"The unlawful premeditated killing of one human being by another." That is the definition of murder, according to the Oxford Dictionary.

Every normal, mentally stable human will judge a person who is a murderer. It is basic instinct to look down on someone who has taken the life of another being. Whether the murder was intentional or not, we as a society generally do not care. If you have physically killed someone, you will be known as a killer for the rest of your life.

You may be thinking, what's the problem with that? Shouldn't a murderer be judged for the crime they have committed? Sure, if you're a person who has taken someone's physical life, you should be punished and judged. But what about the people that have taken away a person's ability to want to live? Do we judge them on a day to day basis? Do they get to walk free, and live life without people knowing of the crime they've committed?

We have become so stuck on the typical definition for murder. "The unlawful premeditated killing of one human being by another." When you think of murder, what do you think of? Shooting someone? Stabbing someone? All of the physical ways to kill someone? No one ever thinks of murder as someone tearing another person apart emotionally, so badly, that the person who feels torn apart doesn't want to live anymore. No one ever thinks about murder being someone mentally abusing another human so terribly, that person has no original thought anymore. The mentally abused person goes on with their days, living life the way someone else wants them to. We are a society that is so quick to judge and hate murderers, but condone the killing of a life as long as the soul has not physically left the body.

Do you remember a few years back when the song "Moment 4 Life" came out by Nicki Minaj, and one of the lyrics were "but to live doesn't mean you're alive"? Everyone loved that lyric, and posted it in their Instagram captions, and Facebook statuses, but no one ever truly thought about the meaning.

So many people live their life, without actually living their life. There are so many souls out there that are just so damaged by the actions of someone else. They go about their days, living one after the other, aimlessly with no true meaning. Is that truly living to you?

It's mind-blowing that someone's words/actions can have that much of an impact on someone else's life. Think about it, you can take away someone's will to live, and that is a very powerful thing. Some people thrive off of that feeling, and that makes you no different than a murderer.

There are murderers that walk the streets every single day. We witness people murder our friends and family, and say nothing about it. Then once those murderers are done with your loved one, they move onto their next victim, and the cycle just continues. There are people who feel no remorse for their actions. There are very manipulative people out there who thrive on the ability to make you feel like you are nothing, who thrive on the idea that you don't have the desire to live because of something they caused. In a sick way, it is an ego booster for those people. The most sad part about it all is, there is absolutely nothing you can do to stop them.

There is no law stating that you can't break someone down to the point where they feel like they are nothing. Then in the most extreme cases, there are people who will feel lifeless for so long, they kill themselves. As for the person who actually killed their ability to live, they get off completely free, in search for their next victim.

Getting away with murder isn't as hard as you thought. As a matter of fact, you might even be a murderer yourself.