VOX Teen Poetry: What A Woman Truly Means
Tomi Akinyele
March 23, 2022
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
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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
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
I wonder how the world would be if we lived with no mirrors And the only beauty or value I could see of myself was
2021. a year that felt like it was never ending, but here we are at the finish line. you saw right through me. taught me
Marie Van Brittan Brown and I don’t have much in common The girls in my biology class who immerse themselves in the study of life
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
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
They looked up words that mean “stupid” in African to insult me They look at my hair products as if they are dirty They call
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