Ashes We Inherit

TikTok scrolling, climate warming,
Ocean rising, forests burning,
AI whispering, futures shifting,
Polar ice caps, glaciers drifting.

Headlines screaming, justice pleading,
Protests surging, hearts are bleeding,
Hashtags trending, still pretending,
The wheel of history, never-ending.

Cancel culture, endless outrage,
Scripted answers on the stage,
Billionaires with rockets flying,
Down below, the world is dying.

Mental health, a viral story,
Burnout chasing fleeting glory,
Medicated, overstated,
Disconnected, overstimulated.

Plastic oceans, poisoned waters,
Lost traditions, angry daughters,
Hate is viral, fears are primal,
Pages burning in the Bible.

Elections twisting, facts are bending,
Democracy in need of mending,
Borders closing, hate imposing,
History books erasing, posing.

Lab grown meat and VR dreams,
Reality split at the seams,
Earth’s on fire, profits higher,
We inherit funeral pyres.

Hopeful faces, fighting graces,
Youth rising in broken places,
Power shifting, truth uplifting,
Our generation keeps persisting.

This is the weight, the cost, the test
To stand, to fight, to give our best
To mend, to shape, to claim the skies
To rise from the ashes with unbroken eyes.

Posted in response to the challenge Teenager: In Writing.

poetinnyc

NY

15 years old

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