Youngsters of today / myLot

India

December 31, 2024 7:53pm CST

I am getting more and more flabbergasted looking at the behaviour of today's youngsters. I wrote this poem a long time ago and I am sure you will agree with my thoughts. THE YOUNG OF TODAY I see them rushing everywhere, For those around, they don’t care Going past with a ‘Hi’ and ‘Bye’ ‘Have no time’ they say with a sigh! They run to catch a bus or a train In the slush and dirt of the pouring rain Their job’s at stake they seem to say This is their life from day to day. With one hand glued to their cellphone They wait for the sound of the musical tone Chatting away, not a moment to spare, Looking neither here nor there. Their thoughts are scattered everywhere The kids at school, with none to care What about food their thoughts go there The cleaning routine there’s none to share Throwing their hands at times in despair Our life they say is beyond repair The choices are several where could they go They have to rush they can’t go slow. Yet they have a smile on their lips They go about, swinging their hips Their popular slogan, ‘leave us alone’ ‘It‘s our business you mind you own’

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Judy Story

@jstory07 (140407)

• Roseburg, Oregon

1 Jan

The poem does fit the youngsters of today. They want to be online or on their cell phones all the time.

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Always smiling

@allknowing (138381)

• India

1 Jan

I am experiencing that with my extended family and even neighbours

Four Walls

@FourWalls (69500)

• United States

1 Jan

Excellent, and quite descriptive. I knew I was getting old when I found myself saying, “Kids today…”

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Always smiling

@allknowing (138381)

• India

1 Jan

I have always lent a helping hand to the ungrateful lot in the good old days and thought they will atleast remember that but no. Why are they so cruel, really bah....... Difficult to accept but one needs to move on, sadly. And your appreciation means a lot

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much2say

@much2say (56523)

• Los Angeles, California

1 Jan

So true, isn't it? Such impatience and need for instant gratification - if only they can slow down and appreciate the littler things in life. They cannot imagine life without their phones!

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Always smiling

@allknowing (138381)

• India

1 Jan

We live in two different worlds and it is the seniors that have to accept and move on which is not easy When I had that meet of the extened family I adopted their way of having a meet - do not have a one on one interactio and it worked.

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Eva James

@wolfgirl569 (108889)

• Marion, Ohio

1 Jan

That's a good description of them

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