It begins very small
Seems like nothing much at all
Just a germ, just a speck, just a grain
But the seed has been sown
And before you know it's grown
It has spread through your life like a stain
And its power will strangle your love and joy
And it's hunger consumes for it lives to destroy

Hate is the star; it becomes who you are
Not the hated, but the hater
Has torment that is greater