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.

Please, Dad	Michael Anderson
How can you live when the best part of you dies?
Dance Of Terror	Justbleu
Sometimes, our feelings can almost seem to take on a life of their own.
When Is It Time?	Kit McCallum
This is a comforting poem, for those who are struggling with the impending loss of a pet. How do you know when it is time to take that final, long, sorrowful journey to the veterinarians?
If These Walls Could Talk	Christelle Duvenage
Feelings of being trapped, scared and all alone are difficult to understand, let alone try to share.
Sean	jenawin
Love is a precious thing. And so, too, are the memories of love.
Eternity	Marilyn
There are times in our lives when we feel helpless and caged in a hell-like place of our own creation.
The Lie	Wikket
Sometimes love doesn't die so much as it just fades into nothingness.
And Yet I Die	Marilyn
There are times when we feel isolated and alone; we can appreciate the beauty around us but can not feel it in our hearts.
Reality	suthern
Life is an accumulation of joys and pains, the one making us richer, the other sometimes becoming obstacles too high to climb.
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