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A Man And A Woman Who Hate And Love And Don't Know The Difference
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A Man And A Woman Who Hate And Love And Don't Know The Difference
They have more holes to avoid
in each other's soul
so they fall through more often
than they did
ten years ago.
He asks her
in moments of fear
to plaster his up
decorate and paint
make parent-presentable
for maybe a day
but he knows they remain
and will crack.
With his vinegar-dipped tongue
he regularly cleans her
keeping raw flesh
defenseless
to the whiskey words
he drops in there
and swishes around
just to sting
before ceremoniously salting
in ignorance.
She jabs with fingers and eyes
small holes in him
constantly opening
old pain
of wrinkled age
with dedicated twisting
she reminds him
from inside out
he has fears.
They both wish
to stop inflicting
but without the pain
there is very little else.
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pain and love can come hand in hand and when the pain is too much that's when you're suposed to leave, but it doesn't always go that way - your poem is an excellent representation of when people hurt each other just to feel something.
I think this poem paints a great picture of how real love is. It is not always easy but not always hard. It is not always romantic and sometimes the "I love you" goes unsaid for far too long. Still with all the bad times there are the good but we seem to forget and get lost in a fanstasy of what we idealize love is supposed to be.
