Image.
it's what we're all about now.
both physically and figuratively.
it's what define our coolness,
or lack thereof- it's what our generation
has become.
and it matters- because of all the problems
running down the cement patches of my brain,
i'm worrying over what filter makes me look skinny-
it's the only thing stopping me from saying
what i keep underneath locked boxes buried
six-feet underground.
Image.
it's all we have left.
they might not truly love us-
but as long as it looks like they do...
Image.
It's fine if you don't have any friends
That actually cares about you,
Just as long as it seems that they do.
Image.
Maybe he's cheating on you.
Just as long as it seems like you're
the only one in his world.
Image.
It's okay to be lonely- everybody is.
Just as long as it looks like you're...
not.
[even when it's the most painful feeling in the world].
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THE NOSTALGIA GENERATION [wattys 2018]
Poetrya compendium of impetuous diatribes, pretentious poetry and clandestine glimpses of the horrors and woes of a poisoned youth from a washed-up, bitter so-called hipster, who psychoanalyses her own generation. [alternatively called savvy g...