the emotions I should feel are anger, despair, and hate 

but I can't seem to allow myself to grow that irate 

the days are hard and the clock slow and all because I am hurting

What will bitterness impart in a weak soul?

What will contempt destroy in a very broken man?

What will rage trigger in a desperate wanderer?

It is the answers to my questions which lead me to this.

Why not love? Why not grace? Why not perspective?