Music is great

Music is great

But being compared to your best friend isn’t

Music is great

But having your teacher tell you about all the great things everyone else is doing and then telling you that you just need to put more effort in isn’t 

Music is great

But being taught to resent your friends isn’t

Music is great

But trying your very best and your teacher insinuating that your friend did so much better, and you just need to be more like her isn’t 

Music is great

But is it great enough to withstand all the pain that goes into it?

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M. Hank

VT

14 years old

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  • Poetry

    By M. Hank

    Malady of Mistrust

    Cursed.

    Am I cursed?

    Cursed to tie myself to people, swearing that they’re going to be different.

    Only for resentment to grow like ivy, sentencing me to a place of discontent.

    I’ve called it paranoia.

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  • Poetry

    By M. Hank

    Green

    When I think of the color green, I think of the trees behind my school. In kindergarten, when kids were cruel and words hurt more than sticks or stones, the trees were there.

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  • Poetry

    By M. Hank

    I made tea

    I made tea this morning.

    I put the leaves in, watching the steam dance with childlike wonder.

    I returned to my laptop, staring at a half finished chapter, the bags under my eyes more apparent than ever.

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