The Innocence of Hate

THE INNOCENCE OF HATE

By A. Garcia-Wiltse

Hate is not a natural trait of man.  Hate must be nurtured, cultivated, developed and parented.  And once the seed takes hold inside the beating heart and expanding mind – the molding, sculpting and shaping begins – by masters and by experts – who have lost all sense and sensibility.  And hate becomes a living, breathing beast within.  Insatiable.  Unappeasable.  Unbounded.  A weaponized idea.

And it is when hate becomes all-encompassing, wide-ranging and all-embracing – that the harmony and beauty of nature’s majestic splendor turns into a chasm of despair, anguish and hopelessness.  And the innocence of man – buried deep beneath the animosity – the distrust – the disdain – suffocating among the memories and dreams of those who believed – those who struggled – those who sacrificed – before the beast within was let loose to devour the spirit that inspires – that stimulates – that arouses the imagination of man.

But even hate can become a victim.  A hostage.  A casualty of pure evil that penetrates and devastates the human mind – and degenerates the force that ties and binds the very essence of the totality of man.  It is when hate is turned into evil – that the innocence of hate no longer knows the difference between illusion and delusion, and reality, sanity, or truth.

And it is those who have unlocked the gates of hell – who now roam and wander through the corridors of the human mind – in search of ways and means to quelch the human thirst and hunger for that which dreams have set ablaze inside the human heart.  Equality – liberty – justice – happiness. 

Divide and conquer.  Hit and run.  Ambush and hide.  Deceive and betray.  Using color, religion, ethnicity, wealth, poverty, ideas and ideals long revered – as ammunition to wound – mutilate – or cause confusion, disorder, uncertainty.  Rabid hate -- that churns and turns minds into infectious pools of evil -- knows no bounds – it seeks only the final solution.  Absolute power and control.

The innocence of hate – a seed – nurtured, cultivated and parented – into the evil that stalks and pursues humanity – shamelessly – brazenly – endlessly.