What We Are

What We Are I saw the best minds of my generation drown in an ocean of stupidity. I saw them shoving happiness up their noses and a shot of excitement from a vial down their veins. I saw them picking fights they could not win just so the pain could remind them how to feel. I watched the brilliance of my generation fade away as they discovered that they could do it themselves, bleed themselves away and watch the blood hit the floor. The pain must never feel so real as in that moment when we watch our own lives slip away. I have seen us disappear in shadows because we lost the approval of one and never paused to search for the approval of another. I have listened to us scream and curse and attack each others emotions for no better reason than that we are afraid of our own. I have seen us bend down to the will of others just because they told us to. I have heard our screams of frustration that no one will listen, no one will hear, and I have watched as the greatest people of my generation have thrown themselves away and destroyed their own dreams for something someone else wanted, and I have watched them become people they are not. I have seen us throw ourselves on the mercy of people we don’t even know just to feel alive, people who gave us a fake name and who we’ll never see again. After all, what’s our virginity and innocence for a night of pointless pleasure. What does it matter that we don’t know who they are or what they’ve done, as long as we can get off a little on the mystery. I have seen us forget who we are because everyone keeps telling us the things we think and feel are wrong. I have watched us give into fear and give up our missions to avoid the ridicule of others, and we have sunk down to the floor in tears because we knew we needed to say it but we did not know how. I have watched as we forget the strength we have and never do what we are meant to do. I saw the best minds of my generation give up everything they were for things they didn’t need, And I have watched them destroyed.