Love, <br />Enlightening, inspiring, <br />Filling me with <br />Heart wrenching desire. <br />Love, <br />Paralyzed <br />By the first betrayal, <br />Choked to death <br />By the second. <br />Love, <br />Long dead, <br />Not even a sweet memory <br />Bitterness infiltrates it all. <br /> <br />Hate, <br />Doubts, suspicions, dreads <br />Poisoning my heart. <br />Hate <br />Chewing at my liver <br />Gnawing at my brain. <br /> <br />Watching <br />Your every move. <br />Opening <br />Your every letter, <br />Email, <br />Sms. <br />Waiting <br />For the snake <br />To strike again. <br />Looking for signs. <br />Bracing the body. <br />I’ll be ready. <br />This time I’ll be ready. <br />Don’t be taken in, <br />Don’t be distracted <br />By kind gestures. <br />I’ll be ready, <br />I’ll be ready, <br />I hate you, <br />I hate you, <br />I hate you.<br /><br />Sallie Howson<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/love-and-hate-16/
