I Hate to Rate Love - May 17, 2026

if you find a hand

to place your biggest fears

to your grandest dreams

which closes its fingers

around those naked feelings

as gently as your own

that’s like having another arm

to lift off the world’s weight

and pull you out from under it

romantic love might be the biggest

heart squeezer, that which drives

you insane with happiness

but if it can’t perform the above,

then what will help you

when you’re crying for help?

a good friend hardens your joy

and at the other end, helps

scrape the ugly sticky off

as you both wipe away the rest