Lost Respect Poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar

Games to play.
With more time to waste,
Advances a thoughtlessness.
And this activity,
Decreases the mind...
As it further decays.
And no one can not afford,
To treat the future that way...
If it is wished,
Our children are lifted...
From a childishness to be leaders,
One day.

'Children?
We are doing the best to protect them.
It is their parents who are demanding,
More fun and games with more neon displays.
And simply put,
We have lost respect for them...
To ever discover what it is to be adults.
It is the children we seek to get proven results.'