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By MorganB123 BRONZE
Hatch, Utah

Perfection is near Become what you are not It is never quite here Yet it’s always sought I crumble with fear But it’s not what I’m taught Away they steer But I tried and I f...
MorganB123 BRONZE, Hatch, Utah
4 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
They dropped like flakes, they dropped like stars,
Like petals from a rose,
When suddenly across the june
A wind with fingers goes.
- Emily Dickinson


#6562 Poetry
By teacupsandpoems GOLD
Valley Stream, New York
teacupsandpoems GOLD, Valley Stream, New York
10 articles 5 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
I cannot give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure--which is: Try to please everybody.
Herbert Bayard Swope

#6563 Poetry
By Prathap PLATINUM
Bangalore, Other
Prathap PLATINUM, Bangalore, Other
23 articles 0 photos 22 comments

Favorite Quote:
All's fair in love and war. Everyone loves everyone else, and the whole world is at war. So anything that you do is fair... break a girl's heart and tell me that, I'll believe you.

#6564 Poetry
By erinXrose PLATINUM
Albuquerque, New Mexico
erinXrose PLATINUM, Albuquerque, New Mexico
25 articles 0 photos 6 comments

Favorite Quote:
"There are two great days in a person's life, the day we are born and the day we discover why."

#6565 Poetry
By Angel Ugalde BRONZE
Palm Desert, California
Angel Ugalde BRONZE, Palm Desert, California
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#6566 Poetry
By Sparkzz46 BRONZE
Mangalore, Other
Sparkzz46 BRONZE, Mangalore, Other
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"They broke the wrong parts of me. They broke my wings and forgot I had claws."

#6567 Poetry
By KinkoGurl BRONZE
Los Angles, California
KinkoGurl BRONZE, Los Angles, California
4 articles 0 photos 19 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Beneath this mask there is more than flesh. Beneath this mask there is an idea...& ideas r bulletproof." ---Vendetta

#6568 Poetry
Amethyst13 SILVER, New Albany, Ohio
8 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
"Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring."

#6569 Poetry
Barber MAG
By yourlonelylover PLATINUM
Harrington Park, New Jersey
yourlonelylover PLATINUM, Harrington Park, New Jersey
26 articles 1 photo 3 comments
#6570 Poetry
By BucketCase94 GOLD
Robinson, Texas
BucketCase94 GOLD, Robinson, Texas
17 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
"All is fair in love and war"