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Silent Oppressions

For the silenced voices

By mariamaPublished 5 years ago 2 min read

Isn't it right that every child should have a roof over their head?

But the number remains a million instead.

Isn't it right that I should sit on a bus without feeling oppressed?

And my hijab man they are obsessed.

They claim that killing children is a game.

The sad part it’s only a shame.

The shouting of Black Lives Matter...a trend.

Do we not have 44 million people to defend?

Manslaughter after a three-week trial

George Floyd... but don’t worry it was worthwhile.

Iraqis are being killed on sight.

Does the world help?

Well... not quite!

Syria is still a warzone.

The media is well known.

But the Syrians they disown...

Yemen, the stats show 12.2 million.

America, Joe Biden, about to make it a billion.

We spread awareness, Free Palestine.

But our desperate calls they de...cline.

705 CE Our holiest mosque was established there.

Despite knowing that, they proceed to prepare... A nightmare

We conceal our belief.

So that they can live in relief

They know and fear for the expected day.

Yet they still have the audacity to slay.

In China, they expand an evil concept.

Our killings they command...a project.

Organ harvesting treated like an insect.

What's next?

In France, the hijab ban

Ten years since it began.

Still, we stand in harmony.

Dramatic Irony

Do you see what's happening in Pakistan?

30 million no access to clean water

What about Afghanistan?

Haven't you heard of the Taliban?

“Feed Africa," you say.

152 years ago, our lands were stolen.

3.000 tribes all taken and enslaved with no firsthand warning.

Shouldn't that be really concerning?

Al- Shabab a group in Somalia

Giving other societies an idea

Of how it feels to be frequently bombed

but what do we do to...respond?

How about guinea, my country?

Oh! how the government disgust me

Using a woman as a shield against stones

She was killed, amongst the unknowns.

My Black Americans we hear of the police brutality.

I think they call it criminality.

They say he was unarmed not a gun or a knife. Yet the cop felt it right to end his life,

Michael Brown, 18, was killed in police custody.

America starts caring... finally.

16-year-old girl gang-raped by 6 including 3 minors for 5 days

Rosie, a victim of domestic violence she was the one arrested. A problem nowadays

Julie Ann Hanson, stabbed and left in a cornfield, 10 years later there's an arrest. An issue too late to address

Elizabeth Smart was 14 when she was kidnapped. Her kidnapper sentenced to 15 years, he should be killed, any volunteers.

Now let's talk about Climate change.

Sea levels will rise 1-8 feet isn't that.... strange?

Net damage expected to be significant and rise over time.

An overlooked...crime.

Why do we encourage deforestation?

The next generation deserves an explanation.

If we want to save Humanity

It's time we change our mentality.

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