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#5521voted by our readers
The Lonely Child
By Lydiaq ELITE
Somonauk, Illinois

Acrid and lonely, little girl, running down one street and up another toes like crow wings, beetle juice, and charcoal framed in the sun, hiding from the children in weeds and...
Lydiaq ELITE, Somonauk, Illinois
179 articles 54 photos 1026 comments

Favorite Quote:
The universe must be a teenage girl. So much darkness, so many stars.<br /> --me

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#5522 Poetry
Trying...
By Anonymous
#5523 Poetry
Popular
By Eloweasel SILVER
Berkeley, California
Eloweasel SILVER, Berkeley, California
6 articles 0 photos 1 comment
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#5524 Poetry
The Star
By Emily Han BRONZE
Berwyn, Pennsylvania
Emily Han BRONZE, Berwyn, Pennsylvania
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments
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#5525 Poetry
Three-Legged Spider
By Lacer GOLD
Highland Village, Texas
Lacer GOLD, Highland Village, Texas
19 articles 0 photos 72 comments

Favorite Quote:
The thing about philosophy is that it often runs dry when thought of so shallowly.

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#5526 Poetry
Priority
By Layton GOLD
Abilene, Texas
Layton GOLD, Abilene, Texas
13 articles 0 photos 4 comments
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#5527 Poetry
I'd like to see you mess with me
By Gardenias SILVER
St.Cloud, Florida
Gardenias SILVER, St.Cloud, Florida
5 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&quot;It&#039;s not that I mind falling into the rabbit hole, I just don&#039;t want to loose sight of the door.&quot; from Here There Be Dragons.

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#5528 Poetry
She Hides It
By MiaUnwritten GOLD
West Palm Beach, Florida
MiaUnwritten GOLD, West Palm Beach, Florida
11 articles 0 photos 31 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Let the eyes seek what the mind cannot<br /> Let the eyes judge what the mind cannot<br /> Let the eyes believe what the mind failed to&quot;

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#5529 Poetry
Goodbye My Friend
By shar_LiteXD GOLD
New Haven, Connecticut
shar_LiteXD GOLD, New Haven, Connecticut
10 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;We have no right to express an opinion until we know all of the answers&quot; -Kurt Cobain

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#5530 Poetry
Life of a Hiker
By Babybearcub PLATINUM
West Linn, Oregon
Babybearcub PLATINUM, West Linn, Oregon
24 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&quot;There&#039;s a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line&quot; -Oscar Levant<br /> <br /> &quot;You make a living by what you get, but you make a life by what you give.&quot; -Winston Churchill

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