(Draft #17, thx Rose Bud for suggesting this to me.)

14 years old

Is not very old.

Most people just started high school

And some are still in eighth grade.

14 years of age

Still makes you a child.

And yet-

And yet…

Yesterday I saw a post

Online

Of a girl.

She was grinning like the happiest person on earth.

The description went something like,

‘My daughter never ceases to amaze me.’

My parents used to know her parents

I think.

The girl was kneeling

By the body

Of a dead bear.

The 14 year old child

Killed a bear

Who wasn’t attacking

Just trying to live.

And the parents

Encouraged it

Such violence

From a _child_

Is incomprehensivable.

Human hurt humans

But why do we drag animals into this

Why are we so cruel?

Why do we do this?

How can a _14 year old_ do this?

14 years old

Is not very old.