Sound Of The Generation Poem by D Loveday Morris

Every generation has a sound that's you
The lines and melodies that warm hearts
The words that you let come through
The clothes, shoes and body art
The stars that shine in your eyes tells all about it too
What will the future generation say about you?

Some love to reminisce the songs of yester year
And say how they were better
Yet we often seem to forget the bold stories they told
Yes they were about child's play and romance and street dance
They were also about revolutions and inequality and social injustice
Yes these are a part of those songs

In our living and remembering we can choose to forget
But it takes the good, bad and in between to make our sounds better
Everything can be an inspiration in the sounds we are harmonising
Yet we have a magnanimous responsibility for the kinds of sounds that we will to those we are creating
So let's not lose our consciousness of righteousness and write only of ill will
We are the sound of this generation a heritage and a legacy still

The past is a part of our heritage, the framework for the present
The future is our legacy the lines, stories and melodies we leave our children
We have this gift in each of us, a unique song to sing
With songs we chart destinies and influence the how and where our children will laugh and play
Let's use the words of yesterday and create a better tomorrow
We are the sound of this generation let's get together and sing