The iGeneration

“Technology ruined them”

I find it funny

How you are the ones who raised us

Yet you scoff when we do things

The way we were taught

I find it funny how

“We don’t know real problems”

When we have to live, every day,

With the fear of being shot

At the place where our dreams are supposed to be made possible

I find it funny how

“This generation is lazy”

When you all were the ones who decided

To leave fixing your mess to us

“These kids ruined everything”

I find it funny how

You blame us for your problems

When we aren’t even old enough

To cause damage this deep

I find it funny how we’re “letting beliefs go”

When we’re just trying to lessen the hate

That was forced upon us at an age

When we were young enough

To just see people as people

And never anything less

I find it funny how

I “can’t possibly know anything”

When I dig to find the truth

And you settle for your news outlets

That sink their fangs into you

Like a vampire

I find it funny how

This country is always divided in half

Good and bad, right and wrong

The line’s blurred

With each side thinking they’re

The former

I find it funny how

We have money to fight war

But not to help our poor.

Money to fund big business

But never the mom and pop shop next door

And I find it funny how

No matter what I’m saying

I never get to finish

Because I’m “just a kid”

From the iGeneration

Author's Note

This is just a first draft, so please help me out with suggestions!

Reviews

[John the Baptist]

Your complaint is sincere but not unique. Preceding and succeeding generations have been badmouthing each other since before the ancient Greeks were ancient.

[Dark_Hearts]

I really relate to this. It’s nice how you used quotations to show that those phrases are common and how you started every stanza with the same or a similar line. It shows how innocent these people (us) are and how others are corrupting that with preconceived notions. It’s really good! Great work!