VOX Teen Poetry: Branded
Zayla Bryant
April 29, 2022
Now ain’t that funny? You don’t buy black cuz it’s “too expensive,” But let Calvin, Gucci, or Prada do it you go running to it
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Now ain’t that funny? You don’t buy black cuz it’s “too expensive,” But let Calvin, Gucci, or Prada do it you go running to it
She is as fragile as a flower on the inside Pretty as a pink peony on the outside But we will never understand what nutrients
For some time, I was ashamed of my own name. The length, the complexity It was all too much to explain. Many would call it
My Escape As I look through the reflective glass I think I think of all the pain it’s caused me I think of how my
missing a word with so many different meanings a feeling you’ll never get back you will forever carry it in your heart but in the
Beauty, I’ve learned, must never be rushed Nine months are required, at least Beauty can’t be bought, no matter what is said or seen For
What would it take For a voice like mine to be heard For a body like mine to be respected For my potential to be
Friends, there is a miracle for praise to be! For the Goddess of Justice can finally see! With the balancing scales in her right hand,
I dreamt of my Harlem Renaissance, but in elementary school, we split crayons. I moved, got into the bougie school Where they talk to me
During winter a Flower bloomed White and pure just as you’d assume She was told to keep her nectar to herself As one day bees
In the beginning We were together as one Living united under kingdoms Flourishing beneath our African sun Like the devil in disguise Greed conquered the
I am the caramel drizzle I am the mocha found in your coffee I am the rich soil I am the cocoa bean found in