heart ache

Today I read the newspaper like I do everyday. It never fails to leave a horrid feeling in the pit of my stomach. Children beaten to death, drowned, killed and burned. Ten year olds who kill their fathers to protect their mothers from being beaten. Humans are horrid creatures. The evil that we possess is incredible. I have no hope that humans will ever be more than violent animals. I read an article a year or so ago about a 4 year old who was beaten and tortured to death by two 12 year olds. The older boys lured the child from his mother and brought him to some train tracks near a mall and tortured him. Everytime I think about this tears well up in my eyes. That poor little boy. He cried for his mother and still the older boys tortured him. How can two boys so young contain so much evil? Disturbed doesn't even begin to explain what they did. The mother of the 4 year old was criticized for not watching the boy better but anyone who has children knows that it is impossible to keep a 4 year old glued to your hip at all times. The pain that she must be enduring I can't even imagine. My heart aches for this child and his mother. The worst part about this is that these kind of atrocites aren't rare..they happen all over the world. Everyday you read about a new one. More death, pain and suffering being endured by innocent children whose lives should be about love, playing, learning, ice cream and running through sprinklers. The other day I was shopping in my little grocery store in my little town and I overheard a tourist say "You should have known that they wouldn't have that here, I mean look at this place. I don't know how people live like this" I used to think this way too. I've realized that this small town is the best place that a child could hope for in these times. Murder, drugs, and other crimes are rare. I can take my sons to the store and not have to worry that if I can't see them then somebody must have taken them. I am still careful because I know that my town is not a Utopia but I think that I can do without a few specialty items in exchange for the safety and happiness of my children.

The things that I have seen and read have made me realize that humans are nothing more than animals whose intelligence only affords them the power to destroy each other more effectively.  

2:36 PM - May. 27, 2007 - post comment