My Generation

i saw the best minds of my generation 
thrust upon reality

Lost 

heads full of knowledge 
and visions of the world 
promissory notes in hand 
of greatness and dreams

Undone

like runners tripping 
to a screeching halt
they fall into lives,
quiet and profane

Grasping

at a future
that isn't waiting.
Dolce et Decorum
-- to aspire