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Hate,
You came to me
When I was a child

I don’t want you to
Be near me
Ever again


It was during WW2
Japan ruled
Koreans obeyed

One day 
Mother came home
With tears in her eyes
Her voice filled with bitterness

A Japanese soldier kicker her
With his heavy boots
In a busy street
Where everyone was watching

Watching her bruised knees
Discolored shins
I felt hatred filling my entire being
Spreading like a wild fire
Not only against the soldier
But against all Japanese

I was a seven year old boy then

Late in life
I realized:

This must be how we learn to hate
A person and a nation
If unchecked, the hate will grow
Like wild fire
Spreading all over 

Mother taught me to love
She said love was like 
Spring sunshine
Helping people to get out 
Of their cocoons
And mingling with others
As brothers and sisters


But how can I love 
Instead of hate?

I did not tell myself to hate
It happened without trying

When I saw Mother’s bruised knees
Ugly face of hate filling my entire being
With the red banner of death
Coaxing me to revenge

Can I shove this hate 
In the chamber of my will power?

Or Will it explode with mighty fury?

Or should I pray to God to diffuse it?

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