Love to Hate to say Love

Love to Hate to say Love

12/6/11

Hate.

They say it’s a strong word.

Indeed, meant for such strong feelings.

But when warranted, the cause is long gone.

The effect

Of which I feel for a long time.

Forever, maybe, even beyond that.

For I cannot say what lies beyond the grave.

Love.

Used so ubiquitously.

Such terms deemed necessary.

It gets thrown around so carelessly.

It’s bound.

And tossed around,

Given to people, places, things; nouns.

Won’t retain the significance it once found.

Yet

Hate is reserved for

The worst, preserved,

For we cannot lose its meaning.

Therefore, through

Omission and through use

We degrade the ‘love’, we fuse

It with ‘like’, love’s meaning is lost.

So

Here I bid adieu,

Not just to me but to a few,

For love is limited, but hate is forever

Or so

It seems, right?

Not from fear, but from,

Reason, I love to hate to say love.