It's Still Life

Love Is and Is Not

Love Is …

a weather beaten
cottage on a shingle beach that grows
out of chalk cliffs, its back bent and
its facade

the colour
of grey pearls. A small fearless cottage,
courageous and resilient in the face of
salty sea.

Love Is …

not hate,
nor scorn. Love’s opposite is indifference.
It is a lack of sound. A disconnect. A grave.
A stone

that refuses
to clear its throat to speak. Hate is madness
staring into the sun. A river of disembodied
words.

Indifference
is a mutable tongue. A granite truth and its
poverty. A void in darkness. An indifferent
path.

PAD (Poem-a-Day Challenge) Day 5 with Prompt: Love and Anti-Love
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