I Love You, I Hate You (two-for-two-Tues.)

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•  April Pad Challenge; Today's Prompt
• Write a love poem.
• Write an anti-love poem.

I seem to love you so

And easily fall prey

To fickle wishes, wants and whims

That you cajole my way

Yes, I must love you so

These second miles I run

To satisfy your restless eye

Declares my devotion

Though your attention span

Is pathetic at best

I hunger for the nuances

Of pleasures you suggest

But oh, I hate you so

The flesh is hard to please

And never fully satisfied

With my best loyalties

Oh, yes I hate you so

The way I bow to serve

Your flighty notions and desires

Disgust my burst of nerve

Oh, how I hate you so

You war against the One

Who whispers peace, and loves me so

In spite of what I’ve done

© Janet Martin

Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation:

the spirit indeed is willing,

but the flesh is weak. Matt. 26:41