We Are

We are the voices in the background

The footsteps on the floor.

The people all around you

You do your best to ignore.

 

We are the broken of this generation.

We are the wounded.

We are the forgotten of this generation.

We are the unheard.

 

We are the homeless and the hungry

The beaten and abused.

Reaching out for love now,

Why do you refuse?

 

If we’re just a crowd of outcasts

Where can we belong?

If we never put up a fight

Then how can we be wrong?

If we sit in stifled silence,

How much noise can there be?

If no one ever listens,

Well then nobody will see that:

 

We are the broken of this generation.

We are the wounded.

We are the forgotten of this generation.

We are the unheard.

 

We are standing up for this generation.

Together we will rise.

We will not forget this generation.

We will be heard.

Reviews

[Liverpoolfan]

Remarkable piece of writing. I thought the reptition was brillant. I was captivated throughout the whole poem - any reader would be entraced. It flowed extremely well. The structure of the poem is also very good, I liked the stanza where the four line thing was broken. The questioning and thought provoking tone you use is excellent. Good job!

[{A}shley {B}lack @-;-]

love the repetitiveness of this poem and the fact that what your saying is to stand up and be counted all your poems are powerful and make the reader think which is the sign of a great poet please keep them coming this is great

[Su' Nacnetaf]

Sounds instigating, revolutionary. Good writing.

[Samantha (:]

I am in love with this poem. I know exactly who you're talking about. This generation has pretty much gone to s**t, except for the few that will stand up for what they believe in. Great write. All of your poems are amazingly written and I love the message that each of them portray.

[Steven Cetta]

That is fitting for the way things are today. We the american people are the forgotten. I like this very much.

[Margaret Marie Hubbard]

Great song potential!

[ColorblindMartian.]

Great poem, it flows, and forces a real geniune emotion. Well done, im excited to read more of your stuff!

[J.e.s.s.i.c.a]

Thanks for all of the feedback :) Also, Thomas the line "Well nobody will see that:" is drawing into the next stanza. It is saying if we don't stand up for what we believe in and our rights, then no one will know we are even there. Thanks again!

[A]

wow! Stunning poem, I'm sure it will speak to every single person who reads it
Wonderful job

[Hello, Goodbye]

Love the resolute conviction and the melodic repetitions..