Distanced Generations
youth once sought age
drawn to knowledge
revered, a sage.
youth once inhaled
to breathe, take in
wisdom unfailed.
now, sneers deride
the palsied pace
and shortened strides
that distance generations.
youth once sought age
in parallel thought
not in rebel rage.
youth once grew shaded
by sheltering groves
now bare and faded.
Tradition's not the only cost
when history's rewirtten.
Steeply priced knowledge's lost
to distanced generations.
© 2012 Tamera Dobbins