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Jan 24
poem, opinion, rant
moonsand

forever young

forever young.
dandelions, feathers,
floating in the sky,
look up, sir,
we’re going high

forever young.
treated like children,
expected to be adults,
you’ve lived your life,
now let us live ours

forever young.
and we care about friends,
so what?
and we wanna have fun,
so what?

forever young.
blame us for drugs,
mock the drunk,
“get yourself together”,
well you never did.

forever young.
moody? no.
angry? never.
disappointed? yes.
stressed? always.

forever young
riots, mobs, protests,
danger, ire, rage,
bands, beer, parties
connotations, assumptions.

forever young.
wrote in your texts,
in your book,
flip the page,
just take a look

forever young.
rowdy teens, yes?
pointless, idiotic, yes?
maybe we’ve got something to say,
maybe you’ll get it if you listen.

forever young.
‘till you’ve made us old,
shown us the dark side
of the moon that never existed,
think you know what’s best?

forever young.
you and i,
shoulder-to-shoulder,
brother and sister,
forever, we are young.

until we’re not.
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  1. Stargirl
    Jan 25, 2021

    WHOA. This is pretty awesome!

    ( I think I made you up inside my head )

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  1. moonsand
    Jan 25, 2021

    Thank you so much!! ❤️

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  1. zazu
    Jan 25, 2021

    I like the way this poem stares you right in the face because of how honest it is.
    I also like the way that you kept repeating the line "forever young" because it gave even more impact to the final line when you contradicted that. I really enjoyed reading this!

    Zazu

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  1. moonsand
    Jan 25, 2021

    thank you so, so much, this means a lot! yes, I tried to be as blunt as possible without being “offensive”, if you know what i mean. thank you!

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