Home Town Violence: soldiers without a purpose

Old wise men always have young followers, offspring and kin waiting with pride in line to take their places. These men are only perceived as wise to the fresh weak minds. They already have been brought up in an environment that is not conducive to positive change and usually reside less than desirable areas of town which affects their outlook until it turns to sour reality. They know nothing better than that what is influenced from their founding fathers: pride for ghosts and respect which they think they deserve. They are unable to take responsibility for themselves until they have only a few ways out. A few of these being prison and addiction and all along their lifetimes learning how to survive while gaining a sense of belonging from the same old men that taught them this the only way in their chaotic world.

There are exceptions to this and it requires the utmost optimism that they can change their reality any time they want, they cannot lay blame on the man or woman, they need to look in the mirror of life and see things how they are at this moment and how they’ve gotten this way; from this, these young people can see into the future further than tomorrow and gain the will to change, in the end some leaders prevail and those that don’t their followers will always fall short.

There is no fear in love as John once said and these soldiers have merely been fighting fear with fear and I can hope they are struggling to abandon the idea that it is the only way.