Another teen who will become an adult
Finish high school
Finish college
Get a job
Won't stray
Outside of the societal ideal
Won't be a failure
I will become another drone
Working towards a happy life
Happy being a synonym for money
Happiness seems to be a faraway land
One that will not be brought on by
A diploma
'Nor a good paying job
But hey that's what the adults say right?
Although...every adult I've talked to tells me
"You don't want to grow up"
Which is to say that they wish they hadn't
Which is to say that the societal ideals
Got them nowhere
But here I am
Trying harder and harder to just get out of high school
To move on to more work
To the rest of my life
Life being a synonym for Work
Stress
Sadness
Unfairness
But isn't that what everyone is working towards?
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Author:
~xx (Pseudonym) (
Offline) - Published: April 8th, 2016 15:31
- Category: Reflection
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Comments2
HI PF - Welcome to My Poetic Side - Great site - awesome poems - great people. Love you poem - full of teenage angst. But it does not have to be like that ! Be a free spirit - make your own choices -m choose a career you like. Don't be dictated to by others. For me Satisfaction in a job is more important than Salary ! For many people in jobs they hate (to earn a crust) it is as you say STRESS - SADNESS - UNFAIRNESS - but it has never been like that for me. I chose to study Science and become a Tutor - not much money but lots and lots of satisfaction ! Best wishes - BRIAN
Thank you for the reply, and I agree that I should try to be more optimistic, I just stress about the future a lot.
Good advice Brian to PerpetualFlowers. I have many more years behind me than i do in front and when i look at the balance, my greatest time (read as happy) was when i set my own value, held to my dream and let others just see the whisp of passing. Ode to be young again, even if it was without what i know now. PerpetualFlowers, you will make it.
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