If you asked somebody what the opposite of "Love" might be;
their answer... almost without thinking, would be "Hate"... invariably.
But, is this really so? For characteristically; both Love, and Hate
share so much intense emotion, they are hard to separate.
For one who hates, is bound in thrall to the object of their hatred,
in the way Love binds together deep emotions... never sated.
Those who hate are never free; always, by their hate... obsessed,
and, like Love, they need to have this yearning physically expressed.

Perhaps, then... Hate is not the opposite of Love, as most would guess.
Perhaps, the opposite is Separation... that true loneliness.
For Love draws us together; separation is free-falling Hell;
at best... a cold indifference;
at worst...
the creeping, dread, Death-knell
for hopes and dreams; the cruel, deliberate, isolation of a Heart;
for there, lies loneliness, depression...
there, despair must surely start.
And with despair, the heart may hide, and, for itself, a prison make;
forgetting how to give its love...
remembering only, how to take.

Perhaps, then Separation, truly, is the opposite of Love;
and yet, there are more enemies, that creep about, and softly move;
weakening a love, perhaps, neglected by complacency;
by taking things for granted...
all those little things, we just don't see.
Like Inattentiveness, Contempt; Unloving, and Destructive ways...
Corrosive Criticism; Frequent Absence, Arguing for Days;
Opportunities for Intimacy ignored, or worse... denied;
no sanctuary for a wounded Love;
just cold acceptance it has died.

These things, they are the Enemies... insidiously, they work away,
undermining what was once a strong, safe love...
until one day,
the fortress is so weakened, that some stranger, knocking on the door
will breach the last defence, and then, the Love that was, will be no more.
So, there you have the double face of love...
a cautionary tale
of how a Love might touch the sky, and then, how such a Love might fail.
For Love is all you'll ever need; but, just take heed of what you do
with Love,
for if you cherish it; Love, always will be kind to you.