When one is full of hatred br They feel totally justified in it br They feel their wish to destroy and punish br They feel it puslsate in every fiber br As they grind their teeth and seethe br And the feeling escalates br And dosn't leave br Dagger up their sleeve br From morning until eve br The feeling increases br And takes over sane thought br Darkens everything br And forms a black hole br In the heart they left broken or stole br you feel turmoil br and your blood aboil br but your victim is your foil br you wish to scald and burn br in your cauldron of hot hateful oil br All the light goes out br You only scoff and pout br Forgetting what life is about br As profanity you scream and shout br In the vengance that you tout br Becaue you don't wish to bear the pain br and let them get away with sin br Instead of striving to forgive br You let hatred in br But at this very minute br That you're in it br you somehow cannot see br with clarity br that you've let it win br It's taken who you are br It's taken who you could be br But you don't realize br The cost or it's severity br But you cannot live br You cannot be free br as long as hatred br consumes and won't let you be br Someone mentions God br and you say you don't blelieve br but God is there to love you br and won't ever leave br But you need him now br And you've got to unerstand br He's given you freewill br You've got to reach for his hand br And the moment you do br He'll rally around you br And show you light br And see you through br Though you've blamed him too br he'll guide you to forgiveness br And help you find the real you br the one you somehow lost br before your heart froze in the great frost br before you realized the truth br Of hatred's cost br Only when you're born anew br Will you begin again to find the real you br The one you have lost br Before you choose consider this: br Love and Hatred cannot coexist br By choosing one br The other you will missbr br JAMES T.