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Love Him...Hate Him

by Joan Serratelli

I love him
no matter
what he does
I love him

I hate him
no matter
what he does
I hate him

I love him
at night
when he cuddles into me
I love him

I hate him
during the day
when he hollers at me
I hate him

I love him
during the day
when he does little things for me
I love him

I love him
I hate him
I cannot decide
it doesn't really matter
'cause love and hate
reside
side by side

03/19/2009

Author's Note: Both love and hate are passionate emotions. I believe that it is possible to feel both at the same time!

Posted on 03/19/2009
Copyright © 2026 Joan Serratelli

Member Comments on this Poem
Posted by Gabriel Ricard on 03/19/09 at 02:27 PM

You definitely capture the conflict here. Very simple, very sharp language.

Posted by Elizabeth Jill on 03/19/09 at 02:58 PM

My mind would be breaking in the pendulum of it all.

Posted by Laurie Blum on 03/19/09 at 10:38 PM

This is so true of many relationships! I felt like picking the petals off a daisy... loves me! loves me not! I enjoyed this one.

Posted by Laura Doom on 03/21/09 at 11:10 PM

Hmm -- this is the way I feel about myself; your version is more wholesome by half :)

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