A Child's Laughter

Is there anything more joyful 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?