People say
"I hate this outfit"
"I hate my life"
"I hate you"
But do they really know what it means
to hate?

Do they know
what hate really is?
It is a burning feeling,
the kind that leaves you with
imaginary blisters.
The kind with anger
and frustration
and bitterness
all rolled into one.

People say hate
is the opposite of love.
That is not true.
Both burn brightly with passion.
Both blind people
and change them
into something else.

Hate is the fiery desire to see something
disappear.
The kind when you'll do anything to make
that thing you hate
vanish without a trace.

Most people don't know what hate really is.
I do.
I felt it before.
I've hated a lot of things.
Even myself.

But I can say one thing now
from all the things I've learned.
Hate grips you
and never lets you go
until you do the one thing
that you regret the most in life.