Jack Ellison Poet Free verse

A Great Injustice

Our forefathers have created
A great injudgement back then
The indigenous people of America
Have been robbed of their lands
Without compensation or reward
A terrible travesty of injustice has occurred
And no one is answering for it
To the degree that would be fair and honest
In this day and age I don't believe
This would have been permitted
But who knows what is possible today
The world hasn't really changed
Since the beginning of time
Peoples have been fighting wars over lands
And territories forever
Don't see that changing any time soon
It's engrained in our DNA
I surmise that what's done is done
And there's very little chance of anything
That will be done to change it
It's a sad blight on our history for which
We should all be thoroughly ashamed

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L Milton Hankins November 12, 2021 at 8:38 AM Again, I couldn't agree more, Jack. And I have a strong feeling that things will never appreciably change. It will always be more of the same inhumanity to humanity!

Tom Cunningham November 12, 2021 at 5:41 AM So much injustices carried out since the beginning of time but empires come and go and its the mess they leave behind that causes so much friction. Tom Jack Ellison November 12, 2021 at 5:51 AM There is much injustice in the world but this one is right there at the top!!!