Heartbreak Poetry Quotes

“From The Handkerchief of Love

“Sometimes the smallest thing—a tear-stained cloth, a promise broken—can hold more pain than a thousand funerals.”
― Thomas Miller

“i used to pluck petals from a single flower, whispering questions i was too afraid to ask. he loves me. he loves me not. over and over, hoping the last petal would tell me what i needed to hear. hoping that if i wished hard enough, i knew love would find me. but the petals fell; i was disappointed, but relieved that there was a garden full of other flowers to try again.

then i met you, and i think of us in reverse. at ten, i hold the flower you gave me. at nine, you pull the first petal. at eight, i wish for things to get better. at seven, you promise they will. at six, i start to doubt. at five, i feel the distance between us grow. at four, i realize i'm the only one holding on. at three, i whisper you love me not. at two, i wait for you to prove it wrong. at one, i let the stem slip from my fingers and walked away.

i am relieved, and disappointed-in the end, i wonder, after all this time, if you ever wished for me the way i wished for you.

you were the one flower i begged the petals to answer differently.”
― Marjory Qwen, From Scars to Stars