GENERATION Z IS "TOO YOUNG"
you say i am too young.
too young to be a feminist.
too young to know my own sexuality.
too young to be depressed.
too young to hate.
too young to protest.
too young to be an activist.
too young.
too stupid.
too naive.
and you're right. i am too young.
too young to be scared of bullets ricocheting through my school, embedding themselves into my classmates and having to watch as the life from my friends once bright and hopeful eyes flickers out, knowing i will never be able to apologize for that stupid fight we were having, knowing i will never be able to laugh, smile, or talk with them again, knowing i will never be able to hug them again, knowing i will never be able to tell them i love them one last time.
too young to be scared of being raped by someone while i walk down the street because i can feel their eyes watching me and i should have waited for someone to walk with me, i should have waited for my friend to have finished her test so we could walk together because now if something happens to me it's my fault but i just wanted to go home to get ahead on schoolwork.
too young to be scared of finding my friend dead in a sticky pool of her own crimson blood because slitting her wrists and watching the blood flow was better than living or finding her body cold and lifeless on the bathroom floor with candy colored pills scattered around her and stuffed down her throat because she'd rather go out in a loopy daze than try to withstand and fight the torment and i couldn't make it in time to stop her.
too young to be scared of seeing a familiar face on the news because jordan was black and looked older than his actual age and the white middle aged cop shot in "self defense" even though jordan was unarmed and innocent or because elias was muslim and was carrying a "suspicious" bag and was shot and later died because the police officers thought he was a terrorist when elias just wanted to get home to his mom and little sister with a jewelry box to give them, which now sits in pieces on the concrete floor.
too young to be scared of finding my lgbt+ friends killed, abandoned, or sent off to a conversion camp because all they wanted was love and acceptance but instead they found hate and rejection because they were "disgusting sinners" who were just "confused".
too young to be sobbing with such lose and grief over people so dear to me who were killed and died.
too young because no one would help them because all of their cries were "fake" because they were too young to know "real pain".
too young to be scared, bruised, bloody and beaten by a war i did not start or choose to fight in.
you say i am too young.
and you are not wrong.
i am too young.
too young for
H O M O P H O B I A
R A C I S M
S E X I S M
R A P E
S E L F H A R M
S U I C I D E
G U N V I O L E N C E
and
S C H O O L S H O O T I N G S
to be normal to me.
i should not be so desensitized by this violent reality
and with every ragged breath we take our lungs get more shredded by all of the hate and misery that is ingrained so deeply in our society
you say we are too "sensitive"
because we are "hormonal teenagers who can not control our emotions"
and therefore we "cannot have opinions"
but you can no longer invalidate our claims as we yell for change
because the DEATH of our classmates
and the BLOOD of our friends
has paved the path for this revolution
my generation will be the one to instill change and bring peace
because we grew up in a hating world spiraling into darkness and death. dying was never our biggest fear, watching the world burn around us was expected
but we fully intend to repair the damage you all have so carelessly done
so yes, i am too young
but you cannot blame me for my hyper awareness of our reality
my generation was born with information at our fingertips and we have been told to sit still and be quiet
because the adults were talking but you had your chance! it is now our turn to speak
and our turn to fight
because our rage is pure fire
❝ SO YOUR GENERATION MAY HAVE WON BATTLES, BUT MINE WILL BE THE ONE TO WIN THE WAR ❞
YOU ARE READING
Generation Z
Short Story"Your generation may have won battles, but mine will be the one to win the war..." i found this somewhere and had to put it here. If you're from generation Z you might as well read this TRIGGER WARNING !!!!!
