M. Hank

M. Hank

VT

14 years old

Posts

  • My vow

    I will fight forever

    When it seems like all is lost I will fight harder

    When I trip and fall I will bleed words and be stronger

    When I can no longer write I will speak until they cower

  • Is it magic?

    I have never been quite sure if books were truly just words on paper, the ideas of authors who are just ordinary people or if they are magic incarnate.  

    Because they have never, ever just been words on paper to me. 

  • Closure

    She walked out of her classroom, eyes scanning the walls. 

    The desks, the hallways, the music room, the library. 

    To some, these are just rooms or furniture. 

    To her, they are everything. 

  • I do not understand

    I do not understand how some people choose to live in ignorance of the world around them

    Ignorance is not bliss

    It is deciding that you do not care to know about the struggles of others

Loves

  • Poetry

    By wph

    My Head Cold

    My head cold waits at my bedroom windowsill 

    Tells me: 

    ‘No, you can’t do your homework. Lie back down and quit thinking so much.’ 

    Tells me: 

  • Where I Keep My Heart

    In my attic I keep my heart. 
    I hold it there, safe amidst pillows, blankets and childhood stuffed animals. 
    When I make things, I break off a piece of my heart, 
    and sew it into pillows, 

  • Poetry

    By wph

    The Rafters

    Remember the old A-shaped house?

    The one with the castle downstairs

    And the spell around it?

     

    It's empty now.

    Did you know that?

  • Post

    I know you went running

    yesterday

    and your kids had a great

    first day of school

    picture, anyway,

    I wore overalls too

    but everyone will think

    I was copying you

    won't they didn't they