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?

M. Hank

VT

14 years old

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  • Bittersweet

    I always said that it’d be the best day when I leave this school

    But I’m not so sure now.

    Sure, it wasn’t always easy,

    But I gained so much good:

    The best teacher I’ve ever had.

    The confidence I always needed.

  • Jester

    I will be the court jester

    But when you remind me of my past

    My lungs refuse to laugh

    Now I fall quiet

    A sad smile dances on my lips

    As I glance at you with pain in my eyes

  • happiness

    Rain.

    Laughter.

    Smiles.

    Swimsuits and twister.

    Getting soaked just for fun.

    This is girlhood.

    This is happiness.

    This is freedom.