For The Memoirist Pub's September prompt, "School," I've reached way back and dug up my first heartbreak
https://medium.com/the-memoirist/school-memories-scarred-and-broken-by-my-ill-fated-first-love-664ceb2ccf95
#firstlove #heartbreak #relationships #memoir #memories #school

I still start and end everyday with you, just now it's my thoughts. #heartbreak

When you wait for the rain to finally stop, and you hike the 2km to the off-leash park despite the ashy air and… it's empty…
#dogsofmastodon #dogs #heartbreak

These past few days have been so hard. And it might become even harder.😞

I got a small glimpse of what it would be like to actually have someone in my life who had my back.
What a wonderful feeling.

And now I will lose everything all over again and I am heartbroken to lose them even though they betrayed me.

Someone who listened, who accepted all my weirdness.

It hurts so much.

#heartbreak

Published today : The Agony of Renewal

She no longer had the ability to love unconditionally,
Not now that her heart holds discord and mistrust,
Love is a fool’s game and she’s no longer a fool,
She’s learned via the hard knocks and has had to adjust.

Please click the link to read the full piece and leave your comments below. I look forward to hearing from you.

https://vocal.media/poets/the-agony-of-renewal

#love #heartbreak #poetry #WritingCommunity

Published today : The Struggle is Real

The physicality of emotional pain a shock,
The breath expelled without relief,
The hollowness of the devastating loss,
Agonising beyond belief.

Please click the link to read the full piece and leave your comments below. I look forward to hearing from you.

https://vocal.media/poets/the-struggle-is-real-nx9d06jo

#poetry #WritingCommunity #heartbreak #readingcommunity

Published today : Pesky Bloody Thing

When I’m at peace it cruises through the day as is its duty,
And I tend to forget that it even exists,
But when I’m emotionally distraught —
Well now, it suddenly kicks up a fuss and continually persists.

Please click the link to read the full piece and leave your comments below. I look forward to hearing from you.

https://vocal.media/poets/pesky-bloody-thing

#poetry #WritingCommmunity #readingcommunity #heartbreak

Jacksonville in pain
What ifs haunt the Black community
Heartbreak in their eyes

#jacksonville #blacklivesmatter #heartbreak #justice #haiku #poetry

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/jacksonville-grief-stricken-community-grapples-target-rcna102079

@jukkaeklund @ojrask #heartbreak

Everyone’s personal experience over a breakup or other loss might be different. But scientists say our bodily responses are pretty much the same. More from Sky News: https://flip.it/oU2Ckz
#Science #Pain #Heartbreak

Ice bed suddenly broke
Chicks' wings, unprotected, failed
Heartbreak in Antarctica

#penguins #antarctica #heartbreak #wildlife #haiku #poetry

http://www.businessinsider.com/10000-baby-penguins-died-after-ice-bed-melted-broke-antarctic-2023-8

Inspired by the song "Stolen Season" by @songwitch. Originally posted 10/31/2020 on Facebook during a really tumultuous time in my life.

Are we just a stolen season
Or are we something more
Here we are again on
The road we've trekked before

Looking back I see your face
But I cannot see ahead in Time
Your Love has always been Grace
Can't the future be yours and mine

Are we just a stolen season
Are we footprints in the sand
Can we break this holding pattern
Find our way to solid land

We planted seeds of hope
What feels a lifetime ago
Is this the time for harvest
Can we make it to the Spring

Every memory like riches
Every touch just bewitches
Every kiss felt like lighting
Every fall was silent dying

Are we just a stolen season
Or will you take my hand at last
To be more than summer romance
And leave the ghosts there in the past

#Poem #Poetry #Writer #WritersOfMastodon #Love #LostLove #HeartBreak #Inspired

Published today : Torn in Two

Is it any wonder then that she was a broken mess of contradiction?
An insecurity of mass productions through turmoil and stress,
Volatility her middle name, anger and rage to blame,
A cocktail of depression waiting to explode, no less.

Please click the link to read the full piece and leave your comments below. I look forward to hearing from you.

https://vocal.media/poets/torn-in-two

#poetry #poetrycommunity #heartbreak #readingcommunity #WritingCommunity

Published today : Bittersweet Memories

The opposite in fact as it steals a corner of my heart,
Where I’ll leave it behind in a mouse trail of when once I was here,
Losing a tiny part of me with every adieu mounted,
Until I’m a hollow core of has been and once was, I fear.

Please click the link to read the full piece and leave your comments below. I look forward to hearing from you.

https://vocal.media/poets/bittersweet-memories-91j02f3

#poetrycommunity #WritingCommunity #readingcommunity #heartbreak

Anna Begins has been a breakup song for me since my first really serious girlfriend introduced me to August and Everything After. Counting Crows were one of the first "soft" bands I learned to appreciate thanks to her influence, along with The Cranberries.

I serenaded my wife with Anna Begins while we were courting, so singing it is a good acid test of how well my broken heart is healing. Today I only cried a little, maybe more out of sentimentality than heartbreak. Progress!

#love #HeartBreak

https://medium.com/ayot-poetry-corner/into-the-unknown-e7d7d080f56f

#poetry #poetrycommunity #heartbreak

I used to think being heartbroken is the worst feeling ever. It's not. Breaking someone else's is.

My latest essay: “Running away from love.”

https://www.cynicusrex.com/file/philophobia.html #love #infatuation #heartbreak #philosophy

Celebrating the life of our dear sweet #kitty #cat #Aeris who passed this week. The joy and love of a pet is always worth the #heartbreak of saying so long, until we meet again. Aeris lived... and our other kitty cat #Crono lives on and shall remain spoiled rotten in turn ❤️🐈

https://youtu.be/S6f9gDdSdW8

🎶 Music tracks by Rafael Krux
🐱 Cat treat shown at the end from Tiki Pets
(Aeris loved these stix!)

#catsofmastodon #catlover #love #pets

#josephplunkett #Grace #poet #rebellion #Liberty #Ireland #CroíBriste #heartbreak #Mastodaoine https://youtu.be/_5UhRcpyLyc

NEW PODCAST EPISODE!

Fantastic speaking to British Vogue's dating columnist and Notes on #Heartbreak author Annie Lord on #breakups and #relationships.

Listen to the episode: https://tinyurl.com/bd2enjsm

Watch the interview: https://tinyurl.com/bdhx73hr

#books #podcast #bookstodon #bookRecommendations