Love/Hate Relations

In "Please Come Late," Hugo Williams describes to be someone who is trying to let go a loved one. This person is having a love/hate relationship with himself or herself. They are trying to except the fact the the other is not coming. Although in the same way wanting them to show up. They tell themselves to suffer, to wonder, to beg, but then second guess themselves and try to tell their mind it is to late. They tell themselves that the other is thinking about them, well hoping at least. At the same time wishing they don't cross their minds, therefor they can let go. As they try to occupy their mind with something else, yet the problem is still there. It just will not go away. As this person is in their mind going crazy, they are still in love, but not being able to recognize is much easier. There was still passion here when the relationship began to dissolve. Of course more for one then the other. As much as they want to, they want to hate this person, but they simply can't. It continues to eat them alive. "Hate Poem," by Julie Sheehan is explaining someone having a whole lot of hate for something. Every little thing is a bother, but it takes caring to hate. Every bone in this body hates you, every little thing they hate. Just like in "Please Come Late," I see it as another couple, where he or she is trying to hate the other. This is obviously a relationship gone bad. This person still cares though, just as much. They just have a different way of showing it. They believe that telling themselves all the things they hate, or that hates the other is going to help them cope with the fact that the relationship is over. Either poems mention about wanting the other back. Although in "Please Come Late," the person goes back and forth in their mind about whether or not they want the other to show up or if there is even still thought there. In "Hate Poem," it is all strictly HATE! This person seems to be really tore up inside being as hate is used in every line practically. It makes you wonder what happened in this relationship that was so bad to make one hate. In "Please Come Late," you get a sense of passion just because the person is so back and forth. But in "Hate Poem," there is no turning back, they hate. Like mentioned earlier, it takes someone to truly care to give the time and energy to hate someone. If there wasn't so much care still there, hating them wouldn't even matter. They both approach the same thing, but in there own way most defiantly.