Dear Hate, I hate you too
For making me the enemy solely because of my skin
For making me cry for you
Try to teach you better
Teach you love
When you knew the lesson
You just would apply it to confederate flags
Monuments that don’t bleed
And money, oh you love money
You love big business, and labels, and you love things
You love things and you long to posses people
How fucking backwards
I hate you too
For being my brother, my sister, my family and my cancer
For making me scream for you
I try to save you, oh I try
Save you from yourself
From a lifetime of fighting winless battles
From Civil War and domestic terrorism
Stop this
Stop lying, stop hiding, behind
Capitalism, blue lives matter, politics, history
Just stop
How many more excuses will you make
I hate you too
Cause I’m tired of loving you
I’m exhausted from seeing the best in you
Only to be given the worst
I’m tired
Of explaining why I’m here
Why I belong here
Why I should be here
Just like you
I love you
And I think that’s the worst part of it all
I love you and
I hate you too
For making me feel so hopeless
~R.K. Russell
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