Love
Love all that is beautiful
Love all that is ugly
So that love is all that remains
In a happy state of mind
A matter of choice
Love cancels out hate
Hate cancels out love
Which is the lighter load?
Carry one or the other
Befriend the heavy one
To lighten both loads
And love the journey together
-Camille Delaquise
This poem appears in Behind the Facade, Camille’s debut contemporary poetry collection. Love speaks to love as a conscious moral practice — one that embraces complexity, softens division and offers a lighter, more humane way of moving through the world.
This poem is available as a contemporary poetry print on textured recycled card.