Love and Hate / Heaven and Hell

sorenbarrett

Have you ever wondered if the devil can love?

Or if there's hate that comes from above?

 

If you can't feel love they say that is hell

But hell may be to love as well

  • Author: sorenbarrett (Offline Offline)
  • Published: March 28th, 2023 06:09
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Comments4

  • Bella Shepard

    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.

    • sorenbarrett

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

    • arqios

      Excellent play Soren. Much food for thought.

      • sorenbarrett

        Thanks Cryptic for the review and comments.

      • Doggerel Dave

        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.

        • sorenbarrett

          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

        • L. B. Mek

          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...)

          • sorenbarrett

            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.



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