#2177 - Bondi (hate's day)

 

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Bondi

hate’s day again

 

we tried to sweep it under the rug

hoped hate would go away

 

but the deep rage rises

 

amazing how many would die for their hate

 

hate flies its flag

it sings its song

 

the words are easy to remember

the words are ‘kill kill kill’

 

hate’s hidden in the cracks all this time

 

it was in a little harmless joke

a casual aside

 

some thing said how we know about ‘them’

not even a wink

just a silence will do

 

now here’s hate’s great ugly head

oh and hate keeps cool

it plots

won’t say a word

 

hate’s coming for us

hate won’t be long

 

better get out of hate’s way

 

hate spits in your face

 

hate sprays its poison

hate hardly needs to take aim

 

loves a knife and a gun

needs no words

 

hate is a long way past that  

 

hate’s favourite thing is death

if hate sings, that’s what hate sings

 

hate wants to be more

salutes itself

 

hate’s always watching out for joy

   for love, for signs of friendship

   for healing, for hope

 

hate has a nose for these

they inflame  

hate really has a passion

never takes a holiday

 

hate’s been always brewing

 

hate laughs at your tears

 

hate says

‘it’s hate made us’

‘this will never end’

 

hate always has the evidence

 

can you imagine the loss makes such hate?

how far hate has come to be here?

 

who will hear when hate’s condemned?

is that a front page headline?

no!

hate’s always in the news

 

did you know

hate doesn’t care who you are

what you do

?

 

hate won’t hear your reasons

it doesn’t want an argument

 

they’ll say it’s in the DNA

an attack of hate confirms all suspicions

 

hate sprays bullets

hate throws bombs

hate’s cool, calm

 

‘eye for an eye’ hate says

it loves to take down innocents

infant blood’s hate’s favourite

 

hate calls itself righteous and just

 

hate lurks, it stalks

 

you’re just minding your own business

just going along

 

turns out these are acts of bravery 

 

hate waits

hate is waiting for its maximum moment

 

hate knows where we live

 

and hate’s day comes

can’t ignore it anymore

 

then how can we turn the sea of hate back?

how do we stand together?

 

all these big words are said at the time

 

we’ll zap hate with our laser ray

we’ll hate hate back

we’ll wipe hate from the face of the place

 

deep down we all know none of this works

 

what does not kill hate make hate great

 

you’d like to put the cork back in the bottle

 

throw hate into the sea

but it’s all one ocean

won’t hate wash up somewhere?

 

seems like pretending won’t do the trick

 

love has been suggested

and listening

and acceptance

the offering of the open hand

the face to face

and eye deeps seen

 

it’s like we’re all being asked

                   as one

 

‘what are we going to do?’