Proverbs 10:12-

Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all offenses. 

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I know nothing of love.

Perhaps I'd been burdened with that toll because God knew I had a cold heart.

Either way, I had welcomed pain and she was at my mercy.

I hoped for better in the past when I was in despair, but my prayers went unanswered.

That vile woman I had been forced to call my grandmother struck like a viper and made me heartless.

So, I treated my peers the only way I knew how. In the end, they all treated me just as I had, leaving me for dead in the darkness without a second thought.  

Then she came, leading me into the light for the first time in my life. 

I know I don't deserve her. She should run. But I'm much too selfish to let her go. 

Maybe one day, I'll be able to grow a pair and treat her as she deserves.