Love and Hate / Heaven and Hell

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  Bella Shepard March 28th, 2023 15:59

  I have always heard that there is a fine line between love and hate, two sides of the same face, and could we really have one without the other, or are they dependent upon each other? You pose this question so cleverly dear poet, such a good write.

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    sorenbarrettMarch 28th, 2023 18:22

    Thank you Bella I think you are right. There is an interesting relationship between the two. Thanks for the review.

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  arqios March 28th, 2023 17:41

  Excellent play Soren. Much food for thought.

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    sorenbarrettMarch 28th, 2023 18:30

    Thanks Cryptic for the review and comments.

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  Doggerel Dave March 28th, 2023 22:06

  Maybe to be 'cool' is to be free of the kind of love which is an obsession, Soren. However Love can just be an overwhelming care for another and their way in the world, even if that does not mean their exclusive attention to one's self.
  A neat write about what I consider to be a pathological form of that overused term.

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    sorenbarrettMarch 29th, 2023 14:38

    Thanks Dave yes so true obsessive love is not love in my book but pain can go with true love as well. I appreciate the comment

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  L. B. Mek March 31st, 2023 02:57

  such an important question, dear Poet
  that's why we need time to heal
  so that our lessons may be revealed
  see,
  we start out all love blind
  then
  we're enraged by that hurt
  from that blinding broken heart
  neither
  affording us distance, enough
  to verify what we're really experiencing
  that's why, Nietzsche's
  'beyond' good and evil
  resonates with me, we need
  to find space
  to insure we can excavate veracity's perspectives
  coherent with our actual feelings
  and not be beholden
  to our reactionary and
  self-indulgent, emotions...
  I truly believe
  only the brave, can love
  rest of us, merely try n imitate
  romance's fantasy playbooks...
  (I mean
  just look at how many cry crimson tears
  after a heartbreak, and yet
  fast forward a little, to when someone
  new
  is by their side, and I bet you
  it won't take too long
  for all that hurt, to feel like a distance past..
  so then, which is it
  was that person really worth all that pain
  or were we just refusing to accept
  a truth we dare not face...)

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    sorenbarrettMarch 31st, 2023 06:10

    Dear L.B. your words ring true. You have struck deep at the core of this write. I have purposely left the questions short and the responses that I have recieved (not on this site) are varied from those that ignore the intent to those that are rigid in their black and white view of the world where love is all bliss and good and hate all bad and painful. O wise one, this is why I look so forward to your responses where you have the ability to see beyond the lines.Thanks again for the comment.