Opposite of the Opposite
In the dualist world
Of interdependent meaning
Love is the only word
Without an opposite.
Its absence leaves
Nothing behind—
No sadness to embrace
When joy inexplicably expires
No half moon to brood upon
When the sun sets until morning.
It’s our own hate
We pour in
To fill the void
When it’s gone.
Carried to a logical conclusion
One sees that love lacks even
The opposite of its own opposite
Which is why I struggle to say it
Whenever I most feel it
And everyone hates that
10/23/23
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