Nemesis

Sometimes the person you should hate the most turns out to be the most lovable.

I may be a dandelion

And you're a rose.

I'm a weed

But every rose has its thorns.

I count my days.

I lose my aching breath.

I wonder what would happen if I told any one

I wanted to turn the pages this way

Keep your head down

And don't look up when I'm around

I feel the shame under the gaze of everyone

I know I'm flying into the sun

But I just wanted to feel something other than numb

Because I don't think I belong with the heroes

Or the renegades

I think what I want is you, the rose with the sharpest thorns.

I'm sorry.

I should say I'm sorry.

But I don't feel sorry.

So I'm not sorry

Because I don't want to just coexist with you, my nemesis

There's a spark between us, even if others think it's rough

I thought I made myself hate you

But it was all pretend

This is the way my heart needs to mend

I thought it through.

I'm starting to hate hating you.

It's pyschopathic

And magnetic

I can't take it

I won't keep it in the attic

I know it's magic

Let's go wreak havoc

And I'm not sorry.

Author's Note

So, this is kind of a poem but it also kind of sounds like a song? This one was a lot of fun, and please review! Thanks!

Reviews

[emily]

i love this. the concept of loving someone who should be your enemy is so complicated but you described it perfectly. i especially loved the metaphors of the rose’s thorns, signifying both the beauty and deadliness of the person— but you cant help loving them. great job!

[Vertigo Cat1111]

Thank you so much! This review made me so happy and each review makes me wanna write more. Thank you again. (:

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Yup indeed it is fun and the protagonist spews forth their thinking down each stanza feeling uncertain yet emboldened, feeling uncertainty yet liberation. Nicely penned in a flowing freeverse.

[pearl]

The thought is amazing! I think it's great that someone tried to show the idea of hate slowly turning into love.