Horrors of This World

            The world is in a sad state of affair, from wars in our neighborhoods, to wars that are going on through the world; to hideous crimes being committed without any recoil of how they are affecting other people’s lives. Anyone reading this knows of the wars that are occurring throughout the world, while we all have horror stories of the wars that are being waged in our own backyard, along with the crime; has the world gone mad! Have we become cold-hearted salvages that care only for ourselves, bringing children into this world and letting them run about wildly.

            Many of the youth of today, are not respectful, they are nasty, and mean; I would even venture to say they are evil! Why? Many parents don’t have the time to correct them when they do wrong, they are busy at work, and little Jim is running about after school; just give him the house keys and have him call when he gets home; parents think it is that easy. For some it may be that easy, but many are finding that there time away from their children has its consequences during the teenage years. Since they have been on their own for so long, by fourteen they feel they are completely grown up and the parents have “allowed” them to behave this way. Today’s youth do not know what accountability is, they are so use to having someone “fix” the situation; then when they become adults and its time to play “hard ball” in the real world, guess what? They can’t handle it, they are unequipped to deal with responsibilities of paying bills, working, going to school, caring for family; and the worst part is the inability to take responsibility for something they did.

            Recently in my own back yard, the night before Thanksgiving, there were several hit and runs, where people got hurt and a few died, but the one that really disturbs me is the little old couple, going to church the night before Thanksgiving; hand in hand. It was not only the act of running this lovely couple down, but the fact that later that evening a family member attempted to cover it up by reporting the car stolen. To commit a crime so horrible, and have no remorse and then involve someone else, shows just how unaccountable our society has gotten.

            It was the night before Thanksgiving as Mister and the Mrs., sent out to church, with a few groceries purchase for those less fortunate. With a bag in one hand and their spouse’s hand in the other they proceeded on their way.

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Just outside the church, only a few yards to go, they slowly stepped off the curb; then it happened! A vehicle cruising along not paying any mind, perhaps drunk or on drugs, either way he hit this elderly couple, married some forty-two years. As the driver drove away, leaving behind the bodies of a husband and his wife, still holding hands with the groceries by their side. The crowd grew, and the sound of sirens roared, from left and right, north and south the sirens screamed in the night. People sobbed whiles others cried most where horrified, and yet a few had managed to get the plate number. Some got the first few numbers of the plate, while other got the last, and soon they had a complete license plate number. The puzzle to this horrific accident would slowly come together.

            As the couple lay there, in the middle of the road, the husband slowly slipped away, his injuries where too severe, even if he wasn’t in his seventies; his wife though was conscious; even with her many broken and mangled bones she found the strength to talk. She needed to know how her mate of many years, how was he? Is he all right she asked?  As the two ambulances speed quickly to the hospital, still calling to her husband, inside the emergency room, together they were placed within the same tiny room. She spoke to him, as if he could hear her; stating the things that needed to be done, the kids need to be called and not worry everything will be all right. As they lay there side by side, with only a sheet between them, God had called her home; her injuries too severe, perhaps it was for the best since obviously it would be too hard to bare her life alone.

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            While this sadness spread throughout the emergency room, and slowly through the streets, some thug had thought he had gotten away. To ensure his safety and not face the truth, he had a person call his vehicle in as stolen; adding insult to injury to say the least.

            How could you plow down an elderly couple and then attempt to cover it up; and how does the person who called the police that the vehicle was stolen, live with one self?

Is this where we are headed, with hit and runs in every city and state? Attitudes of self-righteousness and unaccountability, if we don’t get the message across now about being responsible for our action, the future lays in peril, as we slowly kill each other.
Our children, our future!

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