A Poem a Day: a Series – Day 41

Day 41: “Gen Z Existentialism”


No one ever told me

that you can get acne in your 20s


Nobody told me

that being an adult is never ending tiredness


No one told me

that everyone is performing and nothing is real


No one said, “hey,

we’re sorry we made the world a terrible place”


No one ever told me

that it’s okay to take a break


Nobody told me

my younger me was right about a lot of things


No one said, “hey,

you’re cool” and meant it


No one ever told me

that my mascara smudged on my eye


And that’s fucked up

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