Love and Hate

I

There is a thin line between love and hate

And I am on the precipice

Looking down I see a void

Looking up rain clouds darken the sky

Is this real?

Or is it just another one of those dreams?

Where you feel helpless and tied down

While the shadows of your demons

Haunt you time and again

As the sky growls and rain drenches you

II

I look down at my hate

I wish it would go away

I wish to step back from the precipice

But all I do is fall

I feel cold and lost in my misery

As from the ether Beelzebub rises

And beckons me into the void

III

I need to find love again

Love for the things I do

Love for music and other pursuits

They say life is not about the storm

But about dancing in the rain

And I wish someone would waltz with me

Until I see a rainbow

I want to believe Ed Sheeran

When he swears it will get easier

A day will dawn tomorrow

Bright and hopeful

I will step back from the void

I will be with every cell in my body

And hate will have no power over me

The Bilge Master