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.

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