The Deadliest Virus

Hate

The ugliest word to exist

In the English language.

 

And yet

It flourishes

Like a drug resistance

Super bug

Despite all efforts

To eradicate it.

 

Spring forth

It's virulent spores

Looking for fertile ground

To infect

And multiple.

 

Twisting simple fears

Or misunderstandings

Into grotesque

And misshapen ideas.

 

Where rational thought dies

And innocent people

Are harmed.

Author's Note

Originally written, July 21, 2014.