The love that I love
is love that I hate.
The love that I give
is love that I wish I could take.
I love what I love
but I hate what I love.
The love I feel towards the ones that I love
is hate that ends up hating me.
I love but cannot hate,
and hate but cannot love.
Love is apart from hate;
therefore where there is love there can be no hate.
How can I love if I have so much hate?
Does my hate negate my love?
Love is natural, but then there is hate.
Hating is natural, but then there is love.
For now, though, truly I hate hate,
and I want love.
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Paradox-a figure of speach that seems to contridict itself, but when pondered upon makes sense.
Written December 11th, 2005
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an interesting poem...a bit disjointed in it's rhythm...
"The love I feel towards the ones that I love
is hate the ends up hating me."...is there a mistake in this line of some sort?
spelling? syntax?...is "THE ends up hating me supposed to be... "THAT ends up hating me"?
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this poem spoke to me like a complex jigsaw puzzle. I loved it! However I actually believe that the opposite of love is fear. Anyways this was awesome!
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very good, i love the condricting very itriging i love it!! the shole this is great! i love it
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oops I meant impossible!
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interesting concept! I love what i lve....oh nevermind...you handled it very well! A reader could ver easily lose interest in this but you wrote so well that that is impossible! Great job!
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by the way love your quote, I just posted a reflection of the origins of my faith, would you like to read it, if you don't that's ok.
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You must be going through a very confused time right now. The feelings are like that of many other people. Do I love what I hate? and vice versa. I know what you are thinking. I understand this emotional roller coaster you are taking a trip on. Quite a sad poem becaue we all feel this pain and agony with emotions.
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Intersting way of writing this. No such thing as simple in your book - weaving it in and out, round and round, and then back to the beginning - creative write, makes one think.
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thank you very very much. I use writing as an outlet for my feelings...all my poetry is real none of it comes from no where.
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This is good. It raises a lot of questions. I love the contradictions and the repitition. Great rhythm and flow, also, by the way. Keep writing, you obviously have talent and it would be a shame to waste it.
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Wow, this was quite the tongue twister in my head...lol. It made perfect sense, though, and it's very true indeed. Thanks for sharing!
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thank you. I just needed to purge those thoughts...
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LOL ok, funny thing is I understand this completely!! lol. This is really funny but also speaks to so many of us on a deeper level. You could spend all your life trying to figure out and still just go home with a headache. Take an aspirin and just except love for what it is...the twin to hate.
~Lyrical
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Thank you so much that fits perfectly!!! thank you!!!
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ok anyone confused? LOL !!!! I must say you must be emotionally exhausted from the mood swings you must be having with this condition LOL! it almost looks like you are Physically exhausted, Mentally unstable, and emotionally flatlined! I know I would be if I had to go through this! Abetter word then void Hmmmmmmm Nullified? keep up the mind warping writes!
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Great, yet again!!! :)
OMG!!!!! Your poetry is so damn good!!! It's amazingly clever and brilliant.... 'The love that I give
is love that I wish I could take.' is my favourite verse because i can relate to it so well!! lol.
Don't worry if u hate, even if u don't want to - it's almost impossible to love everyone!!
Jess
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it was pretty good i could feel what u were sayin.
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I have so felt this way...I do alot actually!...this expresses, alot, you feel kind of confused, but..yeah
I loved this poem! GR8 write BRAVO
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Cheers!!!
How about "Does my hate negate my love?" since most of your lines end with contradictions, eg. love/hate, give/take.
You might also reword the 4th couplet, to make it end with "hate" Or change the line before it, to make it end in "you", then you would have an unrhyming couplet that ends you/me. Still a contradiction of ideas. Now I'M getting confused, LOL It is said that there is a thin line between love and hate and your poem flows back and forth over this line with ease. I read it as a love-hate, confused pondering of ones feelings. Did I get it right? LOL, I'm amazed!!! It's a work that makes you read it again to make sure you understood it the first time. Excellent play on words
I like mind games and this ones a doozy!!!
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Thank you for commenting, I do have some questions about your critique like could you edit this so it makes more sense...like tell me what's confusing, because I am confused...lol "This is a wonderful that is a little bit confusing but isn't all poetry." Do you really think that this is a good poem...I'm trying to find another word for "void" do you think that you can help out?
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This is a wonderful that is a little bit confusing but isn't all poetry. This is the most wonderful poem that i have found yet. I hope you will let me read more of your poetry so I can learn from greatness. This is darkinocenceangel and im back so i hope you will comment on my stories and new poetry
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Wow, very different, I like it though, I can relate, its hard when the person you love so much you had equally, but it seems like no matter how much you hate that person you cant stop loving them. Love is tragic, always in the end.....
well done...
much love,
~Chris~
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