2 X 2 = 4

i could hate you
and you could hate me back
we would be stranded
on opposite banks
when we've burnt
all our bridges

i could hate you
and you could love me back
believe in me
when i say
i could never hurt you
without bleeding myself
many times over

i could love you
and you could hate me back
grow weary of
all the ways my love
confines you in
with its infinite worry

i could love you
and you could love me back
we'd build our world
brick by brick
till our butterfly
comes back to
the wildflower
....

[wildflower is a song by sheryl crow]