Opposites
Fire and water
Peace and war
Love and hate
These things are all opposites
But are they
Love and hate are both such strong emotions
You either feel them with everything within you or not at all
How can two words with such a striking yet disregarded similarity be opposite
Are they even opposite
The way you can hate someone with a burning passion
Or love someone with such strength that you’d sacrifice the world to be with them
I don’t think these two are close to opposites
I don’t think that they’re as polar as we think
They’re not simple either
In the dictionary, love has a definition containing 6 words
While the definition of hate contains 7
It’s not that easy though
Never that easy
6 words can’t contain the sheer emotion and utter infatuation that love implies
7 words can’t explain that feeling that bubbles and blisters like lava
Both grow large and uncontainable over time
Day after day, minute after minute
These feelings have so much to offer
All in two four letter words
I’ve spent this thing talking about how they’re similar
How that there’s no way they could possibly be opposites
So what are the opposites
For love, the most likely theory I’ve heard has to be indifference
The passion, emotion, and intent behind the word love
Standing against the stark nothingness of indifference
How the 12 letter word means a non-committal feeling
But what about hate
Is there a word to contrast the feeling
Is there something to pit against the bubbly fire of the word
Something that opposes the feeling of disgust or fiery that swiftly rises in someone’s brain when they recognise something that can only be described as hatred
Truth is
I’m still looking
Let’s see what we find
