Hatred
takes
time and energy
Hatred
wears away
the good in us
by gradual degrees
of erosion until
you no longer
realize
you’re empty
inside
Hatred is
tiring to
perpetuate
Hatred is
tiresome to
its victims
and targets
Hatred
is based
on
private preferences
in a
public world.
Let us be done with
Hatred
and be about
the business
of rebuilding
the land
we now share
and each other
We will never
purge evil
as long as we
practice it
look the other way
when it occurs
take pictures of it
say “Glad it’s not me.”
and
convince ourselves
‘it will never change
because we can’t change.”
Why not?
Beyond Panic 