GAPING WOUNDS

FRESH FROM OUR MOTHER'S WOMB WE BEGIN OUR LIVES AS PERFECT LITTLE PEOPLE NOT YET EFFECTED BY THE WORDS OR DEEDS OF THOSE AROUND US. AS TIMES ROLLS ON LIFE'S ROCKY TRIP CHANGES ALL THAT. ALONG THE WAY SOME HAVE TO DEAL WITH ONLY MINOR BRUISES WHILE OTHERS ENDURE A GAPING WOUND THAT FESTERS. IT CAN BE SAID WITH CERTAINTY THAT ALL 32 VICTIMS OF THE VIRGINIA TECH MASSACRE WERE NOT PERFECT PEOPLE, BUT LIKE 99.9% OF US THEY WERE GETTING THROUGH LIFE PRETTY WELL. FOR SUENG HUI CHO LIFE'S CONSTANT INPUT TOOK A DIFFERENT TURN AND HIS DEMONS FINALLY WON. WHAT GOT HIM TO THAT POINT WE WILL NEVER KNOW. AND SECOND GUESSING HOW WE COULD HAVE STOPPED IT DOES'NT HELP THE DEAD AND BURIED. AS CARING HUMAN BEINGS WE WILL PROBABLY THINK ABOUT CHO IN THE DAYS TO COME AND WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN THE APPROPRIATE TORTURE FOR SUCH A KILLER BUT THEN, THAT COULD MAKE OUR OWN LITTLE BRUISES GAPING WOUNDS.

PAUL WOLFE