Login
|
Join PoetrySoup
Home
Submit Poems
Login
Sign Up
Member Home
My Poems
My Quotes
My Profile & Settings
My Inboxes
My Outboxes
Soup Mail
Contest Results/Status
Contests
Poems
Poets
Famous Poems
Famous Poets
Dictionary
Types of Poems
Quotes
Short Stories
Articles
Forum
Blogs
Poem of the Day
New Poems
Resources
Syllable Counter
Anthology
Grammar Check
Greeting Card Maker
Classifieds
Member Area
Member Home
My Profile and Settings
My Poems
My Quotes
My Short Stories
My Articles
My Comments Inboxes
My Comments Outboxes
Soup Mail
Poetry Contests
Contest Results/Status
Followers
Poems of Poets I Follow
Friend Builder
Soup Social
Poetry Forum
New/Upcoming Features
The Wall
Soup Facebook Page
Who is Online
Link to Us
Member Poems
Poems - Top 100 New
Poems - Top 100 All-Time
Poems - Best
Poems - by Topic
Poems - New (All)
Poems - New (PM)
Poems - New by Poet
Poems - Random
Poems - Read
Poems - Unread
Member Poets
Poets - Best New
Poets - New
Poets - Top 100 Most Poems
Poets - Top 100 Most Poems Recent
Poets - Top 100 Community
Poets - Top 100 Contest
Famous Poems
Famous Poems - African American
Famous Poems - Best
Famous Poems - Classical
Famous Poems - English
Famous Poems - Haiku
Famous Poems - Love
Famous Poems - Short
Famous Poems - Top 100
Famous Poets
Famous Poets - Living
Famous Poets - Most Popular
Famous Poets - Top 100
Famous Poets - Best
Famous Poets - Women
Famous Poets - African American
Famous Poets - Beat
Famous Poets - Cinquain
Famous Poets - Classical
Famous Poets - English
Famous Poets - Haiku
Famous Poets - Hindi
Famous Poets - Jewish
Famous Poets - Love
Famous Poets - Metaphysical
Famous Poets - Modern
Famous Poets - Punjabi
Famous Poets - Romantic
Famous Poets - Spanish
Famous Poets - Suicidal
Famous Poets - Urdu
Famous Poets - War
Poetry Resources
Anagrams
Bible
Book Store
Character Counter
Cliché Finder
Poetry Clichés
Common Words
Copyright Information
Grammar
Grammar Checker
Homonym
Homophones
How to Write a Poem
Lyrics
Love Poem Generator
New Poetic Forms
Plagiarism Checker
Poetics
Poetry Art
Publishing
Random Word Generator
Spell Checker
Store
What is Good Poetry?
Word Counter
Email Poem
Your IP Address: 3.144.25.74
Your Email Address:
Required
Email Address Not Valid.
To Email Address:
Email Address Not Valid.
Required
Subject
Required
Personal Note:
Poem Title:
Poem
The opposite of love is not hate, but rather apathy. It is not observing rain fall and despising the way one droplet covers a mere square inch while precipitation in whole can span entire continents, but rather not caring whether or not the rain fell at all. And perhaps the rain did not fall allowing the ground to grow parched and crackled like lips with too many words to say but not enough breath to say them aloud. It is not detesting the way milk compliments cereal during 2:00 am. adventures in the dark then promises to soil in a matter of minutes, but rather not bothering to pour milk at all. And perhaps the milk had spoiled in the fridge long before anyone bothered to check the expiration date on the items and things not meant to last. It is not mistaking a kaleidoscope for a telescope and hating the way reality through one glass— the bending of light on convex lenses can never be as vibrant and geometric and colorful as the light reflected amongst mirrors, but rather not wanting to look inside at all. And perhaps no one did look upon a telescope to look out to sea or up at night sky and wonder if there is, or ever will be, something more than all of this. It is, however, the way sand is the most complex puzzle in the world that nobody bothers to put back together. It is the way an open bottle of flat champagne both holds and lacks so much potential. It is the way hair tangles in sleep and sheets wrinkle in stillness and heavy sighs are mistaken for sleepy exhales with backs turned, arms crossed and eyes wide, wide open.
CAPTCHA Preview
Type the characters you see in the picture
Required