Lost Generation

While exploring today I stumbled, or should I say clicked across a blog which had a poem that caught my eye. I'll post it, but I'd also like to point out that said blog had Cha! Cha! in it's name. Of course those of you who know me know that this is quite funny. I'd like to say that while this part I'm typing is short, the time it's taking to get it out is not. I fear that laying in bed for the last three days has hindered not only my typing abilities, but also any spelling abilities I had at one time.

Read this poem line by line taking time to think about what it says.

Lost Generation



I realize this may be a shock but

'Happiness comes from within'

is a lie, and

'Money will make me happy'

So in thirty years I will tell my children

they are not the most important thing in my life.

My employer will know that

I have my priorities straight because

work

is more important than

family

I tell you this

Once upon a time

Families stayed together

but this will not be true in my era

this is a quick fix society

Experts tell me

Thirty years from now I will be celebrating the 10th anniversary of my divorce

I do not concede that

I will live in a country of my own making

In the future

Environmental destruction will be the norm

No longer can it be said that

My peers and I care about this earth

It will be evident that

My generation is apathetic and lethargic

It is foolish to presume that

There is hope.



And all of this will come true unless we choose to reverse it.
 
Now start at the bottom and read it in reverse starting with the line ending in hope.
 
It's amazing how just changing the order of words can ultimately change our way of thinking.