They're usually children.
Sometimes animals.
All cases are heartbreaking.
It's a dreadful commentary on the human race.
In fact, it's a disgrace.

I understand that humans are complicated.
Is it cruelty or genetics or ignorance or just doing what you know.
And the list goes on.
The reasoning behind it is a conclusion forgone.

How can we stop the cycle.
We must.
But the world is massive and full of danger.
And sometimes the perpetrator is a stranger.

There are all sorts of excuses for abuse and neglect.
The mom wanted to party all night so she locked her three year old in the car.
To most people that would be a reason to call Child Protective Services.
If only our society would make these observances.

Such a dark subject.
What kind of mindset does it take to hurt the small and the innocent.
It usually takes a heart filled with hate.
Their victims need an avenue of escape.

Will they every feel safe again.
The victims, I mean.
I don't think I would.
If only they could.

It makes me want to rip the world apart.
And wrap my arms around the poor souls that have been victimized.
To make them forget.
To turn their lives to reset.