This Thing Known As Hatred Poem by Francis Duggan

This thing known as hatred does seem a huge waste of energy and time
And it often does lead one to commit a jail worthy crime
Against the person that he or she has grown to hate
Most times bad feelings to worse feelings do escalate
Hatred crowds out all positive thoughts from the mind
And where it exist compassion you will not find
In the Human World hate crimes in numbers everyday does grow
Those who harbor hate to their enemies compassion cannot show
In the mind where love is hatred cannot survive
Only in the clouded brain it can take root to thrive
The one who lives with hate cannot think with a clear head
Though breathing the air of life he or she is soul dead
The one who harbors hatred of spiritual help is in need
Of all the human feelings the most toxic indeed.