Monday, 4 August 2025

On Generation Z

Now the Individual is key

Leaves have fallen from life's tree!

No fun encounters on the bus

Eye contact fixed on screens, not us!

 

Dear Belgium’s motto seems waylaid

Its “Strength in Unity”* betrayed;

As Generation Z advances

Each forced to cope and take his chances …

 

In many ways we’ve gone off track

So, Amy’s plaintive “Back to Black”**

Expresses in poetic form

A disconnect - fond memories torn…

 

What happened to old “Common Sense”

Who ought to come to our defence?

Each paddles his canoe alone

More friends reduced to mobile phone.

 

Unless I am much mistaken

A backward step has now been taken,

Is this selfish streak forever?

We’re stronger when we pull together…


(c) Poet in the woods 2025


* L'Union fait la Force, Eindracht Macht Macht

** Amy Winehouse's song: 'Back to Black" came out in 2006



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