If Love is a Universal emotion, then the pain it often causes (some might say inevitably causes) is equally Universal. Yet, that only begs the more important question: Why do sad poems and stories of emotional pain bring each of us a strange kind of pleasure?
I'm sure the psychologists have an answer to that question. And I'm just as sure it's a different answer than a poet would give.
Maybe, in the end, the answer really isn't so complex. A burden born by one can often grow too heavy to bear. Maybe, in the end, each of us knows that sharing our pain is the only way we can live with the pain. And that's really what each of these poignantly sad poems are about - sharing.
Let the countdown begin.
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#100Sad Poems - Sad Poems on Society: When abusive parents turn to alcohol, it's the children who pay the price.
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#99Sad Poems: Love is a precious thing. And so, too, are the memories of love.
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#98Sad Poems - Depression and Suicide Poems: The search for an answer - from where does Depression arise?
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#97Sad Poems - Poems about Death: This poem is about a mother's feeling's on the anniversary of the death of her stillborn child.
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#96Sad Poems - Depression and Suicide Poems: Our memories aren't always reliable, especially when they are shadowed by pain and depression.
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#95Sad Poems - Poems about Death: Death has hit all of us in one way or another - either the death of a friend or family member. This poem was written soon after the poet's loss of a beloved parent.
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#94Sad Poems - Sad Love Poems: Do you remember when she left?
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#93Sad Poems: If life is a journey, from birth to death, how much of that path must be walked alone?
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#92Sad Poems - Sad Love Poems: Does there ever come a time when lost love stops hurting?
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#91Sad Poems - Sad Love Poems: A glimpse is all it can take to awaken from an awful dream.
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#90Sad Poems: Sometimes love doesn't die so much as it just fades into nothingness.
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#89Sad Poems - Sad Love Poems: Falling in love is supposed to be wonderful. But you're not supposed to do it alone…
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#88Sad Poems - Poems about Death: When our grandparents pass on, it's comforting to know that they will always be with us in spirit and in our hearts!
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#87Sad Poems - Poems about Death: This wonderfully beautiful poem proves that sometimes memories can be so solid we can reach out and touch them. Or, even, listen to them tick.
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#86Sad Poems - Sad Love Poems: Tears can reveal so much about us. Maybe that's why so many of us hide them behind a broken heart.
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#85Sad Poems - Depression and Suicide Poems: This is a beautifully written poem about pain and confusion.
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#84Sad Poems: When our life changes unexpectedly, the result is confusion and fear.
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#83Sad Poems: A relationship bring expectations. When those aren't met in our minds, our minds can turn them into dreams.
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#82Sad Poems - Sad Poems on Society: Darkness surrounds life and causes fear. Where can we find the light and strength to fly free?
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#81Sad Poems: There is a yin and a yang in Love. And, too, in failed love.
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#80Sad Poems - Depression and Suicide Poems: A young, but wise, poet looks at her own pain and offers some very sincere insight into a dark world too many share.
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#79Sad Poems - Sad Love Poems: A teeter-totter works only when the weight is evenly distributed. It's a bit like love in that way.
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#78Sad Poems - Sad Love Poems: Divorce can too easily turn a journey into aimless wandering.
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#77Sad Poems - Poems about Death: We wonder, "Why?" when we lose friends, and there are never any good answers.
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#76Sad Poems - Sad Love Poems: Can two simple words make up for all those others we wished we hadn't said?
