Finished in August 2017.

Breaking Point

By Zac Langridge

Breaking point

That can mean many different things

For different scenarios and different people

For different times and different places

And for certain people

This is our version

How long does it take to endure

The cruelness of the world

How long does it take to endure

The obvious fact that we’ve been brought up

In a selfish, uncaring society that’s only getting worse

How long does it take to endure

The crushing reality that we’re surrounded 

By ignorant people who are hiding behind a veil of denial

Towards the consequences of their generation’s actions

How long does it take to endure

The relentless movement of humanity around us

Knowing that it’s too late

And there’s no hope for us youth

How long does it take to hold in

The feeling of abandonment and selfishness

That’s been inflicted on us

By those that have experienced better and kinder lives

How long does it take to hold in

The distaste towards those that have brought us up

Like animals, being led towards a killing house

Bred to be slaughtered

How long will it take to make them understand

That their ironic distaste for today’s world

Comes only from themselves and their “evolution”

As human beings

How long will it take to make them understand

That it is them who’ve screwed us over

And have left us only chaos and war and global pollution

And the poor decisions that they’ve made

Will have impacts for decades to come

How long does it take for us to realize

That our only future is cleaning up their mess

And that the consequences of their actions will hit us hardest

How long will it take for them to accept

That their generation’s legacy will be despised by us

And our children

How long does it take for us to understand

That this is our breaking point

Building up, unstoppable

A pressure of emotions towards them and the society

That they’ve created for us

How long does it take

For the passive, seemingly innocent shell to crack open

And pour out the acid that is boiling and seething

With anger and depression towards those responsible

How long does it take

For the brain to become diseased with hatred

A cancer poisoning your thoughts and views of the world

And when that build up is too much to handle

What happens then

Will the breaking point be

An unstoppable explosion towards society

An outburst towards those closest to us

A silent acceptance of the ruined future that has been laid out before our doomed generation

Only time will tell