Love vs. Hate

I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.
Martin Luther King, Jr.

I laid awake
thinking about
the way you are

how can you taste
anything of reason
with that serpent tongue of yours

don't you ever tire
of its relentless slashing

I know you must hate
the nothingness in you
so it's easier
to chew up
the something in me

But hate is too great
a burden to bear
so i'll just stick with love
I'll just stick to love