M. Hank

M. Hank

VT

14 years old

Posts

  • 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. 

  • A toast to dreams

    I wish for a day where my dreams do not change for each day of the week.

    But perhaps I do not.

    Because some days I wish for a future where I am always busy, in a city that sleeps even less than I do.

  • More Cowbell

    We cheer and shake our cowbells, waving at passing cars. 

    Sometimes they roll down their windows, clapping and cheering back.

    Sometimes they roll their eyes and look away, avoiding eye contact.

Loves

  • When They Were Kids

    The past

    Full of mishaps

    Full of mistakes

    Full of mess ups

    Full of errors

    Contradictory

    We should learn about

    All the things we did wrong

    So we can get better

    But some people

  • summer

    the air tastes like honey and promise

    sticky with the scent of blooming jasmine

    and freshly cut grass that crunches beneath bare feet

    the sky drips blue

    stretching wider every afternoon

  • what’s next

    she walks into the room like a sentence that forgot to whisper

    light brown hair pulled back in a way that says she didn’t try

    but still somehow gets it right

    clear glasses catching the light

  • ember

    They come out of nowhere,

    people rising up from the ashes,

    no coordination, no plan in place,

    just people who, at the same time, spread all over,

  • Inevitable

    crying over a simple email 

    the lasts build a lump in my throat 

    last time beaming onstage 

    signing yearbooks 

    wearing a stiff blue skirt