you hate people
with your whole heart
for what they say
not what they do

you say
I have to hate them too

why is hatred so important to you?

each day I try to play a role
in our society

to mimic an image
of what I think they want to see

but deep down
I am savage
I am wild
my soul has teeth

and time and time again
I try to hide that side of me

how could I ever find someone
to love me as a whole

the monsters in my mind
and the maelstrom of my soul?

through all my doubt
I dare to hope
to meet the one someday

who sees the demons in my eyes
and does not look away

Break that attachment,
like you did in the past
Going to leave you be
and, think of me
Attachment is the source,
of all pain
When you understand this,
in life you will gain

© 2022 Carol Natasha Diviney