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Injustice Poems - Poems about Injustice

The heroic villain
We are the villains in a story they spun We get the villain arc without being a villain The storyline of a traumatic childhood Living under a shadow Constantly being misunderstood Having to sacrifice ourselves for the greater good Without being given credit of saving the world What they don't tell you is how the hero is the coward How...

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Categories: injustice, discrimination, hero, innocence, jealousy,
Form: Free verse
The autopsy of a black body
An autopsy of a black body One who suffered greatly The body pushed past its limits To the point it had enough and quit A scalpel to their chest Slowly peeling the layers of flesh Noticing the rot Hit by the stench of trauma The body dissected The organs removed Leaving the body an empty shell Of a broken person Beaten by an...

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Categories: injustice, body, discrimination, hate, murder,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member It's a girl
“It's a girl!” The female form, the rounded edges that soothe and nurture Shaped and created by gentle hands to fit a shoulder under a heavy arm Beast of burden I was formed this way and now I am bruised and soft from the many blows life has landed upon me As ages pass,we continue to strive to be...

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Categories: injustice, abortion, discrimination, gender, humanity,
Form: Free verse
The lies they killed us with
They starved our bodies of love Then complain how our bones shake in fear They strip us of our dignity Then glare at us when we jave nothing to wear They take our souls Then question when they hear our screams in their dreams It's why when the wind fills their ears It sparks chills And the echoes...

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Categories: injustice, discrimination, history, political, prejudice,
Form: Free verse
To be black
To be black Is to constantly run Maybe that's why they stereotype Saying we are fast Speaking of fast That's what they say when a black girl has a nice ass Because being black and being a woman Means that it's our fault And we deserve it To be black Is to constantly fight back With the hope we won't be...

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Categories: injustice, corruption, discrimination, prejudice, race,
Form: Free verse



246 bullets
246 bullets 10 Cops 1 black man And a lifetime of pain 1 funeral 1 courtroom 12 jurors 1 judge 1 verdict Not guilty 1 claim of self defence This is the world we live in One in which black people choose freedom Which is stolen From us And white people have their skin Which means they will automatically be acquitted This is the world we...

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Categories: injustice, discrimination, freedom, poems, poetry,
Form: Free verse
The Injustice Of Light
What kind of system, what kind of light, Where the poor stay in darkness despite the night. A government servant burns a thousand bright, Yet pays no bill, no burden in sight. Free connections, excuses so old, Feeding on the nation’s wealth, greedy and bold. Even the electric poles weep in pain, As justice hangs trembling in its fragile chain. And there stands...

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Categories: injustice, 11th grade, corruption, deep,
Form: Rhyme
A Cry the World Chose Not to Hear
When Life became too heavy, People grew harsher, their words sharpened into wounds, their silence burned like fire. When I finally broke, and Help knocked on my door, the world turned away, as if my pain were an inconvenience, as if my cry were suspicious. Faith remained my only friend— steadfast, unwavering— while Gossip, Mockery, and Bullying roamed freely, casting shadows where kindness hid. Gossip spread like smoke— fast,...

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Categories: injustice, inspirational, mental health, social,
Form: Personification
She died in a body she hated
She 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: injustice, discrimination, political, prejudice, race,
Form: Free verse
Time lost is actually time stolen
He was barely an adult when he was entered into the system He was an educated law abiding citizen But due to the fact he was black It was sympathy they lacked He faxed a lifetime of imprisonment And an impending death penalty All because he was at the wrong place at the wrong time His only crime Was being...

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Categories: injustice, color, discrimination, innocence, prejudice,
Form: Free verse
The scars they don't see
The scars they don't see Are the ones filled with the most painful memories The ones you don't have to touch for them to hurt Our bodies are permanent scars A reminder of what was once ours Now the use to start wars They made it our prison of skin and bones Condemning us to a life where silence...

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Categories: injustice, bereavement, discrimination, freedom, funeral,
Form: Free verse
When Holy Hands Drop Bombs
What makes it okay to bomb a nation? Kill so many who don’t have a station? Destroy a country, cities and families? Women, babies, children and men—all tragedies— Who never chose this war… suffer again and again. Across the globe, a catch twenty-two Do what I say, not as I do. What happened to the Fifth Commandment?, In a world where religion is...

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Categories: injustice, allah, angel, bible, conflict,
Form: Free verse
The violence You greeted us with
Would it be safer to be born as a white person In a world that worships them What would it take for the world to accept black When we have always been treated as less than What would the world look like if we chose peace Where our hands connect in the name of justice But you don't want...

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Categories: injustice, evil, jealousy, prejudice, race,
Form: Free verse
He wore a hoodie, she had an attitude
He wore a hoodie, she had an attitude He wore a hoodie So you immediately assumed he had a weapon He wore a hoodie So you immediately assumed he was on the way to a drug deal He wore a hoodie So you thought he was hiding something He wore a hoodie So you thought he was a good for nothing...

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Categories: injustice, color, discrimination, prejudice, race,
Form: Free verse
The myth of justice
I knew justice was a myth The first time I heard about trayvon martin Killed over skittles His killer George zimmerman Acquitted He became a celebrity And trayvon He became another statistic Another black kid Erased by the system He didn't get justice I knew justice was a myth When tamir rice A 12 Yr old boy Killed for playing with a toy He...

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Categories: injustice, myth, power, prejudice, racism,
Form: Free verse

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