Teenage Revolt

Oh boy, don't say it again

Do not repeat to me about 

How teenagers are ignorant and

Cause so much unneeded chaos

Don't you get it? 

We are humans, you and I

Breathing the same air, 

Containing the same number of chromosomes 

For God's sake, 

Open your eyes

We all make mistakes, and yes

Some of us do venture to drugs

And alcohol

And tragedy 

People who have already stopped growing

Who work for a living,

They do too

And don't you dare repeat to me

That ignorant phrase

"You need to grow up,"

or, 

"Stop being so emotional, child."

There is an increasing rate of 

Girls and boys who don't have the self-esteem

Or confidence to be themselves

To reveal their emotions without judgement

But then again,

There are adults with the same issues

That contradicting comment

About how selfish, how stupid 

We are as a whole?

The world is difficult enough

The doubts of safety

Increases of suicide, of eating disorders

Of the divorce rates!

Christ, is there any trust to be slivered from

The gross reality of our world today?

Everything we say,

Wrong.

Everything we try so hard to accomplish,

Not enough.

The person we fall in love with completely?

A waste of time that ticks away in the bodies

Of the societal lectures

"Have a great body, or be a disgrace."

"Earn the most money, or forget about being beautiful!"

"20 tips on weight loss,"

Or,

"How to be the perfect version of yourself, in 5 steps!"

How about, father,

And mother,

And the government as a whole

We step back and view what is taught

Maybe rub your chin, and doubt what is preached

Instead of faith, love

We have merciless crime and unemployment,

Parents who read books and news articles 

On how to expect too much

Or the importance of making the children of tomorrow

Doubt their value? To feel

Emotionless

Caged

Driven to the point of tears and blood

To earn their keep

Fit in the jeans you expect them to?

How about, we realize

Our mistakes and maybe, for once,

We could follow OUR dreams, 

Not fear being shunned from our families

For coming out, or not having a 

Fat, large paycheck

And to the media, 

I yell a loud, obnoxious

"F**K YOU!"

To all of the lives devoted to starving 

In hopes of acceptance from you

To the skinny, airbrushed models you portray

As perfect, natural

To shaming those who are happy

Truly happy, because

You are too shallow to realize the world isn't in fact

Revolving around beauty, and 200 calorie meals

Screw off, all of the corporations

For continuing to poison our bodies

With unneeded chemicals

And to the government 

For feeding us lies and keeping us dependent

On self-conceited a******s

Who are only in it for the money

And for all of you reading this,

Never listen to those who aren't worthy

Of your time;

Change for no one, and follow your beliefs

Don't EVER let anyone convince you otherwise

You are the one who decides your path,

Not them. Love yourself beyond the boundaries

People have set upon you

Ignore the rules of society, the cage of guilt and envy 

Of eating or loving yourself. You

Are your own boat

And you only need yourself to row you along. 

Screw everyone who thinks differently. 

Reviews

[Salem Fitzgerald]

You are a very smart person. I felt the same way when I was a teenager. The thing that doesn't make sense to me is that everyone was a teenager at some point so why perpetuate a judgement on an age group when you yourself hated that at that age? And as you get older, you have new stereotypes to destroy so how about we just wise up and abolish them all? I very much enjoyed reading this. Never give up what makes you passionate and angsty. Keep questioning, keep writing, keep revolting. xo