Generation Gap

As a generation,
we are socially accepting
and internationally minded.
We are activists,
much unlike our silent parents.
The internet links us
–to members of our generation
both in America
and around the world–
and there is a sense
that we are all in this together.
There is a sense that
the generations before us
have done us wrong
–from the policies of George W. Bush
to the allowance of the Middle East
to spiral so far downwards
following the world wars.
As a generation, we are optimistic.
We await the day when
we turn old enough to rank higher,
change more, and do better.
We await the day when
we will right these wrongs
and make future generations
respect our label
–our Millennial label."