Role Model

You try to impart your

so-called wisdom

to our poor, innocent souls. 

You tell us you've

been in our shoes, 

that you know

what wer're going through. 

And maybe you do,

to some extent. 

But if you really knew us:

what we thought,

how we feel,

what we experience 

day to day...

you wouldn't be 

standing there 

trying to connect with us. 

You wouldn't be standing there

trying to tell us how we feel. 

And just because

"statistics say

this and that

about kids these days"

doesn't mean that those 

numbers

hold any answers

about who

we are. 

We may make those 

statistics,

and they may be true. 

But, when you tell us that

we fit them, 

and that all you want is for us

NOT to...

You aren't seeing us. 

You're seeing a 

number. 

And we don't listen to numbers. 

We CAN'T listen. 

Nobody is trying to make

bad decisions. 

Accidents are not

purposeful. 

So why stand there, all 

pitying 

and sympathizing,

coaxing us out of

a situation

that we will never

try to fall

into?

You must think you 

are such a good

person. 

An absolute

role model. 

Yeah, right. 

Somebody

who pretends to 

understand us,

yet stands up and 

says we are doomed

to make horrible and reckless 

decisions

is not

a role model. 

They are not even

inspiring. 

They are a number generator. 

You want us to stop rolling

our eyes?

You want us to listen to your 

wisdom of salvation?

You want us to prepare for the

worst?

Then look at us,

listen to us,

and you can prepare to 

see:

who we really are.