HATRED

“Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.” 1 John 3:15

Hatred, like a canker,

eats even to the most

tender part of the soul.

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It rests at the edge of love,

volleying back and forth,

pretending to be one,

and then another.

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It separates father and son,

brother and sister,

spirit and soul,

mind and body.

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It lives by many names,

anger, jealousy, rage,

all dividing,

all destroying,

all pulling asunder,

that which once was one.

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But whether it manifests

as rightful or wrongful,

it stands firm to one truth,

the end thereof is death.

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Come, Sweet Jesus,

and purge this cancer,

that it will have no claim,

on this life I call Yours.

Written 9-1-2000

Tags: Anger, Cancer, Death, Division, Family, Hatred, Jealousy, Love, Rage