YOUTHFUL DIALECT

I'm lost in a roar of meaningless sound
Where youthful dialect is all that abounds
Attempted conversations have left me unfulfilled
With no meaningful words on which to build
It's a growing hunger to touch another mind
A lust for the communication I might find
Wisdom in words to satisfy my hunger
Craving talk from someone older not younger
I am an alien to this indifferent land
An adult with only children on hand
Suppressing my anger at the ignorance of youth
While facing its questions with only the truth
I may appear in control for all to see
But inside I'm screaming for someone to talk to me
                        Bear

Author's Note

I leave most punctuation to the reader that they can read the poem in their own meter, mood and motility. I thank you for taking the time to read my work.

Reviews

[Érenn]

I thought you were talking about the past me in this poem. For many years I struggled to find people to converse with. Two reasons: One my thinking never really matched with my peers around. Second once a conversation began, it was difficult for me to always come down to the other person's level on that subject matter. Honestly it was tough for me. Sometimes it still is, but over the years of constantly trying to understand the people in front first has helped me cope up with this situation. Still very difficult to find people who are able to keep up with me in a conversation and follow things I share. Or find someone who has something amazing to share and has a thought process very similar to mine. And i don't have to take the pains of trying to think first before speaking. ^^ Thank you for sharing ^^ I liked it a lot ^^

[Bear]

Yes it is a double-entendre with communication the theme, looking for like minded people to fill the thirst for knowledge, companionship or just entertainment can seem like being in a world of children :~)

[Devons]

I think this should be permanently posted on the Google search page.
The technological age offers many great things, but it also makes life too easy for many people - especially those who have grown up on it. There are so many opportunities for communication, but in the end it produces less. Instead of really talking they merely make announcements or tick boxes or advertise themselves and their unimportant and uninteresting lives. It gives poor communicators the excuse to remain that way, and gives good ones the excuse not to try so hard...

A really well-written poem with real substance and a true bearing on modern life. The world of the internet and mass communication has opened up a generation gap, and that is something which is very significant in the world we live in - but too easily dismissed, and not taken as seriously as it should be.
"Indifferent" truly is the word that encapsulates this entire issue, and this poem is a testament to the effects that indifference produces. Also, it depicts what is for many people a private frustration with the world that is now progressing and mutating. Sadly, as will probably always be the case, the younger generation will never understand or appreciate this until they are themselves the older generation.
This poem is a landmark commentary; with a personal voice and a universal meaning.

[Bear]

After a complement like that I had to look to see if you was a family member looking for a loan Ha! Ha! I like trying to capture real life surrealistically as simply as I can so as to not make the issue any more complicated. To bad you were not around when I was teaching poetry, you would have made a great sounding board in class and maybe a debate or two on different opinions on poetry craftsmanship :~) Thanks again for the in depth review and feel free to stop by anytime.

[Devons]

I would have loved to have said a thing or two in one of those classes!
Oh, and I haven't finished with you yet...:)

[Bear]

Thanks for the warning, will it be horseshoes or hand grenades I should look out for?

[Devons]

Depends what kind of language I employ...

[Bear]

Ha! Ha! No firearms though I am to big a target at 6 foot 5 you cant hide just anywhere :~)

[Indra Neil]

great expression of thoughts and feelings with raw truth in this write! well done!!

[Bear]

In a way this was a tribute to my mother, she had 7 children plus every kid on the block hung out at our house that she had to contend with. I look back now and wonder how she didn't lose it and put a few of us out of her misery :~)

[Indra Neil]

a sincere write indeed!

[S.R.M.]

Bittersweet. Sad that the subjects feels different and is not happy with the maturity level of those around them, but it will be a good thing that they are above the childish, shallow conversation. one day that will serve them well.

[Ronnie]

Sad but beautiful, thank you for this wonderful words, you may like to read one of my poems "I was born dead" It's somehow similar to this one.

[A. Fiorillo]

Incredible!! There is no other word...well maybe there is, but I can't think of it right now.

[Bear]

Thank you, I should look in my archives and see if I still have the picture this poem was written about and post it with the poem.

[A. Fiorillo]

Yes!! Oh I don't know how to post pics with my poems on here..I gotta investigate! Lol

[Bear]

Look at the tool bar just above where you post your text of the poem, there is a picture icon that will let you browse your PC for your picture.

[Suzy Hazelwood]

This is sad - it really shouldn't be like that. I have to admit I can't think of a time in my life where I couldn't communicate with people of all ages. Age is to some extent irrelevant to me. Even when I was a teenager I used to talk quite freely to older people and in most cases they often accepted me. Although I did used to get a little annoyed with the way some older people judged younger people (not myself) but were critical of the music or clothes that other younger people were into and telling it to me forgetting I was young myself!! I've never forgotten that, and at 47 I'm even more aware of avoiding that terrible trap of not relating to the younger generation.

I haven't had a problem yet, and I hope as I get older I never do. Sometimes younger people, teenagers especially, can have some serious hang ups about certain things and themselves, so I feel it's actually up to an older generation to help encourage them to communicate. They are in a sense the infants of the adult world and they just don't have experience and confidence like older people do. I remember having problems relating to other teenagers when I was a teenager, because they were not always easy going like I was. But I found talking to them long enough, they let down their barriers and became themselves, then it was fine.

I hope you do find a better way to communicate with younger people, it's very important for everyone not have divisions for any reason at all.

[Bear]

I thank you for you comments but I should let you know that almost none of my poetry is personal, many of them were written as part of a poetry challenge. I like to try and write about a topic from different perspectives, think of it as standing in another mans shoes.

[marcus]

I also find it hard to find others to communicate with. I said communicate with, not talk to.
Great poem!!!

[Bear]

Nice to know I am not the only one, now if only we could get the rest of the world to catch up!