Generation Undecided

Maybe we're the ones

who grew up on our iPads then

our phones,

the ones who teach our teachers

how to use their screens

the ones

who know each other's lives through filters

and think we know each other

just the same.

Maybe we're the ones

who can't be in crowds without

thinking about everything crawling all over

you and drowning you tingling in your fingertips

the ones who know the difference

between Facetime and Zoom,

the ones

who think about every time someone smiles

because now we can see their smiles

not just their eye crinkles.

Maybe we're the ones

who don't appreciate what we've got

too lazy to look up

at the teacher

or the stars

maybe we're the kids these days

who have it so good and don't 

get it.

Maybe we're the ones

who see unfair painted across life

the ones who stay up all night

thinking

about how to change the world for

the better

the ones who aren't afraid

to march with signs with beliefs

of us and them.

Maybe we're the ones

whose phones are the only thing we can look in the eye

maybe we're the ones

who never learned how to smile

maybe we're the ones who will change things for the better

for our children or our child.

Maybe you want to label it

like that but

I think we're all that and less and more

and maybe she's the one who can't look at anyone

and maybe they're the one who thinks about smiles

and maybe he's the one who's going to change it all

maybe we're a whole lot of people

with a whole lot of thoughts feelings history wants needs beliefs

maybe we're a beautiful collage of all that

maybe we're not decided yet

and never

will be.