Shattered Youth

Needles piercing skin.

Fluids invade blood streams.

Organic herbs rolled in paper,

Burnt and inhaled like incense.

Sex a sport and lust the perpetrator.

Love tortured and chained down,

Lashed and whipped in a cage.

Music gains more momentum,

Educational messages die out,

Substituted by brainwash.

Pills overdosed,

Minds collapsing,

Lives relapsing,

Mental barriers braking,

Fantasies become these life like illusions,

Paranoia, lust,hunger, insatiable desires growing.

Goals and good nature become a hallucination.

Skills die out,

School the instigator.

Subliminal messages turning children into these sick slaves,

Addicted and and more enslaved to all these false hopes,

Sold these shattered dreams.

As the youth shrivels out,

These corporations just laugh it out,

Feeding these twisted lies,

Fueling their lust and hunger,

Creating addicts with strong cravings,

Slaves to these drug-like products,

Gaining fat as young ones grow thinner

An era of a shattered youth.

Author's Note

Well, feel free to add insight and any advice to help with improvement.

Reviews

[Coyote Poetry]

Amazing use of words and thoughts. Truthful and honest statement gave life and visions to the words.
"Gaining fat as young ones grow thinner
An era of a shattered youth."
I agree with the logic. Same logic as a thousand years ago. Rich and greedy people use the poor and the young to keep their wealth. No weakness in the outstanding poetry.
Coyote

[PHFASCES]

Thank you very much. I just wrote that out of the blue unexpectedly

[Coyote Poetry]

The poem brought our thoughts to ponder and left the reader with something to think about. The goal of a writer and you are welcome.

[Solar]

/As the youth shrivels out,
These corporations just laugh it out/

An indictment of how impressionable minds have been bought by consumerist brain-washing.

[Insight "MH"]

It is sad seeing what become to most of the young generation due to what I call "The Zombie Effect", even though they don't look dead, but they act so. The poem is strong in form and in purpose. Thumbs up.

[katy B]

A very straightforward point at reality. Brilliantly writen. Thank you for sharing

[PHFASCES]

Thank you for taking the time to read it

[JayDee]

Pretty deep. Really like how everything was said.
Speaks the truth about the youth today.
The words made the reader think about it for reals... Thank you

[Hope Rose]

This is really good. It leaves a lot for the reader to think about, including how they may even live their lives. I love it, keep it up
Shadow

[PHFASCES]

Thank you. that was the intention.
Sam

[PHFASCES]

Thank you mam

[Hope Rose]

you're quite welcome sam

[Bohrium Guy]

My favorite lines "Music gains more momentum,
Educational messages die out,
Substituted by brainwash." Its so true that today more so there is that factor of brainwashing taking place. Turning the youth into cold, dark and unfeeling monsters. All while the adults fight about what is offensive.... Great Write!!!

~Rob~

[PHFASCES]

Thank you, and that is one of the messages i have laid out in the poem. Thank you for reading it

[Hogwarts]

Wow, this is just amazing. It's sad that this is exactly what is happening :(
Great job.

[PHFASCES]

Thank you. it started as a freestyle reflection ten bam, poem

[zunie frost]

Great poetry with perfectly choosen words !!!! I like your work 100% ratings from me as always

[PHFASCES]

Thank you very much. i highly appreciate your input

[zunie frost]

my pleasure !!!!!

[Rose Jaeger Kaneki]

this is AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!! love it, keep up the amazing work

[PHFASCES]

thanks a lot

[Rose Jaeger Kaneki]

welcome!!!!
- Silver