My generation thinks there must be some way
To remove all inequality, so we all are the same
We aren’t close minded,
As we constantly are reminded
They think we are tainted
But have they seen the world which with we are acquainted
We are supposed to trust our elders
But they are the welders
Of this broken world,
Which we are just born into
Of this broken world,
Which they refuse to change
We try our best
And fight for the rights
But we are “just” kids
So we lose the fights,
Are you really fighting, for rights of all?
I mean it should be simple,
I would rather die than take the fall
For a measure not taken,
For a people now enslaved
For a rainforest now overtaken,
For a species not saved
The adults don’t understand
And continue their petty fights
The world that they leave us,
A disaster in human rights
I have to go to school
Five days a week,
I write an essay in two days,
But you can’t pass a bill,
That displays,
All the human and animal rights,
Talked about today?
This message I’m portraying
Is not of disrespect
But please understand,
I don’t want our species to be next
Gone is the dodo bird, the Tasmanian tiger,
Dead is the passenger pigeon,
No longer to carry our letters
Don’t you understand
This world is in dire need
Of the children today
Who can no longer play
Safely, without worrying about
Who is next
And what it may be
And if they’ll be able to see
The planet, with all its trees
The high school students of today
Are more supportive of the rights
Of their fellow students and people
Most of the adults are looking for hate
We respect all religions,
All races, all countries
We know that people are hungry
For food, or for equal rights,
Or to never see an animal die in strife
But do the adults listen?
No they sit, and worry
If O.J. Simpson had a fair jury!
That was 28 years ago!
Can we please knock some sense,
Into the adults who are supposed to represent?
Instead of worrying about college prices,
And the students who no longer have college in their sight,
They worry about short shorts, and YOLO tattoos,
Is that really the best you can do?
I mean, the short shorts, the YOLO tattoos,
They aren’t great, between me and you
But we have bigger things to worry about,
This society isn’t perfect,
But instead of blaming us kids,
Focus on the people above thirty-two
They post this mean slander,
They are worse than us kids,
About someone whose political views,
Differ from his
Is this the view we want to teach the kids?
Who have never known,
Any different than this?
The teenagers of today,
Ask the adults of now,
We want to change the world,
But how?