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Children Happier Than Ever Lie

Here's a question for

Whomever may have the answer

Because I am not in possession of it

Neither am i a fan of massaged statistics

And so called experts who them through

The media supply endlessly in droves 

But how many young children are choosing

To take their own lives and commit suicide 

Today more or less

Than two decades ago

Given that they are told they can be

Identify as anything they want or wish to be

Cancel culture has defeated hate

Racism and sexuality are no longer an issue

And expressing our feelings and opinions

Will set them free and in doing so

Help countless others out there

Who feel exactly the same

And always leads to positive change

Social media and living your life out

Online is far better and a more productive

Way to learn than from say actual people

Who may not have to look up

Have actual life experience in matters

That may be of use if asked for council

Not scoffed at disrespected and treated
as a joke

Which when you yourself will probably 

Much later older and wiser become 

Will eventually in time as well realize 

When your time comes around as it will

That you weren't quite as smart as you

Initially at first thought

When the numbers are all counted and in

And they paint a pretty grimm picture

As every year more and more

They expedientially go up and up

And expose the sad but real truth 

That modern day children are being

Forced into sacrificing their childhoods

By being exposed at a far to early 
formative age

To such adult themes

They are simply not well adjusted enough

Or prepared to handle or deal with

As it's not only killing their innocence

And happiness in the process 

But it's also taking and costing

Lives as well 

And yet we tolerate this

Believing it could never possibly happen to us

Or in fact it's ours that could be next

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