PerpetualFlowers

My future?

 

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?