Prompt #3: The Result of Generations Lost
The generations lower their heads as they go to the fields.
All sense of hope for a better day slowly leaving their idle minds.
Blisters and sunburns, broken bones and shattered dreams.
Their children in the yard watch as their parents work jobs.
They are not the slaves of the American south
But while their families were freed, their dreams were never returned.
They are the result of generations lost.
A free man is able to succeed or fail using his own will.
A man not taught to dream does not know what he is working for.
The children of a man with no dreams do not see a better day in their future.
They live their lives from day to day often left to their own defenses.
Society tells them to go to school, but the children don’t know why.
Society tells them to get a job, but they are children who have yet to play.
So, they wander through life left to their own defenses.
They are the result of generations lost.
A child must be motivated to succeed.
To please their parents and loved ones.
To achieve the goals that their family and community set for them.
That is how children grow.
But to raise a child to achieve we must know how to achieve ourselves.
We all as adults of every race must encourage the children of our society to succeed.
To strive for a better day.
There is not a man, woman, or child alive on God’s green earth that does not have a better day ahead of them.
But if we cannot come together
Then we may all become the result of generations lost.