Hate Rears Its Ugly Head

Hate Rears Its Ugly Head

Hate a strong word

Rears its ugly head

When you make me mad

I try to express myself

Tell you how I feel

When you harshly characterize

You make me heave a sigh

As your fiery missiles

Aim for my heart

This burning inside my chest

Continues as I try to dodge

Perfect hits

I have become weary

Fighting off the blows

With every humble utterance

Hate a strong expression

Suppress behind the pain

I try so hard to hide

I feel the destruction

You cause my soul

When you show no compassion

Crumbling

I throw in the towel

Losing the war on words

Exhausted shred to bits

I fall at your feet

In total surrender

With my dignity in tack

I held on to, my self-respect

Not letting go of me

Standing tall,

I rise from beneath

Battered flesh

Your intense ways

Causes scaring on my heart

Makes weak

Each breathe I take

Slow and deep

Harder than the last

I sit quiet listening
To music thinking about

Sadness bottled up

Hoping for a star

To shine bright

In darkened sky

I lay in wait

For the day when

Kindness smiles on me

Waiting for love

Like a lonely child at the window

Hoping for a parent who never came