M. Hank

M. Hank

VT

14 years old

Posts

  • 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.

  • Can You Hear It?

    Can you hear the roar of the crowd? 

    The thousands of people, 

    Kids, teens, adults and seniors. 

    All screaming at the corrupt administration that we call a government. 

    We will not be silenced. 

Loves

  • Yesterday

    yesterday 
    to you i was nine years old 
    with a black hurley hat 
    that never left my head 
    the hat that you would take 
    and try to hold it far above 
    my reach knowing i could never get it 

  • ripples

    where do ripples come from

    i wonder

    these little 

    escalating things 

    perhaps they come from

    the speed boat 

    a few paces out 

    sharp short

    and jagged 

    or maybe 

  • Curl Cream

    I have been told

    To put curl cream in my hair

    Upside down, eyes 

    Straining against the ceiling light,

    Curls straining toward the tile floor,

    Bunching.

    I will smell

  • Camp

    I’ve been going to a camp called Crow's Path since third grade. 

    And even longer before that, but I can’t remember those days. 

    People have come and gone, yes, that’s true,