Society's Killing the Teenager.

The expectations are real, need I say more?

Maybe I could be a lifeguard,
because I sure as hell know
that
no one else
will save people from drowning
in their insecurities.

They might hear a scream,
or see a sign,
but no one's in 'need'.

Society has taught us
problems don't matter.
If we ignore it enough
it might go away...

Don't you mean they'll
commit suicide one day?

They'll clench their fists
as they tear,
the photo-shopped shit
of every famous
idol.

And look at what the
media
wants us to be.

Because unless you change
your hair,
your weight,
your face,
just you...
then you're going
nowhere.

And I'd say future generations
beware.

We're already the
screwed up kids.

With ideas of
self-correcting
to fit a category,
isn't this an analogy?

That the expectations
shouldn't exist.

And if they continue,
and heighten forever,
then what will happen
to the teenager?

They will cease to
exist.