Our Generation

I look around and all I see,

is mistakes and terrible memories.

 

All these children hanging by the end of their ropes,

suicide after suicide a world with no hope.

 

Now I don't believe that the world can't be saved,

and I don't believe we're all destined for early graves.

 

I don't believe this is a hopeless generation,

no... I don't believe this is a pathetically damned nation.

 

Every where I turn there are sad and hopeless eyes,

and the souls of the lost they scream and they cry.

 

Show me the beauty in all of this madness,

because the world thrives off of this sadness.

 

Now I don't believe that the lost can't be found,

and I don't believe man is born just to be buried under the ground.

 

I don't believe that we've worked so hard for nothing in life but misery and hate,

no... I don't believe that we're too late.

 

Families are no longer caring,

pain is the only thing today that they're sharing.

 

Our generation is no more than death and decay,

our generation will soon fade away.

 

Now I don't believe that we can't be saved,

and I don't believe I've been born just to be sent to a grave.

 

I don't believe that I am part of a lost generation,

no.. I don't believe that I belong to a pathetically damned nation.

Written by Emilie Renee

Reviews

[Trevor Jay Bloodworth]

I like this. It's one of those poems that makes you feel like there's no resolution and then BAM, there's some comfort in the end. Good job.

[Emilie Renee Barnum]

Thank you!

[Simply_Stylish]

Inspiring! I wonder if ours is a lost generation too at times but then it's different times, different challenges. We'll overcome.

[zainul]

Thought provoking message.
I appreciate your style that matches a great oration.