What I Grew Up On
A smile so you know your not alone
A hug even though we have to go
High fives in hallways
Even though they make us late
Love that nothing can replace
Laughing so hard it makes us cry
At jokes that make everyone ask “Why?”
Tearing down borders built long before
and opening at least one new door
My generation is growing up on love
Sometimes we are told
That it isn’t enough
Some say it’s time
To start growing up
To fix the problems
Of those before us
When we were younger
Too young to understand
People told us the world needed our hands
That the world is heating up
That kids are dying
Then they would tell us to help
And leave without replying
Then we would just sit there
Then move on to the next
My generation is built
On that it’s ok
To not understand
How to save the day
We were told too many times
How we needed to help
Without any way
To actually help
We are built
On trying to find a way out
People taking about moving to Mars
Instead of figuring this out
We are raised
On always having eachother
On high fives with one another
On laughter that might mean it’s too much
To fix the world by ourselves
We are built
On making it easier to forget
But the ones who remember
Can rise above the rest
We are raised
On trying our best
To fix a world
That has so many regrets
But let me tell you one thing
Some might think it’s too much
But we will fix this world
Even if it is just a touch
That is all we need
To get this started,
We are raised
On laughing until we cry
On hugging eachother
When we have to say goodbye
On high fives in the hallway
Even though it makes us late
On love that nothing can replace
We were built on love
On those smiles just becuase
On always having eachother
And on loving everyone like a brother
We were built on never being alone
On standing together
On ground that is our own
We were built on things that were hard
But nothing will stop us from taking charge
We were built on the broken pieces of the past
And we rose out
like a pheonix from the ash
And if we are supposed to fix this world
Then we will
Becuase you don’t want to challenge the Gen Zs
If anyone feels like it, try to describe your generation in three words in the comments