I Am With Today's Youth Poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar

Who have grown tired and refuse...
To accept aging concepts.

I am with today's youth,
Who see clear through pretentions...
And political correctness no one believes.

I am with today's youth,
Whose minds are on another plateau.
And limited by immature older folks.

I am with today's youth,
Torn between hypocrites and their pretentions.
With wishes to keep those ideals that don't exist.

I am with today's youth,
Bored with the conflicts allowed to be permitted...
As those attempt to shield them from reality.

I am with today's youth,
Who are told who to follow and what they should do...
By elders too confused by a doing of what they've done,
Without paying attention to anyone...
Or the times that have come.

I am with today's youth,
Who are too gifted with talents...
To deny the presence of a truth that has been introduced.
And gone ignored by the fools who refuse it.