POETRY

MEMORY DAY

MEMORY DAY

We're a generation

A misunderstood nation

Angry at the mess

Older kids have left for us

So that we could only rest

After we took our last breath.

We're not interested in being easy on the eyes

Don't you know we're broken, damned and damaged?

So don't you put on us your rules and presure

When we don't even know how to repair our hearts or broken minds

We're just a bunch of kids

We were never supposed to carry so much risk

Or deal with things this early

When our minds force us into things some people don't seem to worry

Jumping from bridges and hanging the ropes

Crying out in pain

Yet everything is still in vain

Is it really so hard to understand

This wasn't supposed to be our end?

It's like we're wearing rose-colored glasses

Knowing fully what goes on behind them

But choosing to rather shut our eyes

In front of the big hard truth

Pretending that it's all lies.

Let's memorize this in our brain

We're dying everyday

And the ones who survive

Have nothing left to do but to pray

We'll turn out okay.