Our Generation

Our generation is so obsessed with the idea of perfection

Society has consumed us with the thought of how we are

meant to be

At first it was skinny

Then it was thick

Now it is toned and shaped

What's next?

We look up to celebrities who are addicted to fame, drugs

and money

They taught us quotes such as "Yolo" and "Turn down for what"

Is this really role model criteria?

All I see in high school is a bunch of people who hate each other pretending to be friends

It's no longer a place to learn

Instead it's all about

Appearances

And who you surround yourself with

High school is hell

A girl cries

She thought she could trust him

A boy cries

Everyone laughs

A guy lets a girl know how beautiful she is to him

Screenshots

Tweets

Posts

100 Favorites

Likes

Social media has given us a distorted image of the ideal

And we wreck ourselves to adapt

All because he sounded "Thirsty"

People aren't even dating anymore

You only find "Things" "Hook ups" and "Friends with benefits"

We meet on twitter

Which leads to talking

Catching feelings

Strangers knowing our deepest secrets

This generation lost the meaning of romance

We toss around "I love you's" like "Hellos"

We give our bodies to people who don't even care

And we are judged by the amount of people we have let in

Our generation relies on alcohol, drugs, and parties

We drink to get drunk

Drunk texts

Drunk making out

Drunk hook ups

Drunk decisions

Drugs are easy to find

When stressed

When happy

When lonely

When bored

Parties are no longer about celebrations

It's for

Beer pong

Shots

Smoking

Sex

Our generation tried to grow up too fast

People of this generation do not talk

They text

We are masked by computer and phone screens

Confrontation has turned into

Texting

Status

And if we are lucky, a phone call

Doorbells are not rung

Now it's just a "read" text

But getting no message is also a message

Technology has ruined adventuring

We are addicted to superficial things

Apps you can download freely

Parents complain all the time about this messed up

generation

About how we are the wasted youth

But lets not forget

Time has changed

Parents have no idea what it's like to be a teenager in this generation

We are constantly compared

Surrounded by peer pressure

And mislead by people who we thought care

And even through all the bad, our generation still has hope.

Thanks to Zoe Tempesta & Lorna Stephenson.