I Miss You Poems

I Miss You Poems

Thinking of You Poems

When someone you love has left you there is a feeling of missing a part of yourself. Like one who has had a limb removed, you constantly reach for the phantom lover. You may wish for this uncomfortable feeling to leave you so that you can function properly. However, the truth is that the place in your heart that feels a sense of lacking represents the hole where your relationship goes. It is natural to feel that you miss the person the belongs in your life.

36 Poems About Missing Someone You Love

1 - 20 of 36

  1. 1. Tonight I Can Write The Saddest Lines

    Famous Poem


    Tonight I can write the saddest lines.

    Write, for example, 'The night is shattered
    and the blue stars shiver in the distance.'

    Read Complete Poem

    • Stories 7
    • Shares 10305
    • Favorited 79
    • Votes 1618
    • Rating 4.49
    • Poem of the Week
    • Poem of the Day
    Featured Shared Story

    Neruda's poem resonates. Letting go is a process, when love is not requited anymore. How is it possible to do so easily? It is not. Today we are constantly surrounded by memories. The pain...

    Read complete story

  2. Advertisement

    Advertisement

  3. 2. Choice

    Famous Poem

    I'd rather have the thought of you
    To hold against my heart,
    My spirit to be taught of you
    With west winds blowing,

    Read Complete Poem

    • Stories 1
    • Shares 4643
    • Favorited 58
    • Votes 857
    • Rating 4.37
    • Poem of the Day
    Featured Shared Story

    I have never read anything by Angela Morgan, but this truly speaks to me right now.

  4. Advertisement

    Advertisement

  5. 3. Love

    Famous Poem

    Because of you, in gardens of blossoming
    Flowers I ache from the perfumes of spring.
    I have forgotten your face, I no longer
    Remember your hands; how did your lips

    Read Complete Poem

    • Stories 0
    • Shares 4549
    • Favorited 47
    • Votes 795
    • Rating 4.37
    • Poem of the Day
  6. 4. When We Two Parted

    Famous Poem

    • By George Gordon, Lord Byron

    When we two parted
    In silence and tears,
    Half broken-hearted
    To sever for years,

    Read Complete Poem

    • Stories 0
    • Shares 200
    • Favorited 0
    • Votes 26
    • Rating 4.35
  7. 5. The Game


    Let me tell you about a game I play
    Where I close my eyes and fade away

    I float away to a special place

    Read Complete Poem

    • Stories 148
    • Shares 15128
    • Favorited 311
    • Votes 7116
    • Rating 4.47
    • Poem of the Day
    Featured Shared Story

    I wanted to cry when I read this. I didn't realize how often I do this, even throughout the day. This one touched my heart. My husband has been in jail for 3 years. He got 7 years and there...

    Read complete story

  8. 6. I Cry


    I'm sitting on the porch,
    Wind blowing through my hair.
    The ducks are frolicking in the pond,
    But I just can't seem to care.

    Read Complete Poem

    • Stories 21
    • Shares 6891
    • Favorited 186
    • Votes 3214
    • Rating 4.41
    • Poem of the Day
    Featured Shared Story

    Wow, this poem is how I end almost every letter to my husband. They took him the beginning of summer also. Our daughter was 6 months old, and today she turned 1 year, and he missed it. I cry...

    Read complete story

  9. 7. How It Used To Be


    • By Melanie Edwards
    • Published by Family Friend Poems August 2008 with permission of the Author.

    I remember how it used to be
    when nothing else matter but you and me.
    Music, country roads, and future dreams.

    Read Complete Poem

    • Stories 29
    • Shares 17152
    • Favorited 323
    • Votes 4535
    • Rating 4.41
    • Poem of the Day
    Featured Shared Story

    Zachary, I just saw your comment on the poem I wrote. You know, you can miss someone when they are sleeping in the bed right beside you every night or miss them when they move on. Either way,...

    Read complete story

  10. 8. Stuck In A Dream


    • By Mssparklyone
    • Published by Family Friend Poems July 2011 with permission of the Author.

    Last night I had a dream.
    We were walking hand in hand
    On a deserted island beach,
    Over endless miles of sand.

    Read Complete Poem

    • Stories 3
    • Shares 24264
    • Favorited 108
    • Votes 1653
    • Rating 4.47
    Featured Shared Story

    Never has a poem hit me so hard and touched the pit of my soul. People talk about meeting their soul mates, and for forty years I thought stuff like that only came out of fairy tales. That...

    Read complete story

  11. 9. Without You


    • By Dawn
    • Published by Family Friend Poems December 2016 with permission of the Author.

    All these days and nights without you here,
    It's a little bit more than I can bear.

    The days are cold and so very long.

    Read Complete Poem

    • Stories 1
    • Shares 12624
    • Favorited 197
    • Votes 1144
    • Rating 4.42
    • Poem of the Day
    Featured Shared Story

    The first time I had a boyfriend, we dated 6 years (basically from when I was in 4th grade until now). Very recently, we broke up because he was always busy, and I hardly saw him. Now that...

    Read complete story

  12. 10. For Love's Sake


    I'm so tired of this empty feeling.
    I'm so tired of being alone.
    I lay here staring at the ceiling,
    Waiting by the phone.

    Read Complete Poem

    • Stories 7
    • Shares 7509
    • Favorited 140
    • Votes 1643
    • Rating 4.35
    • Poem of the Day
    Featured Shared Story

    I recall feeling almost obsessed over my young life boyfriends. Looking back, I am glad I let the bad company go and went on with my life as had I not let bad ones go, my life would have...

    Read complete story

  13. 11. What I Miss...

    • By Thalia Jones
    • Published by Family Friend Poems March 2015 with permission of the Author.

    I miss how we used to be,
    So vibrant, so honest, so wild and free.

    I miss the way you would understand,

    Read Complete Poem

    • Stories 6
    • Shares 4646
    • Favorited 131
    • Votes 1297
    • Rating 4.33
    Featured Shared Story

    I read this story, and it sounds like something that happened to me, almost the same. I couldn't have written a better story of what happened to me and one of my closest friends. I also did...

    Read complete story

  14. 12. You Will Always Hold My Heart

    I remember the first time we met.
    It is something I will never forget.

    The beauty that was shown in your face

    Read Complete Poem

    • Stories 0
    • Shares 4580
    • Favorited 79
    • Votes 470
    • Rating 4.39
  15. 13. I Could

    • By Chrys Lea
    • Published by Family Friend Poems April 2017 with permission of the Author.

    I could dream of you forever,
    But it wouldn't put me beside you.

    I could call your name on end,

    Read Complete Poem

    • Stories 7
    • Shares 5659
    • Favorited 79
    • Votes 761
    • Rating 4.38
    • Poem of the Day
    Featured Shared Story

    This poem is deep. It calls you out. I'd been friends with this guy for about 6-7 years. When we first met I remember getting those butterflies, that instant feeling of knowing it was him. I...

    Read complete story

  16. 14. Still Thinking Of You

    • By Lilmaris
    • Published by Family Friend Poems January 2008 with permission of the Author.

    I ask myself why am I thinking of you so much.
    I think about all the moments we shared together and the way we touched.
    You know that this was hard for me,
    but you decided not to see.

    Read Complete Poem

    • Stories 3
    • Shares 5028
    • Favorited 103
    • Votes 2423
    • Rating 4.30
    Featured Shared Story

    To the most important person I've ever had in my life, I miss you every day that passes. You're always on my mind. Constantly I think of you. Because of the mistakes I made, I lost you. I...

    Read complete story

  17. 15. I Know It

    • By Misti L. Green
    • Published by Family Friend Poems December 2007 with permission of the Author.

    It was love at first sight.
    When I saw you, I knew
    Together we would be,
    Just me and you.

    Read Complete Poem

    • Stories 114
    • Shares 1840
    • Favorited 79
    • Votes 2473
    • Rating 4.25
    Featured Shared Story

    My boyfriend did 2 months in jail then he got out and went to a inpatient program. He has been in there 4 and a half months, and yesterday was his first overnight visit to spend time with me,...

    Read complete story

  18. 16. Without You

    • By Daniel X. Wofford
    • Published by Family Friend Poems October 2016 with permission of the Author.

    Without you, days seem endless.
    Without you, my nights are lonely.
    Everything seems so empty.
    Only with you I know I will be fine.

    Read Complete Poem

    • Stories 1
    • Shares 7704
    • Favorited 81
    • Votes 722
    • Rating 4.34
    Featured Shared Story

    Sweet memories. experiences always make a man complete. Real chivalry is in maintaining this beautiful relationship while you or she is alive. Difficult - yes, but not impossible. God bless...

    Read complete story

  19. 17. Forbidden Love

    • By Penny Pierce
    • Published by Family Friend Poems January 2008 with permission of the Author.

    I love you with a love that's forbidden, yet I can't stop.
    You make me feel like no man has ever made me feel before.
    With just a look I swoon.
    I dream of your arms around me, your lips on mine.

    Read Complete Poem

    • Stories 16
    • Shares 3675
    • Favorited 86
    • Votes 1664
    • Rating 4.23
    Featured Shared Story

    This poem has touched me deeply because I'm in love with someone that is about 6-7 years older than I am, and my family can't get over the age factor. He's my best friend. He's been there for...

    Read complete story

  20. 18. Old Familiar Feeling

    • By Marcia A. Newton
    • Published by Family Friend Poems November 11, 2023 with permission of the Author.

    That old familiar feeling is stirring inside my heart.
    and just like my old memories, these feelings never part.
    I've always tried to keep these feelings buried deep inside,
    but whenever I remember you these feelings come alive.

    Read Complete Poem

    • Stories 0
    • Shares 56
    • Favorited 3
    • Votes 13
    • Rating 4.46
  21. 19. I Miss You More Than I Can Say

    • By Emilia E. Allen
    • Published by Family Friend Poems September 2016 with permission of the Author.

    I wish upon the glistening stars,
    I pray night and day.
    I'm sad that we're so far apart,
    That you're so far away.

    Read Complete Poem

    • Stories 1
    • Shares 2446
    • Favorited 92
    • Votes 319
    • Rating 4.45
    Featured Shared Story

    Every day of my life is pain since I lost my lover. She had respect and forgiveness for everyone. I'm just alive in my body, but to be honest, my heart is already dead. Tanya, my wife, was...

    Read complete story

  22. 20. I'm Busy Finding Me

    • By Lorelei
    • Published by Family Friend Poems February 2021 with permission of the Author.

    I miss you in silence
    And every moment in between
    But I’m a little busy unfolding
    Those pieces of who I used to be

    Read Complete Poem

    • Stories 1
    • Shares 596
    • Favorited 24
    • Votes 142
    • Rating 4.42
    Featured Shared Story

    One has to find themself, I agree, and not be totally reliant on somebody. I know because I was never allowed to live freely; now my independence I treasure dearly.

1 - 20 of 36

Back to Top