Veronika Balasyuk

32 Poetic Lines To Calm Your Aching Heart

"Here lovers linger in the afterglow of intimacy, not yet concerned about the future, only enraptured by the dizzying dance they shared in each other's arms." — Wendy Maltz
Marisa Donnelly
October 6, 2016
“I love to kiss 
the pictures in your skin. They’ll last until
you’re seared to ashes; whatever persists
or turns to pain between us, they will still
be there. Such permanence is terrifying.”
— Kim Addonizio, First Poem For You, The Philosopher's Club
Tagged: Poetry, Tattoos, Love, kiss, Permanence, My Favorites, Beautiful Poetry, Beautiful Language
“Break my heart open. Watch what poetry comes from it. Watch how I grow fiercely into someone who will not shake because of your name.”
— Lora Mathis, Surprising Myself
Tagged: Poetry, Love, Heartbreak, strength, Moving On
“In the end, I want my heart to be covered in stretch marks.”
— Andrea Gibson, Tumblr Poetry
Tagged: Love, Growth, Personal Growth, Growing Through Love, Poetry
“you were a beautiful time in my life,
and if that's all you'll ever be
then that's okay.
Not all art is destined to hang on the
same walls forever.”
— Poetry, Poems, Art, Words (@k.towne.jr), K. Towne. Jr
Tagged: Poetry, Prose, Instagram
“and there is only
one other place
than in my arms
that I love you
more, and it is in
this poem, for here
you can never leave.”
— The Poetry Bandit (@the_poetrybandit), The Poetry Bandit
Tagged: Poetry, Prose, Instagram
“how can I tell you
how I feel without
giving you the ability
to completely destroy me.”
— Poetry.Quotes.Thoughts.Writing (@r.m.broderick), R. M. Broderick
Tagged: Prose, Poetry, Instagram
“she is
learning to take
tenderness from the
atmosphere.”
— Susan Griffin, Unremembered Country, Narrative Magazine
Tagged: tenderness, Getting The Most From Life, Being a woman, Love, Taking In The World, Beautiful Language, Beautiful Poetry, Poetry, poem, My Favorites
“There's nothing more
to the story.

When we met
he looked like forever
& I swore I'd love him
slow as summer.

It's been August 
ever since.”
— Amanda Torroni, via Tumblr
Tagged: Summer, Summer Love, August, poem, Poetry, Endless Summer, My Favorites
“I admit
I was afraid
to love.
Not just love,
but to love her.
For she was a stunning
mystery. She carried things
deep inside her that no one
has yet to understand,
and I,
I was afraid to fail,
like the others.

She was the ocean
and I was just a boy
who loved the waves
but was completely 
terrified to swim.”
— Unknown, via Tumblr
Tagged: poem, Poetry, Afraid Of Love, Fear Of Love, Falling In Love, Falling For Her, My Favorites
“My lips
lingering on your collarbone.
I trace the line of my chin
imagining what our kiss
feels like on your mouth
so delicate, so perfect”
— Marisa Donnelly, If I Could Feel Your Touch Again
Tagged: Intimacy, Intimate, Sex, Love
“Her veins flowed
with liquid poetry.
I stole the words
from her mouth
with my kisses.”
— j. m. green, via Pinterest
Tagged: Love, Intimacy, Making Love, My Favorites, Connection, Poetry, Two Souls
“i want to paint a love poem
all over the sheets and you”
— Trudi Paraha, "Whaia i te Po," in Intimate Kisses: Poetry Of Sexual Pleasure
Tagged: Love Poetry, Love, Poetry, Intimacy, Sex, Making Love
“We crawl
through each other
and back again
guided by our blood-
electric finger tips.
I swim in you,
you in me until we
drift down, slowly”
— Roger Pfingston, "Occasion," in Intimate Kisses: Poetry Of Sexual Pleasure
Tagged: Love Poetry, Love, Poetry, Intimacy, Sex, Making Love
“Here lovers linger in the afterglow of intimacy, not yet concerned about the future, only enraptured by the dizzying dance they shared in each other's arms.”
— Wendy Maltz, Intimate Kisses: Poetry Of Sexual Pleasure
Tagged: Love Poetry, Love, Poetry, Intimacy, Sex, Making Love
“Will it be alright,
if I love you
from eyes to lips
from skin to bones
from heart to soul? Will it be alright,
if I call you
my home?”
— Lukas W., Coffee thoughts #35
Tagged: Poetry, Love, Lovers, poem, Internet Poetry, Writers
“your name is
scrawled on restaurant napkins
and leather bus seats
in the inside of library books
and carved into trees
maybe one day you’ll see
and know I was there
maybe one day you’ll see
and fall back in love with me”
— Leigh, Poetry, Day 235
Tagged: Love, Lovers, Poetry, Internet Poetry
“There is a love I reminisce.
like a seed
I’ve never sown

of lips that I am yet to kiss,
and eyes
not met my own.

hands that wrap around my wrists.
and arms
that feel like home.

I wonder how it is I miss,
these things
I’ve never known.”
— Lang Leav, Love & Misadventure (Lang Leav)
Tagged: Lovers, Melancholia, Internet Poetry, Poetry, poem, romance
“There are 6 states
pressed like stubborn flowers
between the last time I kissed you and today
but you still feel like a sound caught in my
throat.”
— Sierra De Mulder, During The Month It Took For You To Leave Me
Tagged: Poetry, Internet Poetry, Love, Lovers, romance, Melancholia
“You
were the sun
and loving you
was photosynthesis.”
— Aman Batra, MissFit Poetry
Tagged: Brutally Honest, Love, True Love, Sun, Light, Happiness
“Outside the window
Sky and earth exchange silver.
In the moonlight I forget I’m human.”
— Wang Xiaoni, White Moon
Tagged: Moon, Nature, Existential Crisis, Poetry
“It is 4am.
Your perfume is on
Everything, on me
On all the world – you
Are all around, you
Are all of my tattered
Senses and no poetry,
No song, no writing,
Nothing in the world
Will make this better.”
— David Jones, Could You Ever Live Without?
Tagged: Grief, Grieving, Loss, Sadness, senses, Poetry, Song, Writing, Early Morning
“I want to be bruised by God.
I want to be strung up in a strong light and singled out.
I want to be stretched, like music wrung from a dropped seed.
I want to be entered and picked clean.”
— Charles Wright, Country Music: Selected Early Poems (Wesleyan Poetry Series)
Tagged: God, Poetry, Passion, Music
“We are here now,
but once. Let yourself
get lost, let your heart
swell and explode;
I want to see the red of your joy
staining your clothes.
We are here, now,
but once.
Let yourself love
unashamed, let yourself
lost, and risk loss again,
then emerge
anew.”
— Tyler Knott Gregson
Tagged: Poetry, Internet Poetry, Let Yourself Get Lost, We Are Here Now, Let Yourself Love Unashamed, Let Love In
“poetry
to me
is stumbling around in the dark
searching for
the right words
to describe
that feeling
I get 
when she smiles 
in her sleep.”
— Atticus, via Instagram
Tagged: Love, Poetry, Atticus, Atticus Poetry, Her, Describing A Woman, Describing Love, Love & Relationships
“I lost my way
all the way to you. ”
— Atticus, via Instagram
Tagged: Love, Poetry, Atticus, Atticus Poetry, Her, Describing Love, Love & Relationships, Finding Her, Finding Love, Lost My Way, FInding You
“'I don't believe in magic.' The young boy said. The old man smiled. 'You will, when you see her.'”
— Atticus, via Instagram
Tagged: Love, Poetry, Atticus, Atticus Poetry, Her, Describing Love, Love & Relationships, Finding Love, Finding Her, Magic
“Soul meets soul on lovers’ lips.”
— Percy Bysshe Shelley, Shelley's Poetry and Prose(Norton Critical Edition)
Tagged: Literature In Love, Love and Literature
“Love is so short, forgetting is so long.”
— Pablo Neruda, The Poetry of Pablo Neruda
Tagged: Honest Love, True Love, Forgetting
“In the flush of love’s light, we dare be brave. And suddenly we see that love costs all we are, and will ever be. Yet it is only love which sets us free.”
— Maya Angelou, The Complete Poetry
Tagged: Honest Love, True Love, Bravery, Free
“She is learning
to pull faith from the wind,
breathe it in
and set her worries free.”
— Marisa Donnelly, 8 Poems For When You Feel Lost In This Big World, And Need A Reminder Of Your Strength
Tagged: Poetry, poem, strength, Finding Strength, Strong Women