RAMBLINGS, FOUR

WHAT IS HATRED?

HATRED, IN AND OF ITS SELF, IS AN ABOMINABLE

WORD,

EVEN AS THE SOUNDS OF THE DESCRIPTIVE WORDS,

NONE OF THEM SHOULD EVER BE HEARD.

IT EATS AT ONE'S HEART AND THAT IS FOR SURE,

ITS ACTIONS ARE HORRIBLE, AND ONLY ALLURES

MORE HATE.

WHEN ONE ACTS WITH THE MOTIVE OF HATRED,

THEY DESPISE, DETEST AND LOATH

THE TARGET OF THEIR EMOTIONS.

THEIR ACTIONS ARE FILLED WITH ANIMOSITY,

THEIR HEARTS ARE ACTUALLY COLD.

THERE IS ONLY ONE THING THAT HATRED DOES

ACCOMPLISH, AND THIS IS FOR SURE,

IT HURTS THE ONE THAT DOES THE HATING,

AND IT IS HARD FOR HIM TO ENDURE

THE PRICE THAT HATRED REQUIRES OF THE

ONE DOING THE DASTARDLY DEED.

IT WILL SURELY REQUIRE THE LIFE OF THE ONE

THAT LIVES WITH THIS TERRIBLE NEED

TO HATE SOMEONE, OR A VERY LARGE GROUP

OF PEOPLE. THEY ARE EATEN UP INSIDE,

THERE IS JUST ONE THING THAT INSTILLS SUCH

HATE, AND THAT IS TO LIVE IN PRIDE.

THINK WHAT PRIDE DOES FOR SOMEONE,

MAKES THEM SELFISH, BITTER AND COLD,

AND ENGENDERS HATRED IN THEIR HEARTS,

MAKES THEM VIOLENT AND BOLD.

I FEEL SUCH GREAT PITY FOR SOMEONE THAT HATES,

FOR I HAVE BEEN IN THEIR SHOES, YOU SEE,

I HAVE HATED FROM THE DEPTHS OF ME,

AND ONLY ONE THING BROUGHT IT OUT OF ME,

IT WAS LOVE, PURE, SWEET LOVE.

THIS LOVE THAT WAS PUT DEEP WITHIN ME

ROOTED OUT THE HATRED, AND ALL COULD SEE

THE GREAT DIFFERENCE UPON MY FACE,

HAVING BEEN GIVEN THIS WONDERFUL GRACE

OF LOVE.

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