how to begin
where to start
when hate
outpaces love
at every turn,
for hate seems
to organize and
commit stronger
than love
creating an
urgency of expression
lashing hold
of emotions
in a way that love
does not
and providing
seeming solutions
absolute answers
shutting the windows
while love
creates questions
opens the doors.
Hate does not hesitate
or wait; damning
the consequences
biting into the
present moment
while love
searches for
a mutual tomorrow
waiting patiently
for the other
to join it;
hate surges up
from within
overwhelming
all in its way so it
makes the trades
it needs to
preserve its
power
privilege
and place
while the
inertia of love
keeps us
waiting.
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