the victims lets keep them in our hearts

How many animals cruelty cases

do we see  each day

hundreds of them

all that angst

and some pass away

the perpetrators some get charged

and others get away

but what of the little victims

who with their bodies pay

this case in mind happened in Greece

a kitten was attacked

brutally beaten around the head

everything was stacked

up against the little soul

its psyche torn a’sunder

beaten by a full grown man

really we have to wonder

how it can now face the world

and how it sees its life

every time it sees a man

it will relive that  strife

the pressure on that baby

its baggage and its woe

this might have been one incident

but inside  it will grow

the victims are forgotten

nobody gives a hoot

and there are so many victims

with grave fear at their root

the attackers get a telling  off and maybe a  fine

but the torrent of abuse

and hurt they don’t pay for down the line

both its eyes were damaged

its mouth and jaw

was smashed

the agony just must have been

terrible

it flashed

in my mind the lasting shock

it probably never will

wipe that event out of its mind

this effect does chill

every single hour of every day#

where ere it goes

it will recall the injuries

and that bastard

for it knows

others might be out there

to repeat the same

and so

he becomes a life long victim

and the stress may even grow

developing a hatred for men

which isn’t fair

not to men that love cats

that are more aware

the malice it can come out

any time of day

and all because one bastard

hurt and made him pay

an animal has learned to trust

and hopes that gradually

they have a working relationship

which  is played out happily

but if theres unrefinement

and boorishment  about

who know what will happen

there may be inner doubt

and this can upset the apple cart

and cause friction to occur

a silent miaow