where is the love?

"tonight, your ghost will ask my ghost,
where is the love?
tonight, your ghost will ask my ghost,
who put these bodies between us?"
-calculation theme, metric.

everywhere i've looked lately, there's hate.
i used to look around and see love.
couples happy, friendships blossoming.
but not anymore.
everything has started to fall apart.
and not even love can keep it together this time.

instead of loving, we've started to hate.
we hate by pointing fingers and accusing.
we hate by hurting those closest to us to relieve the pain.
we hate by leaving those that need us behind.
we hate by saying vicious things, with our words and with our actions.
we hate by demanding information that really doesn't concern us.
we hate by ignoring those that obviously need our help.
we hate by talking about things that aren't ours to talk about.
we hate by asking too much of those we know can't handle it.
we hate by crossing the carefully drawn out boundary lines.

why do we do this, this hating? why can't we
at least try to understand?
at least try to listen to each other?
at least try to keep hearts intact?
at least try to love?

why can't we all at least try?

because hating is easier.
and God forbid we try to fight for a relationship that used to mean the world to us.

but really,
why can't we all at least try?