Future

This is the generation
of wasted potential.

We the youth demand nothing
but solitude
and an internet connection.

Our best friends
are virtual constructs
of voices and pictures
a thousand miles away.

We know what you want
and what we should do
and we shrug and turn away
heeding nothing.

Our lives are fully digitized
and this "reality"
just doesn't measure up.

If we wanted to
we could revolutionize
everything
but we lack the motivation.

We see your lives
and they're the same now
as they were twenty years ago.

That is disillusionment.

That is why we do not strive
WILL not strive
for we want more
and that more is not to be had
in the world you've built.

So we shrug and turn away
and say
"fuck it
we'll build our own".