Love and Hate
Love
[noun] an intense feeling of deep affection
That's the dictionary definition
But not what I know it to be
Love is broken glasses
Broken bones, and broken hearts
Love is twisted wrists and silent lips
Black and blue bruises
All up and down a still, unresisting body
That is what I have seen love be
In broken homes and broken families
Where children fight over scraps of food
And mold grows thick over everyones hearts
Where blood is shared by split skin
And tainted hands
I have learned what love is
Hate
[noun] an intense feeling of deep dislike
That's the dictionary definition of hate,
But don't worry, I know what real hate is
Hate is...
Well, to be short with you, hate is love
Except there's more
Because hate is sometimes silence
When noise is needed most
Hate is ignorance in the face of knowledge
Because love is horrible
But at least it can be excused
While hate...
Hate souds like a nasty word
And people fear it
Because if you're hated
The bruises don't need to be hid
The injuries don't need to be treated
The glass is being ground into your heart day and night
Hate is love
Except worse