Like love / like hate

I loved you

so much

I forgot where I ended

and you began

and then

with a word

a silence

a truth I wasn't ready for

I hated you

with the same fire

they say

love and hate

are opposites

but I’ve seen them

share the same bed

whisper the same name

and leave

the same scars

it’s not that I don’t love you

anymore

it’s that love

burns brighter

when it turns to ash.