Life Needs a Memorandum

Life Needs a Memorandum No one gave us a roadmap, no guide to navigate the twists, the jagged turns of life’s unknown path. They filled us with hope, with dreams, with promises. Tales of a future, bright and clear, a mirage that fades just as we reach for it. Lies. We whisper it to ourselves as reality sets in. Life, a test we never studied for, yet we’re forced to take. Dropped into the deep end, flailing, fighting, drowning, no lifeline to grasp, no safety net to break our fall. Our parents, worn, weathered, cling to wisdom that no longer holds. They came from a world where work was steady, where machines didn’t steal jobs, where effort meant security. Now they depend on us, but we have no answers to give. We are sheep without a shepherd, Lost in the storm of uncertainty, Our steps faltering, unsure of where to go. Answers slip like shadows through our fingers, leaving us with only time, heavy, unyielding time. We improvise, we stumble, writing our syllabus in ink and pain, forging our path through trial and error, through blood, sweat, and tears. Life needs a memorandum, a guide to show the way, a blueprint for the lost, a light in the dark. Yet life offers no memorandum, only questions left unanswered, and the blind leading the blind.