I Hate the Word 'Hate'

I do not hate you.
I care too much,
Or too little, 
About you to hate you.

However,
I resent your greed,
I resent your lack of empathy,
Sympathy,
Compassion.
I resent your ignorance to 
Clear,
White
Lines (I made them bloody straight!)
I resent your happy exterior.
I resent that I met you,
I resent that we didn't meet sooner.
I resent that you left,
Even more so that you can never come back.

I hate that I don't resent you at all.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2016

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