Something To Think About
Is there more joy than the sound of a child's laughter
long before they're forced to experience the life ahead
with its many challenges that are
enough to break the strongest will
though most succeed in becoming upstanding
and decent law-abiding members of society
those that don't sadly and for many reasons
are destined to spend their whole lifetime fighting
against an inner force far greater
than they are able to resist or control
those of us that have managed to stay
on the straight and narrow are at a loss to understand
it is for us to feel pity not condemnation
there but for the grace of God go I
of course, there are other factors such as
environment and upbringing but in spite of this
some still do manage to rise above
and become a model or at least law-abiding citizens
those are the ones we need to recognize
and hold in high esteem
just imagine how we would do in the same situation
so before we judge harshly these poor unfortunates
perhaps we should first try to understand
something to think about eh?
Copyright © Jack Ellison | Year Posted 2018
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