Hate

A poem about one of the strongest emotions we have as human beings.

Hate

I don’t know who set the fire
But now it’s a blaze,
I guess no one assumed
The hell that it would raise,
It spreads from man to man
Consuming body and then the soul
But only after it was sure
That it had somewhere to grow

We tried putting it out
But the heat was more than most could bear
We tried to suffocate and smother it,
But, the flame was still there
It spread like a disease
Infecting men and then women
But it seemed to take great delight, when breeding in children

A few thought they could extinguish
The flames of others, burning within,
But soon found themselves consumed,
By the flames of revenge.