All Nonfiction
- Bullying
- Books
- Academic
- Author Interviews
- Celebrity interviews
- College Articles
- College Essays
- Educator of the Year
- Heroes
- Interviews
- Memoir
- Personal Experience
- Sports
- Travel & Culture
All Opinions
- Bullying
- Current Events / Politics
- Discrimination
- Drugs / Alcohol / Smoking
- Entertainment / Celebrities
- Environment
- Love / Relationships
- Movies / Music / TV
- Pop Culture / Trends
- School / College
- Social Issues / Civics
- Spirituality / Religion
- Sports / Hobbies
All Hot Topics
- Bullying
- Community Service
- Environment
- Health
- Letters to the Editor
- Pride & Prejudice
- What Matters
- Back
Summer Guide
- Program Links
- Program Reviews
- Back
College Guide
- College Links
- College Reviews
- College Essays
- College Articles
- Back
Six Hundred Years Abducted
The aliens came with a huge ship
and weapons never seen by mankind.
They demanded to see our leader,
so I directed them to the president.
The president in return, sold me to the aliens
for their weapons and materials.
I was taken, strapped down, and brought
to an unfamiliar planet.
It took months to travel, surrounded
by hundreds of other space-sick people.
Many died.
When we arrived, we were again sold
for various metals and batteries which the
seller used to make more weapons.
We were put to work,
digging out in the fields.
looking for metals
to be polished and sold.
Every couple months we would get more help.
I felt betrayed by our president,
but after two hundred or so years, my hatred wore off
and became more focused on the aliens.
There were now AI robots that could mine so we didn’t have to,
yet, we still had nowhere to go.
We couldn’t live around the aliens
because they didn’t like to look at us.
We couldn’t go home because we
couldn’t afford a spaceship.
Another two hundred years or so passes and we
are declared equal with the aliens.
Then, protests arose as
we started to be killed off by the alien patrol.
We are not equal. Although we are supposed to be,
We are not.
Will it take another two hundred years?
Similar Articles
JOIN THE DISCUSSION
This article has 0 comments.
This article is not about aliens, but rather about the history of slavery. It is put in a modern story that it would be more relatable to teens reading this. It is supposed to make the story somewhat crazy, yet relatable for those who understand the metaphor.