Teenage (4th March, 2008, 12.34pm)
and you think you know the answers
to all of life’s absorbing questions
and you think you know better
than the ones that went before
oh, you’re so full of confidence
otherwise known as shit
you see, I’ve seen you and I’ve heard you before.
what? you think you’re different
that you have different problems
that you’re the only one with those emotions
with those overwhelming decisions
oh, you’re so convinced you’re the first
the prime individual
but I’ve seen you and I’ve listened before.
i couldn’t know, could i? oh,
how could one so divorced from you
have been through similar and identical
forty years before
oh, you can call me nana, grandma, granny,
there’s no difference
you see, I’m still that teenage tearaway I was before.
Comments
LawOfTheOne | April 1, 2008 - 17:59
i just want to write and read good pieces, i don't need to be attacked! seriously though i liked this, but why such hate towards teens?
nametaken | April 1, 2008 - 21:18
Hate towards teens? I didn't understand it that way at all.
Leno | April 1, 2008 - 22:00
Teens do think they have such serious problems and that they're alone; I should know, I AM one, so I understand this piece. I liked this.
keleph | April 2, 2008 - 17:16
"when you grow up your heart dies" - The Breakfast Club
i hope i never abandon the beliefs i hold as a teenager, by writing a poem such as this, simply because i think ive 'grown up'.
LawOfTheOne | April 3, 2008 - 20:29
Yo keleph and leno, you guys up for getting some breakfast together sometime?
And nametaken, maybe hate is too strong a word, but the narrator claims teens are full of shit, there's the use of the word "oh" over and over again, all the signs are there!!!
jennifer | May 1, 2008 - 21:10
Hang on a minute, totally missed this conversation - and just for the record, dear teens, I don't hate you and I certainly don't consider myself to be 'grown up' in my twenties! This is a comment on the idea that teenagers think that when they get older they will have fewer problems, having just come through the process myself. I thought that the twenties would be so much easier, but you know what, that teenage shit is simply a preparation for what lies ahead, and the presumption that people grow up and forget what being teenage feels like is ridiculous (and yes, I made that mistake myself also!).