Renga 9 "Hatred's Legacy"

I hate hate to death
the United States warships
in my home harbour,
skinheads and conservatives
make me hate me for hating.

Hatred breeds unrest
the soul is blinded from truth
the mind is troubled
it leads one to the dark path
which will end in true despair

Hatred starts more wars
between race and religion
down through centuries
regardless of well wishers
outcome is blood guilt and death

My mind held vice like
kept me a captive for years
now I am so free
I was feared to even leave
why could I not see my life

Beatings, beatings, beat.
I now just wander the street
I am my own "Me"
no more to take life's big fake
I sent him to his hell's door.

Love hate relations
is one act of unkindness
away from snapping
many blows abusive speech
straight for the knife and he's dead

Understandably
acids have always been so
acidly bitter
blinded by his jealousness
her beauty has been stolen.

How simply divine
it is behind curtains here
is summer out there
hiding from judgmental eyes
she peeks behind the curtains

In post-war Britain
hate lingered like a dust-cloud
from a bombed-out home
mum's tales of Nazi tortures
made me shiver over lunch

I hate the thought that
the world is a huge burning
cauldron of hatred
we must learn to love to hate
hatred in its every form

Like a silent storm
hate sweeps away the rooftops
of the crumbling homes
loving more and hating less
leads to a sanctuary

When love misbehaves,
and overtstays the right track,
hatred finds a way.
if we remember to bliss,
just then we forget to hate.

You hate me being
everything you say you want
everything I'm not
love left before it began
strangling idiot demands

Life could be so bland
without a pinch of hatred
like salt free diet
for a perfect recipe
avoid excess of hatred

Hatred is insane
body of mother's baby
riddled with bullets
cops shout f–ing animals
Tells grieved family bring it.

As our hate subsides
let us rejoice in a love
unconditional
let us free our ways today
we have to drive hate away.

A heart treacherous
want to strike back with much force
love keep putting up
put away maliciousness
you can't change others just you.

Antidote for hate
is being empathetic
to fellow humans
diminish hate's legacy
by being compassionate

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