Participation Trophies to All
We were raised to believe that we could make a difference
That our every action had an impact
Guess what? It doesn’t.
We are not special rays of sunshine
Or a precious little snowflake
We are faceless blobs
You probably won’t make a difference
“Do what you love and the money will come”?
Who started spewing that bullshit?
Don’t me laugh
Loser living in Mommy’s attic
You don’t even deserve
the privacy of the basement
I look back through humanities history and see
That the difference makers
Were the motivated
Julius Caesar
Burning shit down
As he went about
Conquering Rome
Too bad he didn’t finish the job
We were raised to believe that:
Trying our best = Success
But participation does not equal change
You failed, accept and move on
The number of followers or friends you have
Does not mean that you are a leader
That you’re making a god-damned difference
Better try to keep this
Under 150 characters
Because god forbid
I write a paragraph
You think I give a damn about your lunch
About your cat licking a stuffed animal?
“You are the future”
“You’re going to tear down walls”
I do believe we would have to get off Instagram
In order to do that
The millennials, the next generation
Changing the face of the world
One Twitter war at a time
…Yeah, right.