my friends and I
we were 17 when our lives stopped
and it sucked
because it didn't matter
because so had billions of others
billions
a considerable part of them literally
it was yesterday when they announced the removal of all restrictions
and god did we wait for that day
now that it's relatively over
I think I finally have the right to not shut up about it
to not suppress the deep sting that came with the thing that I do not want to name
to finally let go of it
I don't have anything valuable to say
I was young and healthy
I didn't die
and neither did my loved ones
my income
my means of survival wasn't cut short
and all this time I've been afraid that whatever I have to say about what went on for two years wouldn't be valid just because I didn't suffer enough
but the thing is
I did
we all did
my friends and I
and we still do
because we were on the brink of adulthood
and we were supposed to have the time of our lives
and nobody told us that the second we'd be allowed to catch up with the time that was stolen from us
we'd have to pin another country's flag to our chests because we're just the kind of people who'd do that
no matter the fact that we've been sucked dry of life
and I'm not talking about me and my three friends and a couple of classmates
I'm talking about an entire generation who was robbed of years of youth
and yeah who maybe hasn't lost anyone to the war and who's homes are not being invaded yet
but it doesn't have to go that far to hurt
it hurts
being alive in today's world
and we're not used to it
because for the first time in our lives
it is not our fault
with all due respect
I hope some day
on a day when there's peace and health
somebody's going to take responsibility of what is happening
and I hope they gives us the kind of apology that we believe it
the kind that would justify the price we've paid of staying quiet in the face of those who have suffered out in the open
