Hate is such an evil thing
It can consume you totally
Until it fills your every pore
And leaves you with NO joy.

It starts when you are angry,
But cannot get it out,
So it starts to fester, and
Like a disease, it eats at you
Til there is nothing left..

I used to hate my rapist,
For he stole away my soul.
I used to hate my partners mom,
For the things she had done to her.

I would go to work for 8 hours a day,
And only think about hate.
Oh, I went through the motions
Of everyday living, but there really
Was no ME! Just a core of hate
And anger, slowly fading away.

Then one day I met a man,
Who reminded me of ME!
His face was sculpted in angry lines,
And I saw my face in his.
I thought to myself, is this how I am?
Do I want to live this way?

So, now the hate is behind me,
Or somewhere deep inside me
Where it sometimes surfaces,
But doesn’t control my life.

I found out that I want to live
A happy life, what’s past
Cannot be changed.
So now I just must forge ahead,
And take it as it comes..

I try to show the people who love me,
Just how much I love them.
I look at other people,
They have problems, too.
All everyone wants to do,
Is to be loved by someone!

I cannot love them all the same,
But I can smile and say hello.
And, slowly, the disease of hate
Is taken away, by little bits of joy,
That we can spread around every day.

SPREAD THE LOVE AND JOY OF LIVING!!