WoW... what do you say to this...

On a childs TV show
the favorite character was attacked
brutully
and murdered
and the children think
it was the israelis
and they wonder

i can only imagine
what would happen
if one day
on noggin
or sprout
in the middle of the goodnight show
out came elmo
happy as can be
to suddenly be murdered
in front of their young eyes
trauma
stress
hate

i love children
children love
children
are our future
they are innocent
until proven guilty
or in their case
forced out
of innocence
tested
adoloscence
mistakes
decisions
choices
directions
lost
but never forgotten
always forgiven

some of the children
grow young and fast
and develop into adults
sometimes sooner than they desired
sometimes it is stunted too greatly
you have adults
with such childlike tendencies
with grown up words
and grown up toys
and grown up hate
but inside
they are still
the injured child
traumatized
scrutinized
afraid

if you compare the children of the world
and the life they endure
the world of their upbringing
not chosen by them
there is no choice
when you are born
who you are born
where you are born
that is what makes children children
they have yet to make their own choices
and until they are capable
they are dependant
on the adults
to properly choose
for them

these proper choices seem to be diminishing
the world extinguishing
and the adults
are more and more
just children
stuck in the trauma of their life
of their upbringing
not of their choice

the only war worth fighting
is the one that saves the children today
rather than destroying their tomorrow