Lost Generation

You paid for us. You put a roof over our heads, You put food on the table, But that was all you did. You failed to teach us, To nurture us, To guide us. You failed to love us, To protect us, To show us our strengths, And carry us through our weaknesses. You failed to hold us when Our pain crippled us, But… You succeeded in making us strong. In showing us that we are truly alone. You succeeded in making us rely only On ourselves, Because no one was going to love us Enough to stand by us. You succeeded in making us question The importance of our very existence, In making us feel like a burden, a chore or a curse you were forced to deal with. You…the previous generation, Should have failed where you succeeded And succeeded where you failed. Maybe then, Generation X Wouldn’t be the ‘lost’ generation.