SG Teen Poetry Spotlight Featuring Lauren Leggett

The Noble Savage

By Lauren Leggett

Your identity is now aloof.
Your spirit,
An arcane twist of tales left untold.
Yet,
A sweet anecdote pleasant to the ears of young and old
the ambiguous archetype of the noble savage.

Though they attacked your image,
They struggled to demonize your character.
Apprehensive of expectations so you danced to the beat of their drum.
The tune of the angelic melody once sung transformed into a nostalgic blues...

Defeated,
You Befell the burden of being consumed by the lies they fabricated.
Struggling to assert the importance of adhered values
So affected by what they merely anticipated.

And still, they claim ideas have no real power,
Their crowded lies showering over every gospel truth.
Causing even you difficulty with discerning what lies lie between what's false and what’s true.
Assessing their analyzed assumptions and what they attribute to the essence of your fate.
Feel the innocence of your youth being stripped away.
As the pressures of the modern black man
Bombard and Burgeon
No longer can your nature fight nurture
The change has not truly come.

My name is Lauren Leggett. I am a 17-year-old recent graduate of Providence St. Mel, who will be attending the University of Chicago this upcoming fall. I have a passion for expressing my opinion on injustice, everyday philosophy, and ambiguous indefinite ideas such as life and love. I’ve used poetry as a medium to accomplish this. It’s driven me to start my first book entitled “Passion Fruit For Thought”, a collection of poetry I’ve written and plan to publish this year. I hope I can continue using my craft to make my voice and the voices of my people heard.

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