Poetry

The Absence of Opposites

Kieran O'Donnell

Many things are true,I know this is, too:

there is no cold,

there is onlythe absence of heat.

Heat is afluid thing

that has no form

exceptfor life-saving warmth.

Cold only happenswhen heat isnot there.

Cold is not athing.

It is ahappening

that makes the bodyshiver and shake.

Heat relieves that pain,makes you sweat(and sweat can be a nuisance)but

it is just heatreassuring youthat itwill alwaysbethere.

Kieran O’Donnell The Absence of Opposites
Kieran O’Donnell, 11
Philadelphia, PA

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