I Have Been Waiting (In Response To Lawrence Ferlinghetti) Poem by Katherine Napier

I have been waiting
for the revelation of reality
in this world-deprived generation.
Each day another child is lost
to technology and virtuality,
when they are only meant to help
and not hypnotize.
I have been waiting
for teenagers to realize
that there is more to life
than sex and drugs and alcohol.
But they will not,
because Society had shredded
what it means to be pure.

I have been waiting
for young adults to recognize
true failure, not just mental failure.
I have been waiting
for stupid, pointless trends
to actually mean something to handful
of people, I have been waiting
for this thing called bullying to end.
I have been waiting
for teens to remember
their childhood and be that innocent
once again. But they will not,
because Society has abolished
what it means to be modest.

I have been waiting
for the day that the sun
will rise and the world
will be at peace.
I have been waiting
for the day everyone is truly
happy. I have been waiting
for the day that no one will argue
or fight or threaten a life.
But that will never happen,
because Society has extinguished
what it means to be sweet.

I have been waiting
for all of this, and yet, once again,
Society has given out false
hope to the good.
When will the good be rewarded
with true hope, and true faith?
When will the bad recognize
the evil they have inflicted
and fix what they have done?
I have been blindly waiting
for the day that everything
will be complete and innocent
once for the sake of sanity.

I have been waiting
with hopeful eyes that have seen
horror and been through depression,
and I have been waiting with a mind
set on purity and the good of everyone.
I have been waiting
for nothing.
Because Society had ruined
everything that once meant
something to the world.