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By DanceOfBlades PLATINUM
Springfield, Virginia

I strolled along the murky road Where blackened ashes lay dead and cold Of decisions made and left untold Of verdicts altered in my withhold. As I cleared away the cryptic ha...
DanceOfBlades PLATINUM, Springfield, Virginia
28 articles 0 photos 31 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Humankind cannot gain anything without first giving something in return. To obtain, something of equal value must be lost. That is alchemy's first Law of Equivalent Exchange."


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By Dreamer21 PLATINUM
Hockessin, Delaware
Dreamer21 PLATINUM, Hockessin, Delaware
29 articles 12 photos 16 comments

Favorite Quote:
To the world you might be one person, but to one person you might be the world.

#5653 Poetry
By Lisblis77 GOLD
Keller, Texas
Lisblis77 GOLD, Keller, Texas
10 articles 6 photos 1 comment
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By JerseyLiar9 GOLD
Warrenton, Virginia
JerseyLiar9 GOLD, Warrenton, Virginia
16 articles 5 photos 51 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;You&#039;ve got to learn to move on, because life will move on. If you don&#039;t move on, you&#039;ll just end up in over your head.&quot;<br /> <br /> &quot;Never regret anything because at the time, it was exactly what you wanted.&quot;<br /> <br /> &quot;We accept the love we think we deserve.&quot;

#5655 Poetry
By anothergreektragedy PLATINUM
Pembroke, Massachusetts
anothergreektragedy PLATINUM, Pembroke, Massachusetts
26 articles 0 photos 27 comments

Favorite Quote:
Just laugh

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MadelineSwift PLATINUM, Katy, Texas
21 articles 0 photos 11 comments
#5657 Poetry
By suziesnowflake GOLD
Virginia Beach, Virginia
suziesnowflake GOLD, Virginia Beach, Virginia
12 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Whatever comes, let it come. Whatever stays, let it stay. Whatever goes, let it go.&quot;

#5658 Poetry
By hyacinth24 PLATINUM
Dededo, Other
hyacinth24 PLATINUM, Dededo, Other
20 articles 0 photos 4 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams...&quot; - Eleanor Roosevelt

#5659 Poetry
By PhantomWolf13 PLATINUM
Slatington, Pennsylvania
PhantomWolf13 PLATINUM, Slatington, Pennsylvania
22 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Wisdom does not come with age. Age comes with wisdom.&quot; - Myself<br /> &quot;Acting is standing up naked and turning around very slowly.&quot; - Rosalind Russel<br /> &quot;Poetry is a way of taking life by the throat.&quot; - Robert Frost

#5660 Poetry
Sweetheartless GOLD, Sandston, Virginia
10 articles 0 photos 5 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;God is a comedian playing to an audience too afraid to laugh.&quot; -Voltaire