Collateral Damage

Victimized by bullies That come in every size from aggressive children to callous judgmental adults frustrated and disillusioned off their spiritual track just being miserable hurtful and unhappy thrashing out their rage at easy targets at innocent children who don’t understand Victims of abuse verbal and mental malicious attacks venomous messages pounded in their brains a bit less blatant yet not much different than throwing acid in their face Sadistic name calling becomes tapes that rerun their whole lives thru inside their heads destroying confidence Innocent youth that will not question or understand AP: 2nd place 2020 Submitted on September 26, 2018 for CONTEST NO.500 sponsored by BRIAN STRAND Originally posted on July 6, 2018