Tuesday 5 July 2022

Harvest of hate

 





I'll go far away. Your hate and prejudice

will be like sand between my toes and won't stick,

fall off from my skin even as it dries -

not a grain nor crumb. Not an atom of it.


Not one yarn of this entire tissue of lies

will touch me, nested in a different life.

Nothing but rightful the balance of justice

not each thrust acid sharp silver keen as knives.


I will stand here steady on my own two feet

and what you've sown is what you'll have to reap

today, tomorrow or centuries hence -

food grains grow only where the waters run sweet.


You'll sit alone with your sharp words and weapons,

cold your fireside. And the harvest in ruins.



13 comments:

  1. Hari Om
    An armour of words! Well defended... YAM xx

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  2. I wish. How I wish. And I also hope that harvest day comes soon.

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    1. Yes me too! Most likely not in my lifetime...however...the mills of justice grind exceedingly slow but exceedingly small. Not one of the monsters will escape.

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  3. Hi Nila - so so true - what a wonderful way of expressing what is going on ... the appalling thing is the person responsible will live on without conscience, and no doubt ultimately escape into death on his own terms. Harvest of Hate - very appropriate title ... so so sad - but right to write about. Thank you - Hilary

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    1. It is infuriating and unbearable!
      'The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice' MLK.
      Someday they will get their just deserts.

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  4. Walk away from the hate and they'll have to waller in it by themselves.

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    1. They are happy to for the time being. Not all victims of hate have the option of walking away. Life can be complicated. But it will get better some day.

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  5. So true, Often victims of hate cannot escape. Very touching, Nila. The first stanza grabbed me - Your hate and prejudice/
    will be like sand between my toes and won't stick... Nice one.

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  6. Such powerful words which are spot on!

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    1. A saddening harvest for both parties. Thank you, Michelle.

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  7. Quite the harvest of wrong....well done

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