What do you do When someone needs you What’s the plan With the coronavirus at hand What to do, But be there when they need you. “While your parents are away. I need to be here to make sure you’re okay. I understand you You think like I do. It can be scary, You have… Read on
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A poetry and photography collection by VOX Teen Staffer Tyler Bey who is heading off to college in New York City this fall. Read on
I watch. Eyes wide with wonder, In the school of the summer, What no online instruction can teach, What they should yearn to teach. In the waters, I learn on the beach. I learn to grab tiny clams and flip them out of the sand, Throw them in a bucket, three in a hand, I… Read on
Escapism a poem that entails how i struggle with mental health in little ways i sit with you & you pester me constantly i draw and you’re there you push past the blare of bass when i’m 45 deep into a playlist you make the hottest showers cold and there is no permanent solution you… Read on
Look at their eyes They’re staring back at you On the verge of tears Afraid their blood will smear, the cement Black, more than a color It’s a feeling, a lifestyle; a target They’ve picked on the pigmentation that picked and plucked, till their hands bled Was it really centuries ago? Those Brown Eyes Never… Read on
This endless sea of days, Looms large in my gaze. Undeniably forbidden, I try to make plans unbidden. Not by law or legislation, This treachery speaks of social defamation, The question “Are you free?” Is answered, “What else could I be?” And yet, by wish or luck, We decide to run amok, Adhere to social… Read on