The young of today

[bestwriter]

Looking back at my own life as a youngster my life was so different from what I see of youngsters today The gap between the young and the old is widening in that one hardly find youngsters mixing and mingling with the old.

This poem says it all









THE YOUNG OF TODAY









I see them rushing everywhere,

For those around, they don’t care

Going past with a ‘Hi’ and ‘Bye’

‘Have no time’ they say with a sigh!



They run to catch a bus or a train

In the slush and dirt of the pouring rain

Their job’s at stake they seem to say

This is their life from day to day.



With one hand glued to their cellphone

They wait for the sound of the musical tone

Chatting away, not a moment to spare,

Looking neither here nor there.



Their thoughts are scattered everywhere

The kids at school, with none to care

What about food their thoughts go there

The cleaning routine there’s none to share



Throwing their hands at times in despair

Our life they say is beyond repair

The choices are several where could they go

They have to rush they can’t go slow.



Yet they have a smile on their lips

They go about, swinging their hips

Their popular slogan, ‘leave us alone’

‘It‘s our business you mind you own’​

 

[Jason]

In my youth, there was no mobiles or internet. I can't even imagine what kids are doing now.

 

[bestwriter]

They do not need anyone around. They have their virtual world to interact with and that is how it is going to be from now on

 

[Jason]

It's not a good thing. They won't develop coping mechanisms for real life, and considering inflation, it's hard.