Tracing the line
between love and hate
Both- so closely knit
-not together
-neither apart
but enough to tickle
the finger of fate
A line that can only be discerned
by a shredded heart
-to which scars have added much weight
-that murky line between love and hate
©Vivian Zems
Real Toads– Apart, Poets United #479
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May 12, 2019 at 1:11 am
Very profound.
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May 12, 2019 at 8:27 am
Thanks Sadje 🙏🏾
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May 12, 2019 at 9:19 am
Welcome Vivian
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May 12, 2019 at 8:54 am
Wasn’t it Chrissie Hynde who sang about the thin line between love and hate? It’s probably best not to trace that line because we don’t know where it might lead us.I like the tentative rhyming, Viv, tracing the line…
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May 14, 2019 at 10:47 pm
Thanks, Kim!
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May 12, 2019 at 11:56 am
At times that line is strtched thin, to the point of breaking, other timr its a bond held fast. Great write Vivian…
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May 14, 2019 at 10:47 pm
Thanks, Rob!
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May 12, 2019 at 1:05 pm
Yes – it seems that the distance between love and hate can be crossed quickly. Especially if a bottle (as evidenced in the photo you used) is involved.
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May 14, 2019 at 10:47 pm
🙂
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May 12, 2019 at 1:20 pm
The line between hate and love is actually very thin.. so much so that it’s almost invisible. ❤️
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May 14, 2019 at 10:46 pm
Absolutely!
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May 12, 2019 at 2:35 pm
A sad photo, which certainly brings forth the conflicted feelings you write about. I liked the line “enough to tickle the finger of fate”.
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May 13, 2019 at 7:58 pm
Thanks Sherry!
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May 12, 2019 at 3:16 pm
Yeah this instantly put that Pretenders song into my head! Not a bad thing. I too find that photo really compelling, is it yours?
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May 13, 2019 at 12:44 am
Thanks Marian! No the pic’s from pixabay
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May 12, 2019 at 3:21 pm
razor-thin, sometimes.
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May 13, 2019 at 12:43 am
Indeed!
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May 12, 2019 at 3:47 pm
Tracing the line
between love and hate
Both- so closely knit
My favorite…bkm
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May 13, 2019 at 12:43 am
Thank you 😊
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May 12, 2019 at 3:56 pm
The opposite of love is not hate but indifference….
razor thin agreed.
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May 13, 2019 at 12:42 am
Indeed!
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May 12, 2019 at 4:19 pm
Love and hate: two sides of the same coin?
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May 13, 2019 at 12:42 am
I believe so 😊
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May 12, 2019 at 6:58 pm
A thin line to be sure. I like the image of “shredding”. Photo was devastating.
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May 13, 2019 at 12:41 am
Thank you 😊
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May 12, 2019 at 7:58 pm
Well stated and understood.
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May 13, 2019 at 12:41 am
Thank you 🙏🏾
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May 12, 2019 at 8:22 pm
And it doesn’t help when Fate keeps prodding its fat fingers into the sore spots, slowing down the healing that needs to happen to leave the love-hate binary behind.
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May 13, 2019 at 12:41 am
I couldn’t agree more!
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May 12, 2019 at 11:47 pm
A compelling and thoughtful piece.
‘A line that can only be discerned
by a shredded heart
-to which scars have added much weight’
a stunning line of poetry. Great writing!
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May 13, 2019 at 12:40 am
Thanks Wendy❤️
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May 13, 2019 at 12:59 pm
Its a rare marriage (ot affair) that doesn’t have its ups and downs….much like travelling by sea; if it gets that bad you really get sick of it!
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May 13, 2019 at 7:56 pm
Absolutely!
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May 13, 2019 at 1:50 pm
Scars have added weight. This is painfully beautiful.
The relationship between the lips and the bottle, as depicted in the picture, is of love and hate. Though knowing that the bottle is bad, the contents are gulped down. Venom is being ingested.
https://ideasolsi65.blogspot.com/2019/05/ups-and-downs.html
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May 13, 2019 at 7:56 pm
Thanks Kalpana- great insight!
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May 13, 2019 at 3:20 pm
Apart – and yet often so closely linked.
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May 13, 2019 at 7:57 pm
Indeed!
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May 14, 2019 at 4:38 am
Vice and Virtue – sometimes they really come close to almost touching…
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May 14, 2019 at 10:46 pm
So true 🙂
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