Why Do I Hate Love?

By TS

Why do I hate Love?
Cause Love don’t have no heart.
Love don’t care about nobody,
and loves to rip you apart.
Love causes pain
Love causes stress
Love is just misery, confusion, and evil
at its best.
Why do I hate Love?
maybe cause Love hates me.
Love been treating me wrong and unkind
Since I was lil babe.
I was born in the 90s
To a mother who always say she Loves me
but her Love was neva true.
To a father I’ve neva seen before
not even once in a blue.
Why do I hate Love?
Cause Love made me look like a fool.
Use and abuse me like some worthless tool.
Love is cruel
and you’ll be the fool if you think it’s nice.
Every time I showed Love
I paid a tremendous price.
Love ain’t s***.
I’m my own witness.
Love did me wrong too many times
and will neva get my forgiveness.
Why do I hate Love?
‘Cause everybody I thought love me
turnt they back on me
especially when they put them
handcuffs and shackles on me.
Nobody will neva love me for me
they will just love me for what I got
and when all that’s gone
then they’ll just love me not.
Why do I hate Love?
Cause Love brought me to tears.
Love makes me show weak emotions
Like desperation and fear.
Love made me feel ways I’ve neva felt.
So I made a promise I’ll neva Love s***
not even myself.
If you choose to Love Love, search for Love, Chase Love
I promise I will neva judge.
But, when Love does you wrong
and it will!!!!
You can always read Why I Hate Love.
But before I go
Let me tell you why I hate Love the most
Cause it turnt me into something I wish I wasn’t
and that’s a young black man with no hope…..

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15 Comments

  1. eva on February 5, 2019 at 11:34 AM

    I love how honest and expressive this poem is. I think that the ideas and emotions behind this poem are expressed very clearly and well. It’s a very well written–but sad–poem.

  2. Liz on February 15, 2019 at 12:13 PM

    I feel this poem on so many levels. What touched me the most is your closing line “Cause it turnt me into something I wish I wasn’t and that’s a young black man with no hope….” Everyone needs hope to see another day. I hope you have found something to fulfill you since posting this in November.

  3. Tiffany on February 15, 2019 at 12:16 PM

    Wow, TS, this was a true expression of your inner feelings and I felt your pain through your narrative. I agree, love can be painful at times. One of my favorite poets is Kate Tempest, and she says “we all need to love, and be loved, and keep going” in her poem Brand New Ancients. So, to that end, I would encourage you to do the same and “keep going.” I’ll be thinking of you.

  4. Sue Anna Clark on February 15, 2019 at 12:31 PM

    I love the cadence and word play of this. “Love loves to…” Lines just flow from one to the next. It screams ‘read me aloud’! And then your last line is a punch. The reader is having fun with all the descriptors/word play of why to hate love, how love goes wrong, and then you remind us of the outcome. Wow.

    The only editorial suggestion I have is adding an ‘a’ before “lil babe”. Will flow better.

    Thanks for sharing this with me! Sue Anna

  5. Missy Degleffetti on March 2, 2019 at 9:35 AM

    Dear TS: I hope you see my words in response to your poem. You are EXACTLY the kind of person that I cheer for with all my heart, that I want to see something GOOD happen and you are the first person that I would come up to and want to shake your hand and say, “Well done!” You express yourself so beautifully, and your poem really touched my heart! Makes me want to write again! I have always been an outcast all my life and I have never felt unconditional love from anyone for most of my life up until a couple of years ago. I pray with all my heart that you find the courage to not give up on yourself, because people DO care about you! I don’t even know you and I care about you and people just like you! I pray that you CAN find hope! And please don’t hate yourself because your life matters and you have just as much value as a human being as anyone else does! And don’t let anyone tell you or try to convince yourself otherwise. The world needs you and what you have to offer.

  6. ameliabedeliathinking on March 4, 2019 at 5:15 PM

    This poem speaks so strongly to me. I feel like I hate love too after reading it! It hurts my heart to see how wronged you feel from a simple word. Your couplets are amazing, and the slant rhyme keeps me on the edge of my seat. Your pain, anger, and confusion in this poem is so strongly worded. I want to hear more about this pain, but I also want to see what else you can write with that pain. Even though the poem is about hurt, something good came from the loss and a sense of love in your life, this poem! A line that really stood out to me in “I’m my own witness.” Every time we experience something, it is never through the eyes of someone else, it is from our perspective. Thank you for sharing this piece, it is beautiful and complex.

  7. Susan Chapin on May 19, 2019 at 2:42 PM

    I was flipping through the poems looking for one to reply do and feeling bad because I couldn’t think of anything to say about any fo them and then I got to your poem and it really knocked me over. I still can’t think of the right words because I don’t know very much about poetry but I can tell you this is IT. It has the happy combination of sounding good and sounding right. Thank you for writing this and keep writing–you have a gift and you should use it.

  8. Mollie Jayne Larson on April 1, 2020 at 4:57 PM

    TS,
    Your pain is heard. The darkside of love is a terrible thing. I know how you feel, that when times get tough all you see is the ones you love leaving you. I was abandoned as a child, I lived my whole childhood dealing with racism from the ones I thought were my friends, abused by my first love and forced to pick up the pieces each time I was broken. I hated myself too, being korean was the thing i hated the most about myself. When I was 16 I let everything get the best of me and I tried to take my life. I am now 19 and these experiences have shaped me into a better person. Often the ones who love the most get hurt the most. That love is still in you and it always will be, things will get better. As someone who has always felt the darkness I want you to know that you are loved, you are worthy and capable of love. The only way to let others love you is for you to love yourself. You are not defined by those who have wronged you. You are not defined by your past. With all of my heart I pray that love will soon come back into your life. Please stay positive and continue to fight through life. I wish you the best of luck.

  9. Kayelynn on April 15, 2020 at 5:31 PM

    TS,

    Your poem hit me straight in my heart. Your words are thought-provoking and saddening, it’s easy for readers to see/understand where your jaded opinion of love originates from. But, I hope you don’t give up on love and see that not all love is negative in the end. You’re a great writer and I’m curious as to what you’ll write next!

  10. Kiara on May 13, 2020 at 7:25 PM

    My coworkers always make jokes about how I hate love so the title was what attracted me to this poem and I was curious as to what was going to be said. But this one definitely hit home for me.. especially your closing line, “Cause it turnt me into something I wish I wasn’t and that’s a young black man with no hope……” because I know a lot of people like you. Love is definitely everything you’ve explained but I do wish you don’t lose hope and know that better days are coming! You were a natural born writer, lots of talent! I definitely will post your poem on my social media so others can see, this is something that deserves to be shared.

  11. Julia on October 18, 2021 at 2:38 PM

    It sounds like you have been hurt, and I am very sorry for that. The way you expressed your feelings was felt by the reader. There is a lot of passion in this poem and it really spoke to me, and made me feel something. It is also relatabe to those who have been hurt before, especially by a loved one. Again, I am sorry that this is how you feel, but I like how you take these emotions and turn it into something beautiful–poems. Keep writing, keep hoping, and keep your head up high. Thank you for sharing this!

  12. Noor Mansoor on December 6, 2021 at 8:24 PM

    Hi! My name is Noor, I’m a freshman at Wayne State. Your poem was so raw, so beautiful, and powerful it gave me goosebumps. I think we are always told as a society how important spreading love is and why we should forgive and forget and soften our own hearts. But what society fails to reassure is that love is a complicated thing. It often brings us pain and hurt. The one part of your poem that spoke to me was, “Cause Love brought me to tears. Love makes me show weak emotions like desperation and fear.” While I do believe that love sometimes results in emotions like desperation and fear, I do not think it is healthy to associate emotions like that with weakness. You are strong even if you experience those emotions, but I am glad you were able to so powerfully put your feelings into writing. Thank you for this beautiful poem 🙂

  13. ainsley on December 13, 2022 at 3:12 PM

    Hi TS,
    This poem is so honest and powerful. Experiencing pain from the ones that you love is so difficult and can make love hard going forward. I totally understand the feelings of being so hurt by love and the ones you love in the past that you decide to swear off love, but I do hope that in the future you find someone or something that allows you to change your thinking. The emotion in this poem is so intense and I loved the ending. Thank you for sharing and remember there is always hope, even if you feel like you have none!
    Ainsley

  14. eleni on February 8, 2023 at 5:42 PM

    Typically, love poems are sweet and capture the beautiful and mysterious side of love. However, this poem captures the other side of love. I think this poem is something that nearly everyone can relate to. Falling in love can be a beautiful experience, but almost everyone has had their heart broken and I believe it’s one of the hardest things humans have to go through. This poem beautifully captures how love is something we all crave, but it isn’t always as great as we expect. The line “Why do I hate love? Maybe because love hates me” really stood out to me. This line in and of itself creates a very powerful impression on the reader. It also helps set the tone for the poem and highlights that the author has always felt that they’ve been mistreated by those who were supposed to love them. I think this poem is extremely personal and raw, and I have to give the author props for that. It is really hard to put your feelings out there like this, especially when they are unpleasant feelings. I hope this poem brought some peace to the author. I do want to say that it’s okay to hold on to hope. I truly believe one day, everyone will find someone who will love them unconditionally. The last 3 lines, “Let me tell you why I hate love the most. Cause it turned me into something I wish I wasn’t and that’s a young black man with no hope,” made a huge impact as well. This is again a very personal and raw line, and really leaves the reader with a lasting impression. I’m thoroughly impressed with this poem!

  15. Karyna on February 13, 2023 at 6:12 PM

    This poem made me really think back and see that love isn’t always the best and can hurt people as well as it can make people happy. It was sad to read that the people you needed most were not their when you needed them. I can relate to you on this because this has happened to me a lot where I am always there for my friends hearing them out but when I need them, they just push me to the side. Many people think of love and always think of good things, but love can also bring pain and sadness.

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