Child Discrimination Poems

Inked Confession

Innocence stolen
Defending my elders extremism
Fields of olives, roots never sowed by me

Dagger dripping red

Inch by inch the watermelons are mine
Dancing in glee, I bury...

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A thief, a murderer, an arsonist
Before all these I was someone’s child
An embezzler, a liar, a con artist
Before all this I had big hopes and...

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Begins with Hyundai's my stalker fatal attraction 
rushing in front of our disabled vehicle then rams break 
hard causing us to panic my spouse and...

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The Lord sees no race
It’s the heart he observes
Praise and amaze
How many times does some members in the congregation with one another, and it is...

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Above all else
A daughter 
wants to be seen……by her mother

There are small big things
That are said
That are done
Those disapproving glances
Tiny big criticisms
The imperceptible monumental moments
The...

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There's a sullen bareness in the atmosphere, almost as if the breaths have all receded to a stop and the world has slowed down on...

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We Can Be A Light
Sal was sixteen when he committed suicide. 
A loving son and brother. 
You could count on Sal when you needed to...

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In me, is my strongest  part
...My heart...
It is made of stone
From time alone
Stronger than bone
Super dented Super man
Of the world I'm not a fan
I...

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The Air We Breathe

Whatever death hides in the dark forest?
The Man attentive to death-defying chances
with sinister low sweeping branches, strong
confused as to the hierarchical level
upon...

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Fancy jets and drones are flying
Bombs are falling and raining
Killing innocent civilians
Burning and destroying homes
Hotels, churches and tombs
People are starving and suffering
While dictators and cheaters...

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Compartmentalization, as a curse is looming large,
As men in toto are fragmented into groups or sects
On grounds of caste, creed, sex or political affiliations 
Branding...

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 Clueless 
Its they're typical life, 
Judging a child's side,
Corrupting our minds,
Without knowing our real lives.

They keep you an eye,
Watching like you're a fly,
As...

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Because once a time in a round mud hut
at the edge of the bottomless of pits,
I know that a three- or four-year-old roars with his...

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In the depths of a world where shadows loom,
There was a black kid, lost in a system of gloom.
Born into a maze of poverty and...

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I am being forced to live
With horrible malformations
On my body
In my body
I am stuck with them for years
For who knows how long

The people want me...

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