The forgotten killerHopelessness
When your body and mind are disconnected
When your falling in a sea of darkness and accept it
When the silence is loud you can hear your heartbeat
It's the feeling of a deep pit
In your stomach
All the contents of your stomach being Consumed by it
Replaced by the feeling of sickness
Leaving a...
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Categories:
anxiety, depression, discrimination, mental
Form: Free verse
4th OF JULY
Categories:
discrimination, allegory, anxiety, celebration, conflict,
Form: Senryu
Two Drunkards
They sat holding bottles
In their hands
And armpits
Pouring mouthful
Of liquor to fill
Their hollow stomachs.
They gazed at each other
As cat and mouse
And spoke a lot of
Inglish with slain syntax
To devirginate
Their motherland.
The two drunkards!
Spoke of a nation's illusions
And the wilted state of
A nation's elites
Raping the cultural norm
Who raped the temple?
They said something
About...
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Categories:
discrimination, africa, allegory, betrayal, corruption,
Form: Free verse
The sacrifice of drowning so others could be savedEmpty, that's all she felt
She hated the numbness that would blindly attack
She did so much for others
But she couldn't help herself
She carried the weight of being black
Where racism would slowly break her back
She couldn't even go to a hospital they'd probably throw her out
Calling her 'dramatic'
Saying she should go somewhere else
This...
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Categories:
discrimination, evil, mental health,
Form: Free verse
DISCRIMINATIONHis name is Momoh Kamara
a brilliant mind, fresh from school
confident, driven
his future packed in a folder and a dream.
But they didn’t see that.
They saw Themne.
They saw North.
And whispered spy, problem, glitch.
“Wait for our call,” they said.
So Momoh waited
days grow into to months
hope rusted in the silence.
Four years, four heavy years
he chased a future that...
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Categories:
12th grade, abuse, discrimination,
Form: Free verse
India and Pakistan: Divided by History, Bound by BloodBrothers once, beneath the same monsoon sky,
Before foreign flags touched your soil,
You drank from the same rivers,
Laughed beneath the same banyan trees,
Shared gods, grain, and ground.
But when the map was sliced by hands not yours,
When borders were inked in sorrow and salt,
A mother wept—her children pulled apart,
Not by will, but by wounds too deep to...
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Categories:
allusion, conflict, discrimination, family,
Form: Free verse
The Letter They Never AnsweredTo those who should have heard my plea—
I write not bitter, but silently.
In shadows where the messages fade,
I found myself in silence laid.
It started with a hopeful thread,
A truth that whispered, softly said,
To stir the waters, call a friend—
But stillness echoed to no end.
No ripples came, no words replied,
Just empty space where trust had died.
“You...
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Categories:
discrimination, education, farewell, leadership,
Form: Rhyme
Who will hold her exhaustion when it gets too heavyExhaustion was a burden she would always have to carry
A lingering shadow that gave her no peace
Even haunting her in her sleep
Her most notable feature
Was her eye bags so heavy
They begged to be heard
Screamed to be released
Hoping someone will save her from the abyss
Of Exhaustion
Tired from a life of always running
Away...
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Categories:
depression, discrimination, mental health,
Form: Free verse
The radicalism of a black main characterShe always wondered how it would be
If she, a black girl starred in a romantic comedy
Where she wouldn't just be used as comic relief
And she would be desired by the male lead
She dreamed of being comforted
And not play a strong black girl where she wouldn't be punished for being seen as 'weak'
She could be...
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Categories:
character, children, discrimination, prejudice,
Form: Free verse
Extraordinary Forecast
When you row with vibes,
You tend to lose more value...
Outside some notable tribes,
That always pressure to argue.
When you seek attention off reason,
You could definitely lose affection...
Without reckoning title or season,
That holds no clear motive to suspension.
When you appear to attract,
Probability stakes no idea to stand...
You would defend to subtract,
While you fail to flow as...
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Categories:
allusion, anxiety, betrayal, discrimination,
Form: Rhyme
Black people vs the worldNo your burdens are not for us to carry
We know your game
You fake a smile
Bat your little eyelashes
Pretend you care
Then reveal your true motive
You want us to fight your battles for you
But when we need help
On your end all we hear is silence
While you sit back and watch...
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Categories:
color, discrimination, prejudice, race,
Form: Free verse
Some of us Remembered**Cover-Ups**
The Cardinals will sing, but let’s confront the truth behind it all. We deceive ourselves, but a higher power knows the reality of these situations: makeup and the cover-ups. The Cardinals' song may be beautiful, yet the raven never returned, while the dove came back, never forgetting what it had seen. It whistles a tune...
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Categories:
allusion, depression, desire, discrimination,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Her journey to self loveShe sat in front of her vanity mirror
Her reflection felt unfamiliar
The girl in it didn't look how she pictured
She felt like a visitor
In a body that should be familiar
Yet somehow she felt like a prisoner
Not knowing how to feel about the person in the mirror who reflected her
She wasn't...
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Categories:
appreciation, beautiful, beauty, discrimination,
Form: Free verse
The prison he calls homeHis mind was an abyss
Of emotions
And endless questions
Of the world around him
He wasn't much of a speaker
But he was definitely a thinker
His mind was a safe place
Where he could speak freely
Without being harmed
He hated the outside world
He was scared if he stepped outside
He was afraid the racists might strike
So instead he...
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Categories:
discrimination, mental health, mental
Form: Free verse
She died in a body she hatedShe died in a body she hated
Her last memory was watching herself get assassinated
How she died isolated
Surrounded by a see of white faces
Who stood there being witnesses
To something that would be talked about across the ages
Her blood had painted the pavement
The cop stood there admiring his painting
She died in a body...
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Categories:
discrimination, political, prejudice, race,
Form: Free verse
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