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On one side of town, the morning wakes bright,
Walls warmed by sunlight, a kingdom of light.
Books stand like promises, steady in a row,
Where futures rise easily, certain to grow.
A young girl sits dreaming, stars held in her pen;
Her teachers speak softly, “You can be anything then.”
Her desk is unshaken, her lunchbox is full,
The world spreads before her—wide, warm, and beautiful.
— But over the town where the shadows fall long,
Another child hums a far different song.
The lights flicker faintly, the cold evening creeps,
His textbooks are older than secrets he keeps.
He writes on a desk worn thin with its age,
His stomach a drum beating hunger and rage.
The chalk snaps in two before lessons begin,
Yet he shows up each morning, determined to win.
Back to the girl in her clear, glass-lined space,
Where knowledge runs freely, a stream she can trace.
She paints all her hopes in bright colors and gold,
A future laid out for her, certain and bold.
And back to the boy, carrying worlds on his back—
He studies by streetlamp when power turns black.
His dreams are as noble, as brilliant, as grand,
But heavy with burdens he never once planned.
For talent is equal, but chances are not;
Two doors, two beginnings—one cherished, one forgot.
Yet both hearts beat fiercely, still reaching for more,
Both stretching toward tomorrow from uneven floor.
If peace is a promise, let justice draw near:
Give each child a path that’s unknotted by fear.
The world finds its freedom the moment we say—
No dream is too distant, no child turned away.
And though their roads differ like night and full day,
A spark burns in both, refusing decay.
May we open the doors injustice once closed,
Till futures bloom freely where hope is supposed.
Looking no older than thirteen,
sitting on the street corner
on cold wet concrete,
cup in hand for coins,
lit cigarette in the other,
eyes vacant and parched from old tears,
skin weathered way before its time...
What or who went wrong?
Was no one there to protect you
What of your childhood curiosity and joy?
When was the last time you were free to
laugh wholeheartedly or dance exuberantly?
What injustice or bully stole your youth,
abused and violated your innocence?
All too many futile useless questions ~
Hats off to the earthly angels,
to those who roam the streets
seeking out youths who are ready to
accept help to turn their lives around
and find purpose given a second chance ~
AP: 1st place 2022, 3rd place 2020, Honorable Mention 2026
Submitted on March 24, 2018 for contest SOCIAL JUSTICE FREE VERSE sponsored by JOHN HAMILTON - RANKED 3RD
Today, June 7 2020
Thoughts of: Miracle Man
Protesters for social justice are advocating,
many believing, “the end justifies the means”.
While in their effort, all police, they’re berating,
who stand behind shields, and tear gas screens.
There is nothing peaceful about using force,
there’s no safety in numbers, crowds expose the beast.
Looting and burning they appear to endorse,
while martyring the name of the one deceased.
In an “eye for an eye”, where is social justice found?
I don’t mean to sound insensitive or burst your bubble.
But violence or revenge aren’t steps to common ground,
and the media seems engrossed in prolonging trouble.
We plant a tree, knowing we will never sit in its shade,
but hoping those who come later might have the opportunity.
Tom
SEE THE BLOOD
See the blood flow on our nation’s sands
The blood is on our government’s hands
When a piece of garbage starts to cry
Bigots are told stand down and stand by
See the blood flowing in our streets
Drummers drumming to different beats
No one wins, we all lose
Death toll announced on the nightly news
See the blood at the murder scene
Hatred preached since two thousand sixteen
No remorse as he watched the fall
I take no responsibility at all
See the blood on the Capitol lawn
Dictator at home cheering it on
Degradation since the first debate
Demeaning remarks and spreading hate
See the blood as a mother cries
Truth is twisted by bigoted lies
Politicians do whatever they choose
While the leader spouts it’s all fake news
See the blood on the evening news
To our country another bruise
Fall of a nation right on track
When on social justice you turn your back
See the blood pouring down like rain
Stop the hatred, stop the pain
Darkness overcome by light
When we stand for what is right.
Another bloody weekend in Chicago
104 shot, 14 fatally
You know all about George Floyd
But those 118 tragedies? -- null & void
Every one shot a person of color
Every shooter a nonwhite
Where was Jesse Jackson's* loud voice *social justice warrior
Father Michael Pfleger?* -- absent from sight
David Brown** spoke up **Chicago Supt. of Police
He wants violent criminals
To serve longer prison minimals
How's that gonna play today
A 13 year-old-girl killed in a random drive-by
Two hours later a 3-year-old boy fatally shot
No pleas for justice raised, however
No shouts of systemic racist plots
Another deadly weekend in Chicago
Neighborhoods cowering in horror
Where was the outrage
Where were the alderman and Mayor
Just make believe
And your dreams will set you free…
Actually, it’s your sleep
And blissful dreaming that sets you free
In a la-la land of make believe.
The real world doesn’t require belief
It requires action
Eat or be eaten, fight or flight.
But dreaming is much more fun
Especially when someone else does your hunting.
This is the world of childish wonder
Of dreams projected onto reality
Of fears projected onto others
A world where I’ll grow up to become
A fireman, a healer, a Marxist rebel, a world savior.
This is the world of make believe
Where everyone follows their bliss
Into ever deeper sleep
A world where the biggest concern
Is, is my pillow soft or firm enough…
(8/21/24)
Social Justice
Social justice is the fair and just relation between the individual and society.
I am an American
I just want fair and just treatment
wanting my fellow man and government
to represent, me
fairly
A measured explicit and tacit terms
for the distribution of wealth, opportunities
for personal activity and social privileges
this is social justice
fairly
I am black-African American
I just want fair and just treatment
wanting my fellow man and government
to represent, me
fairly
I profess Christ in my life
I am not ashamed to tell my boss or my job
religious discrimination
retail and governmental confinements work on required days
Or your fired
just want a right to be respected
fairly
There are four types of justice
Distributive, procedural, restorative and retributive.
I just want to be equally representative
child labor, miss-cradled
Racism, still hating for the color of our skins
education, teach the same have the same contents of books
Shelter/housing, all should have a descent place affordable place to live
Bullying, corruption jealous ashamed people sorrowful wanting power over you
Medicine, disabled people I must miss some meals sell my used car to afford
poverty I control but yet my governmental task masters really control
I am a Christian
Not ashamed to tell you or the government
I just want fair and just treatment
wanting my fellow man and government
to represent, me
fairly
Economic justice is a component of social justice
It's a set of moral principles
I need equal opportunity created for a sufficient
material foundation upon which to have a dignified, productive, and creative life beyond economics.
to represent, me
fairly
Racism, violence in schools, drug abuse
Unemployment,
Hunger and unfair labor conditions
Main reason we're in this
Is because of individual free-choice process
rarely
I am human caught in this mess
Called social justice?
03/29/18
Social Justice free verse - Poetry Contest
Sponsored by:John Hamilton
Islam is monotheistic Abrahamic religion that originated in Saudi Arabia in the 7th century CE. A Muslim is an adherent of Islam.There are over 1.8 billion Muslims — a quarter of the world's population, making Islam the second-largest religion in the world. It is also the fastest-growing major religion in the world.
Muslims accept Muhammad as the final prophet of God and the Quran as the final revelation of God to mankind. Non-Muslim do not accept Muhammad as a prophet or the final prophet of God and they don't accept the Quran to be a revelation from God or to be the final revelation from God to mankind.
Islam is a religion of universalism, tolerance, peace, and reconciliation. Islam teaches that life is sacred and that the believer has a duty to uphold truth and justice. Social justice is the core principle of Islam.
By Aliza Kashmala Kiran
My heart skips a beat I lose my breath
When I think of his life of sacrifice
And his crusade for human rights
Leading the revolution against apartheid
With rare tenacity and might
A lawyer by trade a pacifist by nature
Standing for truth and reconciliation
Just him and his ideals for god-given rights
Standing and never wavering
Giving voice to the speechless and the persecuted
Refusing to be silent in the face of injustice
Determined to annihilate tyranny and racist oppression
An icon of democracy and social justice
Never to be forgotten
A statue erected where Mandela
Was released from 27 years in prison
A simple man bigger than life itself
With dreams of emancipation
One philanthropist who would change
The world no matter what the cost
Read on air by invitation ~ April 28, 2021 'WORDS & MUSIC'
AP: 1st place 2021, Honorable Mention 2022
Submitted on January 25, 2020 for contest ODE TO A PRESIDENT OR POLITICIAN OR LEADER PAST OR PRESENT sponsored by SHERI FRESONKE HARPER - RANKED 5TH
Societal Issues & Perilous Times
By: Miracle Man
5/20/2021
Today, we are living in a world of chaos,
where many are engrossed in driving wedges.
Anyone who is different is fair game and racist.
Social justice, woke, and Cancel Culture is the narrative.
It’s like living in an old class B western movie.
Gun sales are skyrocketing, and many conceal carry.
We destroy past things and modify what we teach,
in an attempt to change History by polluting young minds.
Too many have the victim mentality seeking something free,
and demand compensation for wrongs that happened years ago.
Count your blessings and pray for our elected leaders
for truly we may be living in the last days.
Tom
2 Timothy 3:1-13 King James Version
3 This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. 2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, 3 Without natural affection, truce breakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, 4 Traitors, heady, high-minded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; 5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away. 6 For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts, 7 Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.