Adolescence

Adolescent minds are clouded by the smoke billowing slowly from the mouths of authority

It's intoxicating to watch.

Seeing the congregations smoking their holy pages,

Remembering politicians blowing dragons out their noses.

Through our journey we discover what makes us teenagers: the disagreements between wild youth and grounded adults. 

But we realize that parents saw the ends of bowls,

Society sips liquor from deep glasses.

They say to breathe deeply and you will be rewarded for success, punished for failure. 

Our adolescent minds get so clouded by the smoke, that it becomes easy to forget how the prosperity of one, will differ from the next. 

And the smoke

the drinks

the medications

Affect the minds in different ways. 

Because difference is key to living successfully

And expanding our narrowing visions,

Clearing out the vapors

Must be completed by accepting ourselves for who we are

And smoking

drinking

medicating

In the confines of our own adolescent minds.