"Hatred" is the thing with claws-
that slices through us all.
And leaves a wound without it healed-
then, captures for it's thrall.
Torn by it's embrace with pride.
It infects all that it leaves behind.
But love could be it's mend
that keeps our hearts enshrined.
I've seen it rip and tear lives-
and play with them like prey.
Yet, never, in experience
it suppresses love with it's pain.
** Based off an Emily Dickinson poem
