VOX Teen Poetry: Saving Grace
Zayla Bryant
August 10, 2022
A big part of me is scared to take that leap of faith I don’t feel equipped to be in spaces I’ve never entered I’m
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A big part of me is scared to take that leap of faith I don’t feel equipped to be in spaces I’ve never entered I’m
When you say “I love you,” do you know what that means? Because to me when I say “I love you” it means I think
Blessing & Curse My body aches as he pierces my soul Bruised by the blues Sanity disregarded piece by piece It’s funny because abuse is
my adoration might have vanished into the pillow-razored sand dunes and it drips through the unfilled spaces between my ribs your wail doused dustings soak
I like the way you look when I could only see you on the shelf I didn’t have to see the wires that held back
I lost myself for a moment in your eyes. And I can’t lie every moment with you has been bliss. But I miss the part
The modern man will never understand the modern woman “Women back in the day respected their husbands” “She stayed home and took care of the
What words could I form to inform you of your worth? It seems cliche to use passive turns of phrase So I’ll tell you by
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
