The Spoken Word of Millennial Struggles

See Here's the Thing

They say that one day you'll feel that certain desire that takes you higher

To places you never thought you'd be and see things you never thought you'd see.

They say that one day you'll meet that person that makes you feel

Things you never thought you'd be able to and clothes you never thought you'd peel

They say one day you'll feel love

But are they one and the same?

Does lust equate to love? How do you know it's not just a game?

They say that one day you'll get married and have some kids.

And you ask them if this is the one, the one you're supposed to have that future with and they'll say

No.

See heres something i learned the hard way, its that the older generation just cant stand to see kids happy.

Theyll say youre way too young to understand these emotions that you feel.

And they'll try to bring you down and say kid, it's just not real.

See, but here's the thing about that, it's something funny.

All love carries high stakes

The only way to learn is to make those mistakes yourself.

Don't listen to your aunt Paula whos on her fourth husband

Who tries to tell you shit you should do in an experience she don't know nothing about.

And for this I'll get a lot of hate from older people who say I'm just a kid.

I'm expected to have a job and take care of my own shit

But any time i find something that makes me happy they wanna foam at the mouth and try to bring me down.

Because they're not happy with their life, so "how dare this young bitch

Be happier than me

I've wasted my whole life on a job I fuckin hate, I can't stand all these kids coming in and finding shit easier than i did"

But we struggle. Trying to find out how to juggle

Love and life and bills, trying not to just run to the hills.

I work my ass off! I'm aware that life is hard, all this shit fuckin sucks and I'm trying not to get stuck

In that vicious cycle of work late, family hate and wasted time

I'm trying to live my fuckin life and still make that fuckin dime

Don't expect no help. It's not gonna fuckin come, I learned that the hard way too and that's just what they do.

They wanna bitch at you every chance they get

Because how dare you try to happier than them, how dare you not waste your life on shit that don't fuckin matter

Just like them.

See here's the thing, fight that fuckin system. Break that fucking cycle, do what works for you and don't you dare apologize to a goddamned person for finding what works for you in an overly fucked up system.

See here's the thing. The world is set against us. And if you have help that's fuckin great, I'm glad you don't have to deal with what over 40% of our generation feels. But don't you fuckin dare turn your nose up at people struggling, you don't know what the hell it's like to live life like we do.

Shit is fucking hard. Life fucking sucks, and here's a fucking newsflash for you in case you haven't realized. The world don't owe you a goddamned thing! Not a job, not a liveable wage, not a salary raise. These you gotta fuckin work for, and maybe it's your parents to blame

For handing everything to you and not making you work for a thing

So you've grown up convinced that life is easy. I've had life figured out since I was sixteen. And there's forty year olds walking around who still don't know a thing.

Life is judgemental. You gotta come to peace with that, someone will always have something to say about where you're at.

There's always a Karen or a John who tries to say that you're fucking lazy, get a job and get with the fuckin game. Dont you dare curse, sit up straight and get your life together.

Fuck you Martha, sitting in your two story house drinking wine while your kids are crying in their rooms trying not to fucking die.

See here's the thing. You can't possibly understand what it's like to grow up in my generation.

And your generation calls me whiney, entitled, and all i ever do is complain.

But it's your generation that raised us, we learned it watching you do the fucking same.

I'm not entitled, I'm not lazy. My back is fucking shot, but hard work has never bothered me. The only people I've seen of my generation who act like you claim

Have been spoon fed their whole life. So who's really to blame?

See here's the thing. Life is stressful. I'm sure you've got your own struggles, but just because im young doesnt mean I'm carefree.

I've lived a life of abuse, PTSD, depression and anxiety because my mama didn't give a fuck what happened to me.

You say the only people who can have PTSD are people who've been to war, but I've been fighting my entire life just to fucking survive.

See here's the thing. This rant isnt meant to attack, its meant to bring awareness because so many people my age think that they're alone.

But they're not. I stand with you. We can fight together and bring this world to a change. And just remember that I love you and keep fighting.

Fuck what other people think, chase your happiness. Chase love, chase friends, cut toxic people out of your life and forever stay positive. One day we'll all be happy because we didn't listen to those who tried to make us drown by always bringing us down.

One we'll look back and reminisce

about all our struggles and how it was just fucking ridiculous.

See here's the thing