Oh my goodness. Young people nowadays!

Man, they don't even know what it was like to need to exercise last time. Now, when they want to be fit, they just take this medication that instantaneously strips away excess fat and enhances muscles. Like, what? Kids these day. Haiz. 

Forget exercise. Heck, kids nowadays don't even walk. They get about in mini, personal hovercrafts. Even when they're in the house! When we were younger, we actually used our own two feet to get about, you know! 

Sure, we had cars and trains and airplanes and stuff, but now they have portals! Young people nowadays will simply never understand how it was like in the past for us. Hmph! 

Sick? Take an injection, and no matter what illness it is, it'll disappear. Last time, we had to take medication! We had to wait for days, weeks even, to finally recover! Now, they have no idea what it's like to suffer! Their lives now are simply just too convenient for their own good.

It's absolutely convenient, yes, but this makes it absolutely ridiculous! When I was their age, I cooked my own food! They don't even need to cook now! Everything is machine-made. At home, you just press a button, select what you want to eat, and the smart-kitchen churns it out in less than two minutes! It's unbelievable! What if the kitchen breaks down, eh? They will never understand our struggles from in the 2000s and 2010s. Here in the 2070s, everything is so unbelievable! 

Young people nowadays!

It loomed before her, a massive dark grey beast, razor-sharp canines glinting in the pale moonlight. Blood and saliva drooled from the corner of its mouth. Its eyes were absolutely frightening: No pupils, no irises, just the whites of the eyes, but they weren't, well, they weren't white. They were a deep burgundy, and crimson trickled from the corners, as though it was crying blood. She wasn't sure what it was. A cross between a wolf and a demon? She didn't know, didn't care. All she knew was that it was going to kill her.

Her heart palpitated. A whimper escaped her lips as she tried to scramble away, but her body felt like lead. A great gash ran across her leg from when she'd been running from the beast earlier. Agony streaked through her veins whenever she tried even to just move it.

"Help..." she croaked, but she knew no one would come to her rescue. These woods were empty, completely free of people. There wasn't a person for miles. 

Even if there were people, no one would hear her and plus, any person in the right mind, seeing that great monster, wouldn't prioritise her life before their own. They'd run away and just leave her. If she was going to get out of this situation, she would have to do it alone.

Her heart palpitated. She was trembling violently, feeling the most fear she had ever felt in her entire life. How was she going to escape? Her leg wouldn't let her run fast enough to get away from the monster. Despair overwhelmed her. What if... what if all she could do was give up?

Then she remembered something. Her eyes widened. Her penknife! It would kill the monster! It was just a regular penknife, but for some unknown unreasonable unrealistic weird reason, it would definitely kill this unbelievably powerful monster, although it was totally nothing special and just, well, a penknife!

She drew her penknife, stuck it in the monster. Amazingly, the monster died! Aha! She had known that a penknife would do the trick and be able to vanquish the super powerful monster that had killed thousands of people before her!

She got up. Then she went home and lived happily ever after. 

The end!

***

When I have no idea how to resolve the conflict in the story and decide to just write a really cheap, disappointing and frustrating resolution. Heh.

It may seem that there’s nothing left

That the world is dark.

That the fire in your heart is gone

Leaving not a spark.

The world may seem so dreary,

The nights scary and cold.

You are scared of many things,

That horrors might unfold.

It may seem that there’s no one

Out there who loves you.

It may seem that no one cares

About what you do.

People tell you that

You can’t do anything right.

All those words they say

Are to hurt and spite.

It may seem that no one would

Miss you if you were not here.

You think everyone would go on without you

Not shedding a tear.

I am here to tell you,

That you are all wrong.

There are many reasons

Why you should stay strong.

It may seem the world is dark

But really, there is light.

Somewhere out there, shining,

Staying forever bright.

Their insults, their hurtful words,

Don’t let them get to you.

They just say that to hurt

Really, they aren’t true.

It may seem that no one cares,

That you are all alone.

There are many there for you,

You aren’t on your own.

There are many who love you

Who would cry if you were dead.

You may not know but really

They cried when you had bled.

It may seem that there’s nothing left

You just want to cry.

Just find that bit of hope, somewhere

You have the strength to try.

You're hurting, deep down inside,

Afraid, so you go to hide.

You've been silent all this while,

Yet you've been breaking under that smile.

You don't want to let them in,

To show your hurt, your troubles, your sin.

You hide away, silently cry,

Hiding how inside you die.

You're about to fade away,

On your shoulders, troubles weigh.

You wish that this storm will end fast,

But it seems to last and last.

You've been betrayed too many times,

Innocence destroyed by humanity's crimes.

You fight but you're so tired you could fall apart,

So fragile, delicate, is your heart.

Don't give up.

This war will come to an end, just wait and see.

Soon, you will be set free.

I know you've been battling for very long,

But keep fighting, and stay strong.