Don't be angry
Greta Thunberg.
Don't be afraid.
Don't be sad.
Don't be tired.
Don't feel anything at all really.
And don't be young.
Be more like others.
Be more indifferent.
Care less about doing the right things.
More blunted, if you like.
Preferably some years older.
We are so worried about you, you see,
We see that you are tired, angry and afraid.
And that's what nobody should need to be.
Especially not you children and young people,
you shall live protected lives
without having to deal with suffering and distress
and wars and conflicts and climate change,
you should not feel fear for the future or have other bad feelings.
You should be wrapped in cotton and always have a pretty good time.
So don't take responsibility.
Don't fight for something important.
Don't do anything that costs.
Say this to who you were
when you were sitting alone
ahead of the Sweedish Parliament in Stockholm a year ago:
Don't do anything until you grow up,
Greta Thunberg.
All of a sudden you can create a movement
where millions of people take to the streets
and requires a new climate policy.
maybe it would be better for you
to bear the grief and fear alone
and otherwise, pretend nothing,
like ordinary, healthy people do?
And remember:
We just say this out of pure concern for you.
All we want is that you should feel good.
Tekst: Sindre Skeie.
Translation; elinareleerdam