Fear

Hate is the residue
Of fears too personal
To allow self-recognition,
We fear the dark because
It is unknown just as those
We hate we are ignorant of,
Because we will not know
What frightens us so we
Prefer the utility of hate
To learning it is us in
Other forms, shapes,
Shades, features,
Accents, just as
They fear and
Hate us for
The same
Reasons.
Hate
Stamps
Its foot in
Fear, shakes
Its fist in fright,
Too scared to
Face who it
Is they are.
Afraid but
Too proud
To ask for
Kindness
They can
Not offer,
And so
Fear
To
Love
Their neighbor
As they do not love
Themselves, they
Hate for lack of
Empathy or of
Compassion,
Forgive the
Ones who
Cannot
Help
It
But
With
Caution
As they fear
And hate
All who
Love
Humanity.