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Labelled Justice

September 8, 2022
By Xuan PLATINUM, Charlottesville, Virginia
Xuan PLATINUM, Charlottesville, Virginia
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Favorite Quote:
Sleep more, worry less.


God provides people the road to heaven

Yet they walk towards the gates of hell

Our language minted the word "loneliness" to express one's pain when alone 

and the word "solitary" to express the tone 

The umbrella blocks the rain

But chokes the sun from swaying on our skin

Peace and justice are two sides of the same coin

We use simplistic thinking to understand and deal with complexities 

Though prejudice and discrimination accompany us throughout our lives 

You say it is beautiful when you saw a rose

And you say it is odious when you saw the snake 

The beauty and ugliness of the world change by chance 

And sometimes merge into one

Darkness and corruption hide beneath an atmosphere of harmony and tranquility 

We often feign expressions of faith 

and acts of devotion to show humanity

It has no connection with rationality

Instead, only to satisfy their vanity

They sugarcoat the essence of the devil 

The evils of human nature are concealed by bombs and missiles

Let the thoughts go unchecked

this sharp knife will pierce through all suspects 

and all the darkness will be exposed to the eyes of neglect 

We tag people with different labels

and those labels, in turn, reshape the conversation on the table

No fragments remain in the memory except for the ripples

Stories are fable

Those images displayed to the outside world have been embellished

and dependent thinking disabled us to see the nature of the contradicted 

It is a shame

that emptiness and ignorance have become the crime 

People despise each other and flatter at the same time

They want to judge others with pride

but finally, crawl in front of others’ feet telling lies

It is a world with praise and arrogance coincided

Without any place to hide 


The author's comments:

Hello, this is Yuxuan. I am a high school senior student studying in the US, currently in Virginia.


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