it spreads wild <br />it puts on a show <br />it portrays destruction <br />it sinks to the deepest low <br /> <br />But we could <br />put that fire out <br />Splash some pure kindness on it <br />And fire would soon be a drought <br /> <br />yet hate is not fire <br />and purity is not our desire<br /><br />Silent Speaker<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/if-hate-were-fire/
