No love

Friend:

Why do you hate yourself?

 

Me:

What? I don't hate myself.

How could I hate myself when everybody around me reminds me of all my flaws? 

How could I hate myself when love is uncool and hate is "in"

How could I hate myself when the people that surround me already do it for me?

How could I hate myself when I am constantly reminded on how bad I am and how I could never be anything in life?

How could I hate myself when I know that the one thing I want to do in life, I probably won't be able to do?

How could I hate myself when most of my teen and adult years will most likely, like everybody else's, be filled with sadness,depression, anxiety and hate?

How could I hate myself when everybody else hates themselves?

How could I hate myself when you hate yourself? 

How could I hate myself if... Oh wait I do hate myself.

 

Friend:

Why do we hate?

 

Me:

The real question is, why can't we love?