Hatred

I wear her hatred like
a cloak.
Dark, heavy,
it envelopes me
in blackness.
I cannot breathe.

It hisses as I walk
like snakes
with poison tongues,
darting in and out.
My ankles bleed.

The heavy hood weighs
down my head
blocking out all light.
I am blind.

I cannot escape
this vile cover.
It has permeated
my skin,
my soul,
my heart.

I wonder,
if it has poisoned her too.

She must die.

If I am to continue
to live.