A requiem for the children

idk just a bit sad about how few kids have a true childhood now days.

When I was little, we said

I want to be an astronaut 

I want to be a firefighter

I want to be a chef

I want to be a doctor

I want to be a singer

But now the only things I hear hurt my five-year-old heart

I want to be a stripper 

I want to be a s**t 

I want to make money on only fans

I want to get drunk

Childhood should be stealing cookies from the cookie jar

Not making fake ids to get into a bar

Childhood should be knowing how to play outside

Not talking about how dead you are inside

Childhood should be worrying because you forgot to pray over your food

Not whether or not your face is showing in a nude

Childhood should be “girls' rule, boys drool”

Not talking about which guys you want to smash during the carpool

Childhood should be wearing bright miss matched colors from head to toe

Not how much tits and a*s you can show

Childhood should be pigtails and bows 

Not getting bullied if you don’t act like a hoe

Childhood should be innocent and ignorant 

Not the fear of getting pregnant 

The children inside us are dead and dying

Taking our childish dreams and crucifying 

From the dagger of society to the hearts of men there is penetration,

Childhood shall never know this rising generation.

Author's Note

I wrote this after I overheard a group of 6th grade girls talking about bikini tan lines, vape, sex, boyfriends, and other things which completely shocked me. I was only in 10th grade myself. I only slightly revamped it from when I first wrote it, but honestly, I'm a little attached to this poem and all the raw emotions it holds for me.

Reviews

[Michael Sun Bear]

Wow this just blew me away. What an honest and devastating critique of where our society has gone. Great writing, truly. I found your profile very disappointing. I would love to know more about you. Write me if you feel like it. Also, read some of my work. If it speaks to you, send me. Friend request.

[Eileen]

Thank you so much, I'm still a relatively new writer so I really appreciate your words. I updated my "about me" a little bit, still not really sure what to say on that end though haha. I checked out a couple of your pieces and your writing is amazing!

[Michael Sun Bear]

Thank you!