Spoken Word Response To ‘The Youth Of Today Are The Leaders Of Tomorrow’ by Vempoijala Trief
Rising seas
Plastic Pollution
Necks under knees
Digital Evolution
We want you to say her name
Women to be the same
You see, fishes are dying
And black mothers are crying
You can call us liars
But those Australian fires
If you couldn’t tell
Seemed like they were sent from hell
Look, what i’m trying to say
Is that this world has many a problem
And i don’t know we’re gonna solve ‘em
But what i do know is
WE
The youth of today
Will be the ones to save the day
You’ll see
Because WE
Will be the ones making decisions
Amending divisions
You’ll see
WE will be the leaders of our future
We will nurture change
Not just sit in a cage
Because WE
Know that this world isn’t just ours
It’s yours, it’s our children’s, it’s our grandchildrens
So we better make it better
We the Youth
Are the future leaders, that’s the truth
But we don’t wanna wait till it’s too late
So today we start to change our fate
Look, for example, at Greta Thunberg
Like the rest of us, she knows the world is an iceberg
We’re nearly at our melting point
So she makes a point
Of challenging world leaders to start addressing our changing climate
Showing us that no more should we be quiet
Look at Naomi Osaka
A young and gifted athlete
Using her platform to tell the world what matters
Yes, Black Lives Matter
Look at Melati and Isabel Wijsen
These sisters were only teens
When they helped Bali say ‘bye bye’ to plastic bags
What queens
Let their actions be a testimony
That regardless of age
We can begin a new page
And create a NEW chapter worth fighting for
A new chapter we can ALL benefit from
This is no tom-foolery
Understand that we have the ability
To create and initiate change
We HAVE center stage.
So let’s light it up
And speak up
Before our time is up
The Youth of Today Are the Leaders of Tomorrow
But we are running out of time
So let’s make our future now
The time is now
Thank you.