The lost children of our future

We,

youthful minds without a place to rest,

hearts on ecstasy without ever taking it

stumbling through the dark void of our future

running, clumsily, falling

picking ourselves up 

for there is no one else there

So we stumble on,

placing feet into darkness 

hoping for them to find ground

yet knees always seem to find it first

with crumbling whispers,

tearing dreams, lustful eyes turn apathetic

letting go of all we believed

Once soft soles, untouched by reality

now dirty, scarred and withering away

for reality has found them

taken the innocent, the wishful thoughts

crushing them between adult palms

we were not supposed to be like them

yet scars, voids and heartbeats speak the truth

We,

desperately searching for a way

to come out of the dark tunnels of adulthood

for we have seen the light

crawl on all fours,

beg to gods we do not believe in

only to let our weary heads rest on solid rock.