
VOX Teen Poetry: ‘Unknown’
How was someone like you created? Did a diamond fall off the edge of a star and gently kiss the sun? Did the blazing diamond

How was someone like you created? Did a diamond fall off the edge of a star and gently kiss the sun? Did the blazing diamond

They thought I would fly high, So I did I rose above the clouds of adversity, With the dream of changing the world with my

I’ve started a garden, A place to believe in, Something to water, Smells to breathe in. All my plants come from different corners of my

She wonders what life is like without feeling caged, wall after wall, after wall. Where can she escape? She thinks of it as a maze.

Standing face to face, Your left hand and mine pressed together like in prayer, Right hand over heart, Eyes blink to white, Echos of a

He’s amazing, I’m in awe, He makes me smile, No it’s not that kind of love, I wonder if I’m anything like that? Eyes piercing

in that golden haze the undeniable phase of warm summer days a dream to take me far far away find me in this geography wisps

When I was young I loved lego sets Putting them together Taking them apart Building something new The only person who might have loved the

I decided to share this poem because on Sept. 11, 2001, we weren’t Democrats or Republicans, we weren’t Black or white, we weren’t Christians or

“Moon Girl” is about having that “Non-stop” or “High feeling” when you are doing something you love alongside with someone else.

Free Refill Rain down into my cup, Fill it up with inspiration, Looking up to you from here, Like a beacon in the sky, You

Reflections from a shattered mirror that was glued back together, -Silver rings catching the sunlight- Sculptures centuries old preserved, -Magnolia flowers at the top of