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Love and Hate

By Muriel Palanca



I love the way you look at me and you see someone else.

I hate the way I’d be next to you and you didn’t know how I felt.

I love the way I would bow my head so you wouldn’t see me cry.

I hate it when I see you smile, because I feel almost alive.

I love the way you watch me fall, but never hear me scream.

I hate the way you hold me close, just to find it was only a dream.

I love the way you pound the nails as I am crucified.

I hate that glimmer of undying hope as I look into your eyes.

I love the way you rape my soul into psychological damnation.

I hate the way you’d be the one to bring me to salvation.

I love the way you push me down, as I drown in my own tears.

I hate the way I think of us growing older through the years.

I love the way you’ve left me here because I’ve learned to be alone.

I hate that if the world would end, you’d be the one that I’d miss most.

I love the way you light the fire as I’m burning at the stake.

I hate the way I love you still though I knew my heart would break.

I love the way you make me bleed as I put the razor to my wrist.

I hate the way I’d die in your arms if only we could kiss.

I love the way you torture me with the hell you put me through.

I hate the way I’d give up heaven just to be with you.