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This is one of my favorite poems of all time and I thought to share it with you. Due to my schedule, I am not on here religious lol.

It is called The Lost Generation by Jonathan Reed

I am part of a lost generation.

And I refuse to believe that

I can change the world.

I realize this may be a shock, but

“Happiness comes from within”

Is a lie, and

“Money will make me happy”

So in thirty years, I will tell my children

They are not the most important thing in my life.

My employer will know that

I have my priorities straight because

Work

Is more important than

Family

I tell you this:

Once upon a time

Families stayed together

But this will not be true in my era.

This is a quick fix society

Experts tell me

Thirty years from now, I will be celebrating the tenth

anniversary of my divorce.

I do not concede that

I will live in a country of my own making.

In the future,

Environmental destruction will be the norm.

No longer can it be said that

My peers and I care about this Earth.

It will be evident that

My generation is apathetic and lethargic.

It is foolish to presume that

There is hope.

And all of this will come true unless we choose to reverse it.

Now Reverse it

There is hope.

It is foolish to presume that

My generation is apathetic and lethargic.

It will be evident that

My peers and I care about this Earth.

No longer can it be said that

Environmental destruction will be the norm.

In the future,

I will live in a country of my own making.

I do not concede that

Thirty years from now, I will be celebrating the tenth

anniversary of my divorce.

Experts tell me

This is a quick fix society

But this will not be true in my era.

Families stayed together

Once upon a time

I'll tell you this:

Family

Is more important than

Work

I have my priorities straight because

My employer will know that

They are not the most important thing in my life.

So in thirty years, I will tell my children

“Money will make me happy”

Is a lie, and

“True Happiness comes from within”

I realize this may be a shock, but

I can change the world.

And I refuse to believe that

I am part of a lost generation.

Thank you for your time and enjoy your day.

MSFZ 4 Feb 25
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That is spectacular.

d_day Level 7 Mar 19, 2018
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I like this one by Charles Bukowsky

Bluebird

there's a bluebird in my heart that
wants to get out
but I'm too tough for him,
I say, stay in there, I'm not going
to let anybody see
you.
there's a bluebird in my heart that
wants to get out
but I pour whiskey on him and inhale
cigarette smoke
and the whores and the bartenders
and the grocery clerks
never know that
he's
in there.

there's a bluebird in my heart that
wants to get out
but I'm too tough for him,
I say,
stay down, do you want to mess
me up?
you want to screw up the
works?
you want to blow my book sales in
Europe?
there's a bluebird in my heart that
wants to get out
but I'm too clever, I only let him out
at night sometimes
when everybody's asleep.
I say, I know that you're there,
so don't be
sad.
then I put him back,
but he's singing a little
in there, I haven't quite let him
die
and we sleep together like
that
with our
secret pact
and it's nice enough to
make a man
weep, but I don't
weep, do
you?

Wow, That is a very powerful poem. Thank you for sharing.

Yes...but now I want to weep...

@Freespirit64 At least it made you feel an emotion

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I love this.

I thought to share good poetry, I also have one of my originals on here.

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