
I'll search for you among the stars that shine on Christmas night.
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Let this be a loving reminder that someone is missing today.
Someone our hearts still hold on to, as we travel along life's way.
Someone who made life so special, for all those who gather here.
Someone who won't be forgotten, but cherished from year to year.
And now as we pause to remember, let us all fondly recall,
how dearly each of us loved her/him, and oh…how she/he loved us all!
For Her:
For Him:
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Take our teardrops and wrap them in much love
and ask the wind to carry them to Mum and Dad above.
Miracles are very rare, but for Christmas, one would do,
to hear the doorbell ring and to have you both walk smiling through.
You left us such happy memories, that can make us laugh and cry,
The memories we have together, no money in the world can buy.
There's this place in our hearts no one can fill
Missing you both and always will.
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At night when we look to the skies and see a twinkling star
that sparkles brighter than the rest and we know that's where you are.
Because you are in a special place that's not so far away,
a place of peace and endless love where angels dance and play.
Little Angel, you meant everything but heaven made you free
to dance with joy among the clouds for all eternity.
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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
Your memory is my keepsake
with which I'll never part
God has you in His keeping
I have you in my heart.
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Thinking of you this Christmas and how things just aren't the same.
There's this dull and nagging heartache when someone speaks your name.
Sadly, we can't buy gifts for you, just silent tears that fall,
For this time of year without you is the hardest time of all.
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We Wish You Warm Memories While Remembering Loved Ones at Christmas
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From all of us here at Love Lives On, we wish you a Merry Christmas.
I wrote this poem tonight for my mom & family. After losing several family members this year, my family and I will be missing our loved ones. I hope this poem encourages all who are missing a loved one too.
~Kim
🎄❤️CHRISTMAS WITHOUT YOU❤️🎄
This Christmas I’ll be without you
And with all of my might I will try
To keep the Merry in Christmas
But all the money in the world cannot buy
The thing that my heart most yearns for
Is the very thing my heart is denied
For what I want most for Christmas is YOU
It feels like a part of my heart has died
Life hasn’t been the same without you
Ever since the day you left earth
Days once filled with your love and value
Now seem to have lost their worth
How I wish you could be here for Christmas
To open the presents with us by the tree
I so miss all our special traditions
I’d give anything for you to be here with me
But God had higher plans for you
And your new life in heaven began
I know you’d want us to be happy
We’re truly trying the best that we can
This Christmas, you’ll be missed more than ever
And, yes, I’m sure there will be some tears
But, as I reflect on the truest meaning of Christmas, I’ll find joy and thank God for the years
The years we were blessed to have and enjoy you
I’ll treasure our best memories although we’re apart
And realize though you’re no longer with us
You’ll always and forever be in my heart
I hope you know how much we miss and love you
How great in heaven must be your reward
Although we’ll miss you terribly this Christmas
How blessed to know you’re spending Christmas with our Lord
There will one day be a Christmas
Where together at Home we’ll never part
Merry Christmas our dear, treasured loved one
Until that day, I’ll hold you in my heart
🎄❤️🎄⭐️🎄❤️🎄
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Sad Love Poems
Find the best sad love poems here. Read our love hurts, sorry and breakup love poems. Melancholy love poetry can describe the pain and pleasure of love, as this lost love poem does.
If I'd Never Met You
If I'd never met you,
I wouldn't feel the pain
Of losing your sweet love;
I wouldn't feel insane.
But if I'd never met you,
I wouldn't know the pleasure
Of ecstasy's warm gifts
And memories to treasure.
Now moving on with life,
I force a wistful grin,
Questioning what went wrong,
Wondering what might have been.
By Joanna Fuchs
There is surprising demand for "love hurts" poems and breakup love poems, such as this broken heart poem.
Farewell My Love
Is it really true our love is over now?
Can it be time for us to say goodbye?
Too soon, it's much too soon, my love, for me;
You smile with ease, but I can only sigh.
We've shared our lives and given so much love;
I can't believe we're really going to part;
You're moving toward a new life without me;
I'm left with scars upon my broken heart.
Go on now, if you must; I'll get along;
How much it hurts, I don't want you to know.
I'll set you free without inducing guilt,
But as you leave, the silent tears will flow.
I can't be mad; I love you way too much;
I'll hide my sadness now, so you can't tell.
Sweet happiness is what I wish for you;
Farewell my love, I hope that you fare well.
By Joanna Fuchs
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Sad love poems express feelings of loss. This lost love poem could apply after a divorce or breakup or even a death.
You Were My Everything
You were my everything;
Now you're gone.
I don't have the strength
To carry on.
Skies always seemed sunny
When you were here;
Now there's nothing but gloom
In my atmosphere.
I loved you so much;
You were all I had;
Now my whole world
Is depressing and sad.
I'd like to start feeling
Other than blue,
But you were my everything,
By Joanna Fuchs
Is this sad state what lost love feels like?
Sad love poetry can describe what's going on in a relationship, as this sad love poem does.
Is This What Love Is?
Is this all we have together?
Is this what love really is,
Yelling through a quarrel
And making up with a kiss?
Why can't we get along?
Why do we have to fight?
We starve true love by day
And feed lust all through the night.
I wish we'd settle down;
I wonder where peace went.
Why do we pick at each other;
Why can't we be content?
If this is what love is,
If tenderness has flown,
I'm thinking more and more,
It's better to be alone.
By Joanna Fuchs
What do you do after a loved one is gone? This sad love poem addresses that question.
Be A Memory
My life is different now.
I like it; some of it.
Much more time, lots of freedom,
but you
keep wandering into my thoughts.
I feel a pang, a little stab of pain,
when I think of the good times,
even the not-so-good times.
I really want to own this new life.
Could you just be a memory?
Please?
By Joanna Fuchs
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Sad love poetry can describe an ongoing, unsatisfactory relationship, as this short sad love poem does.
Is It Enough?
When we converse, it's just surface stuff;
We say some words, but is it enough?
We get along; we rarely fight,
But where is the spark, the joy, the delight?
We're settled into the same routine;
Sometimes I'd like to flee this scene.
Everything's easy; we don't have it rough,
But sometimes I wonder: Is it enough?
By Joanna Fuchs
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We have SIX pages of love poems,
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In A Daze
I walk around in a daze...
my hollowed out interior
filled with smoky gloom,
choking off all joy.
Just as life begins to clear,
I gasp aloud at the realization,
you're not here;
you never will be again.
I wilt like a waterlily
in the desert.
I walk around in a daze...
By Joanna Fuchs
More Sad Love Poems
Unrequited love poems are among the saddest of sad love poems, as this one is.
If Raindrops Were Tears
If raindrops were tears
And it rained every day,
The rain couldn't wash
My heartache away.
You're still my ideal;
My love never dies,
But it cuts to the bone--
What I see in your eyes.
You want me to stop;
You want to be friends,
But you'll be my true love
Until breath and life ends.
By Joanna Fuchs
Sad love poetry can express feelings of pain and insanity, as this sad love poem does.
Now That You're Gone
Now that you're gone, I realize
How much you meant to me.
My loss is wide as a starless night sky,
And deep as a stormy sea.
I miss the comfort of your sweet love,
Your absolute devotion;
Now I'm a fountain of endless tears,
A pool of sad emotion.
They tell me I should move on with life,
That time will heal my pain;
I smile and nod and agree with them,
While I slowly go insane.
By Joanna Fuchs
My best sad love poem is this lost love poem. It's kind of an apology, so I guess it could be considered a sorry love poem.
If Only
If only I had done the things
That keep true love alive,
I wouldn't have to acknowledge now
That our love cannot survive.
If only I had described to you
The joy you brought to me,
Instead of bringing you complaints,
You wouldn't have set me free.
If I had touched you, kissed you, Love,
If I had loved you stronger,
If I had appreciated you,
We would have lasted longer.
If I had often said to you,
"It's you whom I adore,"
Perhaps you'd still be with me now,
If I had told you more.
If only I had treated you
As if we were best friends,
I wouldn't be alone in grief,
As our faded love finally ends.
If only I didn't have to say,
"If only, my love, if only,"
I wouldn't be all by myself
So sorry, sad and lonely.
By Joanna Fuchs
This is a sad love poem to which many disappointed lovers can relate.
Time to Say Goodbye
My heart is breaking in me;
It's still you whom I adore;
My tears are overflowing:
You don't love me anymore.
I sleepwalk through each day;
I pray to heaven above,
Hoping you'll change your mind,
But I know I've lost your love.
I wish that things were different;
I wish it were the way it was,
But reality has no pity;
It just happens the way it does.
Will I ever feel any better,
With days when I don't cry?
No matter what, it's time to say
Goodbye, my love, goodbye.
By Joanna Fuchs
Nothing Left to Lose
I don't know what to do
To get me back to you.
I've got nothing left to lose;
I'm sadness, tears and blues.
All bridges have been crossed;
I guess our love is lost.
By Joanna Fuchs
Lots of people are searching for a prayer for love, and I think it belongs on the sad love poems page. Here it is.
A Prayer for Love
I'm praying to you, dear Lord above
For my heart's profound wish, a perfect love.
I pray You'll give me one who cares,
Who understands me, who always shares,
The answer to my fondest dream,
The two of us, a perfect team.
Lord, when each new day is through,
I pray we'll turn our hearts to You.
By Joanna Fuchs
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• Sad Love Poems
We'll See This Through
They say this, too, shall pass,
They say grief eventually fades.
But those sayings are of little comfort
When you're living through such sad days.
They say that time heals all,
And this much I know is true.
So hang in there, my dearest friend,
And together we'll see this through
Time
Time brings perspective.
Time eases the pain.
Time heals the heart.
Time revives hope.
In time, you'll learn to embrace life again.
Whatever You Need
Whatever you need,
Whatever we can do.
We want you to know
That we're here for you.
If you just want to talk
Or need a shoulder to cry on,
We want you to know that
We're here for you to rely on.
However lonely you feel,
You definitely are not alone.
We are only as far away
As the nearest phone.
So don't hesitate to call,
No matter what you need.
We'll rush to your side
With all Heaven's speed.
Our Deepest Sympathy
To send our deepest sympathy
Just doesn't seem like enough.
We know how your grief must burden you,
How this time must be so rough.
But try to believe in your heart of hearts,
That your pain won't last forever,
That sadness will lighten a little each day,
and you'll eventually feel much better.
When that day comes, your memories
Will focus on the good, not the bad.
Instead of feeling burdened by tears,
You'll cherish the happy times you had.
He's Only Gone on Ahead
He's only gone on ahead of you,
Not just left you behind.
Although you can't be with him right now,
He lives on in your heart and mind.
The day will come when you'll meet again
On Heaven's distant shore,
And the two of you will walk hand in hand
Together forever more.
Trust in God's Plan
It's hard to understand
Why God takes those we love.
Does He need them more than we do,
In Heaven up above?
No one on earth can pretend
To know what's in God's plan.
All we can do is take it on faith
And trust we'll see our loved ones again.
Family Death Poems for Specific Loss
Words bring comfort especially when they use specific language to capture a unique relationship with these poems for bereaved people.
Marriage Is Forever
This condolence poem for a deceased husband or wife relays the lasting bond of a husband and wife and explores the feeling of grieving a spouse.
I take you
From this day forward,
To love and to miss,
For better or for worse,
For emptiness or joyful memory,
In sadness and in grief,
Even after death has made us part.
I take you as my husband/wife
In death as I did in life,
Because our love is forever.
My Brother
My brother,
My friend,
My secret keeper.
You showed me how to live.
You taught me how to love.
You showed me when to give.
You taught me to rise above.
Although you've gone away,
These lessons will all stay.
They are a part of me,
Just as you will always be.
Healing Hands
Heartbroken I will cry
Every day until I heal.
A life unlived here on Earth
Little one, you are loved.
In sadness, I'll find joy
Now I see you are always with me.
God's love holds my hand with yours.
A Loyal Companion
Loyalty was the priority,
From me to him
And him to me.
A companion by my side,
He ran and jumped and played
Always ready for a ride.
Under all that fur and fluff,
My doggy trained me well
That no amount of joy is ever enough.
Love is the priority,
From me to him
And him to me.
Sympathy Poems Offer Words From the Heart
People grieve in different ways, and it can be difficult to choose just the right words to express your sympathy and support. Whether you write a poem you wrote or send one written by someone else, make sure the sentiment rings true. If the verse touches your heart, it will likely touch the heart of the person who is bereaved and bring a little comfort to ease her loss.