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Oh why have we settled in the unquiet darkness,
where the noise of the silence overwhelms our hearts?
And we fall apart –
the sun sets and it rises –
we make shapes of ourselves no one can see.
Oh why are we lost in these tears
if we’ve forgotten how to cry?
If absence makes the heart grow fonder
can we hold on much longer?
We are burning in a drought of faith,
unnoticing as the stars are earnestly shining,
desperately bleeding light.
Oh how ironically hopeless
is every star’s forgotten fight,
for we are just uselessly drowning
under the weight,
under the honesty of the unspoken.
Oh the noise of the silence overwhelms our hearts.
I believe we are skillfully crafted
inexplicable accidents,
and our hero – the potter –
is too late.

This work has been published in the Teen Ink monthly print magazine. This piece has been published in Teen Ink’s monthly print magazine.




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HappySappyThis teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. said...
May 10 at 7:54 pm:
I like how your poem can have many different interpretations by different people.
 
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Watermelonduck719 said...
Mar. 27 at 12:55 pm:

What do you mean by

"and our hero – the potter –
is too late."?

I would really like to know what you are trying to say in those last lines!

 
pianokeysevieThis teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. replied...
May 10 at 11:01 am :
same here!!
 
hislittledramaqueenThis teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. replied...
May 10 at 3:22 pm :
"The Potter" is probably refering to Jesus Christ. Maybe she thinks it's too late for Jesus to save us-- however, he already has! Anyway, it's clear she is displaying a lack of faith, which I think is very sad. These are just my thoughts..
 
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OwlEyes6This teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. said...
Mar. 27 at 11:23 am:
Amazing job! I really loved the words you chose and it flowed just right!
 
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HMoreauThis teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. said...
Mar. 15 at 10:23 am:
I like it. I'm curious to know what it means. Good job.
 
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Fia-fiaThis teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. said...
Mar. 5 at 10:18 pm:

Brilliant! I do not understand exactly the meaning, but that does not stop me from seeing and appreciating a fantastic poem! Congrats!! Thank you!

:)

 
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BlueLillyThis teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. said...
Feb. 12 at 4:31 pm:
Did someone scream talent? Cuz girl you got it!
 
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FiretipThis teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. said...
Jan. 21 at 6:16 pm:
Very deep and well thought out. Good job. ;)
 
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AlaskaFrostThis teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. said...
Jan. 21 at 3:01 pm:
Wow, this is absolutely brilliant...
 
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FrenchHippieThis teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. said...
Dec. 30, 2011 at 12:36 pm:
Thank you for the beauty and inspiration of your words.
 
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dablayangel said...
Dec. 30, 2011 at 2:21 am:
This is absolutely beautiful.
 
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FrAmeThis teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. said...
Dec. 8, 2011 at 3:58 pm:
This fantastic. Thank you for sharing this.
 
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kairi.kaylynThis teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. said...
Dec. 8, 2011 at 10:55 am:
I loved this! It was very well written, a beautiful structure and use of words!
 
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Fia-fiaThis teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. said...
Nov. 16, 2011 at 9:53 pm:

This is really beautiful!! Thanks for sharing! It really deserves to be in the magazine!

:)

 
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RedFeatherThis teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. said...
Nov. 16, 2011 at 8:17 am:

Beautiful poem.

"Oh why are we lost in these tears

if we've forgotten how to cry?"

Are my favorite lines. I love how you ended it as well. Great work, keep writing ^_^

 
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sunriseusnset said...
Nov. 16, 2011 at 7:39 am:

"oh how ironically hopeless

is every star's forgotten flight,"

My favorite line. I likes the analogies. This is great!

 
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Karla15 said...
Oct. 25, 2011 at 9:47 pm:
Great job! I'm not a big poetry fan but I loved this! Keep it up!
 
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Lexie96This teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. said...
Oct. 25, 2011 at 6:03 am:
I like this poem, it's very beautiful and the message resonates clearly. If you could check out my poem Sowing Poppies that would be great, but if you can't is there anyone else here who can?
 
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authorgirl_4_19This teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. said...
Oct. 3, 2011 at 3:25 pm:
Beautiful. do you know the potter?
 
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PandaDx said...
Oct. 3, 2011 at 7:19 am:
o: nice! Well written indeed. I don't mean to be a bother but would any of you please view my poem? I've only been a member for such a short time and would like feedback from others so that I may improve and/or fix up my writing. Thank you in advance.
 
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MoonCake said...
Oct. 3, 2011 at 7:15 am:
Wow! Such a wonderful poem! Great job. :D Please view mine as well.
 
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AbhiYNWA4lifeThis teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. said...
Sept. 11, 2011 at 5:27 am:
What a poem !! Really NIce!
 
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Drewby said...
Aug. 20, 2011 at 1:20 pm:
It's a truly beautifully written poem and it gives new meaning to term 'poetic dread'. Therefore, I have nothing bad to say about this poem.
 
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cookiegirl said...
Aug. 20, 2011 at 2:15 am:
Wow your poem is amazing. Emotions are described in a interesting way. Keep it up and you can be sucessful:)
 
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palalandreaThis teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. said...
Jul. 29, 2011 at 9:12 pm:

I love the uniqueness of this poem. Especially this one line..."oh the noise of the silence overwhelms our hearts." I love this description. 

 

 
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KimenSnowThis teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. said...
Jul. 29, 2011 at 2:00 pm:
You are right, and this is elegantly written. However perhaps the potter isn't too late afterall.
 
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luvkittehz8PThis teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. said...
Jul. 29, 2011 at 10:23 am:
Wow. Just, wow.
 
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dodsonThis teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. said...
Jul. 7, 2011 at 9:33 pm:

great job. i had the same thing on my mind the past years

 

 
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RosePetal519This teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. said...
Jul. 7, 2011 at 5:48 pm:
Purely amazing.  You really get it. We've lost sight of everything that is important and worth fighting for.  You've inspired me to fight harder for a better tomorrow, cause it may not be to late after all. . .
 
H0peF1ames replied...
Jul. 7, 2011 at 6:15 pm :
I COMPLETELY AGREE! :)
 
jacobmhkim replied...
Jul. 7, 2011 at 7:30 pm :
I disagree in the meaning of the poem. The ending itself, "is too late" is the opposite of inspirational. I believe that the poet is saying that our generation is hopeless and will never be saved, which is another thought that I disagree on.
 
RosePetal519This teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. replied...
Jul. 7, 2011 at 8:26 pm :
jacobmhkim I totally understand what you're saying.  That's probably what was originally intended when the poem was written (though we can never truly know what was going on in the author's head). I guess I see it as a realization of the lows of our generation, but in a way that makes them sound so terrible that we want to go out in fix it. We want to prove that we are not "accidents". 
 
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freeflow23This teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. said...
Jul. 7, 2011 at 11:18 am:
I was a bit confused about what you were trying to say (but that's just me).
 
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qui133This teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. said...
Jun. 15, 2011 at 11:46 am:
i hate to use meaningless descriptive adjectives to describe something this...well, i'm going to have to use adjectives: vivid and powerful: if words can spill into the mind like light, these do.
 
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inkblot13This teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. said...
Jun. 15, 2011 at 10:24 am:
this is relly well worded, I think my favorite part is "our hero-the potter- is too late" Nice job, and keep writing! (PS, check out some of my work??)
 
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marie2698 said...
May 24, 2011 at 3:44 pm:
this poem is amazing your very talented i posted some poems on teenink too my friends say there amazing too but i don't think so at all can you check them out for me and tell me what you think???
 
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Book_addict said...
May 24, 2011 at 12:39 pm:

PLEASE!!!

WRITE MORE!!

This is AWESOME!

 
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dickoblskigomer said...
May 24, 2011 at 10:47 am:
HAHAHAHAHA this poem sucks!!!
 
NikkiNitrogen replied...
Jun. 15, 2011 at 3:06 am :
dont say this your jerk there is nothing tht called for you to be like this except your overwelming desire to be immature and screw around when oothers wish tobe serious
 
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Phantomlover95 said...
May 2, 2011 at 9:02 pm:
This was a wonderful poem. You are obviously a greatly talented writer! Great job! Maybe could you explain what inspired you to write it?
 
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CrazySquid said...
May 2, 2011 at 6:00 pm:
Speachless :)
 
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rainillusions said...
Apr. 18, 2011 at 8:34 pm:
Where is the "More by This Author" button??? I have seriously read this poem several times a day for about two weeks and I am still rendered speechless everytime. I love your use of oxymorons, especially the "noise of silence" part. They just make the poem so much more profound and personal because real emotions are so much more than just happy, sad or angry. You've really captured the depth of true pain. I love it! Write more so I can read more!
 
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PoeticDork said...
Apr. 10, 2011 at 7:15 pm:
I've never been on a teen writers website but it's nice knowing people feel the same way you do about writing
 
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purplechocThis teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. said...
Apr. 10, 2011 at 6:27 pm:
it made me cry.........the second i read the first line my eyes were stuck to the screen
 
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emlm13 said...
Apr. 2, 2011 at 9:16 am:
That's amazing. I love the way you use your words to describe emotions.
 
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feetwithwings said...
Mar. 19, 2011 at 11:12 pm:
That almost made me cry. best poetry i've seen on here
 
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Basketball23 said...
Mar. 19, 2011 at 9:36 pm:
This has such a smooth rhythm to it.  It flows together.  Great work!
 
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SummerDays11 said...
Feb. 25, 2011 at 10:22 pm:
Wow! You really captured what all of us feel inside.
 
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IPlayCOD said...
Feb. 25, 2011 at 9:42 am:
This poem flows smoothly from line to line.  Plus, I like the watch.
 
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