Lost Generation

(click title for YouTube video link. 1:44)

It's a brilliant wordplay. I'd recommend checking it out before reading this post, but if you don't want to, it's fine. You'll still get the point of it at the end. Still as cool, so here it is...

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I am part of a lost generation
and I refuse to believe that
I can change the world.
I realise this may be a shock but
"happiness comes from within"
is a lie, and
money will make me happy.
So in 30 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
30 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.

There is hope.
It is foolish to presume that
my generation is apathetic and lethargic.
It will be evident that
my peers and I care about this Earth.
No longer can it be said that
environmental destruction will be the norm.
In the future,
I will live in a country of my own making.
I do not concede that
30 years from now I will be celebrating the 10th anniversary of my divorce.
Experts tell me
this is a quick fix society,
but this will not be true in my era.
Families stayed together
once upon a time.
I tell you this.
Family
is more important than
work
I have my priorities straight because
my employer will know that
they are not the most important thing in my life.
So in 30 years, I will tell my children
"money will make me happy"
is a lie, and
true happiness comes from within.
I realise this may be a shock but
I can change the world,
and I refuse to believe that
I am part of a lost generation.

-Jonathan Reed