Genre: Poltical, Society
Young Captives
by Fatimah Islam
(Days awaiting the Supreme Court Verdict to rule mandatory juvenile life sentencing unconstitutional under the 8th Amendment)
Who are they?
To lock away your light,
Who are you?
To have done what you did,
That wasn’t right.
We all make mistakes,
We all make a difference too,
We all have a light,
Even you.
We all have a fight whether good or bad,
Big or small,
It is within us to contribute to the world.
Even if our first steps made us fall,
Each of us has potential
Each of us can grow
Don’t let them tell you,
Things they don’t even know.
Mama said an ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure. They can’t prevent so how can they cure?
Who are they to lock away someone’s light?
Even when, you shattered someone’s,
They said it wasn’t right.
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