The Voice of a Worried Generation

When you're young and naive You see all these beautiful things And you want to believe That you are beautiful too. When you are young and kind You see the lost souls And can't leave them behind. When you are young and thriving You see the elderly and don't realize One day that will be you Looking through their eyes. When you are young and thoughts are light You don't wonder if you're made wrong You don't want to fight. But the young do not stay young They must age They turn into people who influence the stage That makes the world turn in so many ways When you are older and able to see You realize that nothing is as it seems And the thin beauty that you seek Comes at a price. When you are older and turn the other cheek You know you can't help the broken If your outlook is bleak. When you are older and feel like you're drowning You see your face in the mirror Frowning But you must fake a smile if you want to make it in this place. When you are older and thoughts are gloomy You feel lost inside When you should be blooming with the grace of a rose And you no longer know if you're ready to turn this world into a better one The biggest fear that we all have is not having enough time. But who cares about time when the young only want to die? Who cares about the time when the old are not yet ready to go but the young would happily take their place? What will we do when the time comes for my generation to make the world go around but we don't even have enough love to love ourselves? Think. Teach. Learn. Love. Give us a chance to love ourselves again. We might just surprise you.