The Injustices We Call Justices

By Lizeth Macias-Mendoza 

Things be getting overlooked, no justice here.

Why do we come if we’re not wanted?
If they build a border to divide us, we’re not welcome.
I can see that,
 but why we still trying to fit in?

Things be getting overlooked,
 no justice here.

We welcome them to our countries open-handed, but they can’t do the same for us.
 
Things be getting overlooked,
no justice here.

They claim to be a place for everyone.

They give chances and job opportunities, they say.

But yet they tear families apart, separate them, and see the kids tired, full of sadness and fear.
But they keep doing it in front of them still.

Things be getting overlooked, no justice here.
’Cause justice don’t exist here, only injustice.

Lizeth Macias-Mendoza

Lizeth attends school in San Francisco. She is entering eighth grade.