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‘The Lost Generation’ is a sad poem about society that ends with “all this will come true unless we choose to reverse it.” If you read it backwards, each line has an opposite meaning, and it becomes happy.  Source

The Lost Generation 

I am part of a lost generation.And I refuse to believe thatI can change the world.I realize this may be a shock, but“Happiness comes from within”Is a lie, and“Money will make me happy”So in thirty years, I will tell my childrenThey are not the most important thing in my life.My employer will know thatI have my priorities straight becauseWorkIs more important thanFamilyI tell you this:Once upon a timeFamilies stayed togetherBut this will not be true in my era.This is a quick fix societyExperts tell meThirty years from now, I will be celebrating the tenth anniversary of my divorce.I do not concede thatI will live in a country of my own making.In the future,Environmental destruction will be the norm.No longer can it be said thatMy peers and I care about this Earth.It will be evident thatMy generation is apathetic and lethargic.It is foolish to presume thatThere is hope.And all of this will come true unless we choose reverse it.

Backwards:

There is hope.It is foolish to presume thatMy generation is apathetic and lethargic.It will be evident thatMy peers and I care about this Earth.No longer can it be said thatEnvironmental destruction will be the norm.In the future,I will live in a country of my own making.I do not concede thatThirty years from now, I will be celebrating the tenth anniversary of my divorce.Experts tell meThis is a quick fix societyBut this will not be true in my era.Families stayed togetherOnce upon a timeI’ll tell you this:FamilyIs more important thanWorkI have my priorities straight becauseMy employer will know thatThey are not the most important thing in my life.So in thirty years, I will tell my children“Money will make me happy”Is a lie, and“True Happiness comes from within”I realize this may be a shock, butI can change the world.And I refuse to believe thatI am part of a lost generation.

~ by Johnathan Reed

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