The Spiral of Hate

Hate is the highest achievement of ignorance.
What I don’t understand, I suspect.
What I suspect, I treat with calculated caution.
As ignorance spirals beyond the limits of reality,
my caution turns into active resistance.
Resistance is then driven by a sense of fear.
Fear causes my mind to hallucinate, to imagine
only the worst, the most threatening.
When I am threatened, I dig trenches, build barricades
and create the perfect Hate.
Hate, if held too long in the grip of fear, buys automatic
weapons, plans the assault on innocents in the name
of justice or retribution, and waits for the opportune
moment.
Ignorance, the simple lack of understanding, an inability
to hear the other, the unwillingness to consider without
prejudice…ignorance becomes its own reality and builds
a house with no windows.