
VOX Teen Poetry: Little Light
Little light, tell me why you always stand alone? Your fearsome fire deserves to be admired by those near and far Your light so fervent

Little light, tell me why you always stand alone? Your fearsome fire deserves to be admired by those near and far Your light so fervent

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 gave the lady my address — not that it was any of her business. It didn’t seem like a crime to want to talk

Kanye, this is the most open and active you’ve been with your fanbase in a very long time, however, despite that some of us still

Administrators asked, “How could your parents let you out of the house like that?” Leggings aren’t the problem. Talking to high school students in that