We are the creatures of violence

We are the creatures of violence Almost entire human history was the history of wars People finding different ways to hurt each other In the name of Gods, In the name of religions In the name of ideas, In the name of countries In the name of the people, In the name of honor Weak people were dominated by stronger ones This was not about who is right, This was about who can fight We teach children how sex is wrong But we show them violence on TV, Violence in cartoons We bring children to watch professional fighting We teach them to feel happy when someone is hurt We beat our children when they disobey We insult them, We humiliate them Teaching them that violence is the answer And then we wonder why do we have wars Why do bad people exist, Why can't world be fair Why do people lie, Why do they hurt each other Why they kill each other, Why they humiliate others Even if you decide to kill me, Just know that I will not kill you I hold a different ideology, I think killing is never right I think we should teach our children about peace And not about violence To solve their problems with conversation and not with fists Then they tell me how the only thing that stops the bad guy with a gun is the good guy with a gun But these people never wondered why the bad guy is bad Was he someone who had a good life Was he someone who was showered with love Was he someone who never saw violence Was he someone who only saw good things Was he someone who was always respected And then, In this perfect world, With his perfect life He suddenly went mad and decided to kill people I think the story is a bit different than that He probably had parents who beated him because of his bad grades He probably had friends who beated him Taking examples from when their parents beated them He probably beat his friends as well Learning that violence is the answer to violence Learning that you won't be beaten up if you fight better Learning that you won't be bullied anymore Only if you hit back, Only if you hit harder This is how the violence reproduces itself Violence creates violence And then he decided to buy a gun Now he can shoot those who try to beat him up This is how the bad guy with a gun is created This society, This environment produces bad guys And as our response to this Instead of trying to change the environment We create good guys with the guns Because it's easier to just kill the bad guy It is easier to do that than to try to help him It is easier than to try to understand him It is easier to kill the bad guy than to try to make it So that there are no more bad guys So that there is no more violence We use violence to prevent the violence And while that has worked to a certain extent It would be better if we never had to resort to that The greatest achievement of man Is finding alternatives to violence And the best response to violence Is to stop creating violence This society, These people worship violence Instead, They should be worshipping peace They should teach their children the alternatives So that their children will not be the next bad guys They should lead their children by example That violence is not an answer That it is better to talk, That it is better to understand That it is better to feel another person's pain I know that I have probably gone too far I know that this world will probably never change I know that people will dismiss me as yet another dreamer But at least I have dreams, At least I understand what really happens While you laugh at violence, Laugh at another person's pain I keep dreaming, I keep imagining a better world While you satisfy yourself with the world you have been given I strive for something greater, I strive to make it better