Hopeless is the malnourished, uneducated teenager,
Society screams at them,
Tells them they are worthless
Because they can only see the malnourished, uneducated teenager
The people do not look beyond their tattered jeans, because they cannot
They do not watch long enough to notice the passion that jettisons from that malnourished, uneducated teenager
They do not see
Their fresh skin blackened with ink that says things like,“Carpe Diem” and “Don’t forget me”
Their fierce faces pierced with the silver that says “I have seen more than you might think”
The hope that lies somewhere in between those irises and those lost and genius thoughts
No,
Society laughs because at a glance,
Those tattoos say “I lead an unconventional life” and “Stay away from me”
Those piercings say “I rebel against your lies”
At a glance, their hope is nothing but a glimmer
Something that cannot exist in the mind of someone who sees only with their eyes,
And not with their hearts
And society is lost in this action of sight before mind, it is an endless black hole
It moves forever and never ceases because no one can stand to say
“THIS
IS
WRONG”
Without being labeled another malnourished, uneducated teenager
I see it every day,
The people walk without looking up from their own lives
They stumble into walls, stumble because they have lost their individuality
They fall because they cannot stand on feet that have been selfishly conformed, modernized
But what is the point?
These malnourished, uneducated teenagers ask,
What is the point,
Of being nourished, when that nourishment will only sustain us, turn us into the people that stumble into walls?
What is the point,
Of being educated, if we are not being taught to think, but only to follow?
Society does not have answers for them
And because of this, it drowns out their cries with its masses,
Tries to block their sounds with the tuneless, terrifying laughter of conformity
And succeeds.

And so today’s teenager is lost
Because of one careless, hateful glance.