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I FORGOT HOW TO FUNCTION MY EMOTIONS (they never came back from vacation)
By Electricity PLATINUM
Bradenton, Florida

I REMEMBER… How I used to cry when characters died in books (oh, the emotions were great) When tears would swell from my eyes as classical music flooded my ears (hearing the st...
Electricity PLATINUM, Bradenton, Florida
30 articles 0 photos 271 comments
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#269372 Poetry
Searching
By life-as-we-know-it BRONZE
Tigard, Oregon
life-as-we-know-it BRONZE, Tigard, Oregon
4 articles 0 photos 9 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;But who prays for Satan? Who, in eighteen centuries, has had the common humanity to pray for the one sinner that needed it most?&rdquo;<br /> ~ Mark Twain

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#269373 Poetry
Pretend
By f1ndmycure2013 BRONZE
-, Alabama
f1ndmycure2013 BRONZE, -, Alabama
4 articles 0 photos 10 comments

Favorite Quote:
Just don&#039;t give up on trying to do what you really want to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I don&#039;t think you can go wrong.&quot; ~ Ella Fitzgerald

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#269374 Poetry
Spew from my living room
By lapisleaves DIAMOND
Durham, New Hampshire
lapisleaves DIAMOND, Durham, New Hampshire
52 articles 0 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;...I wish none of this had happened.&quot; &quot;So do all who live to see such times, but that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us.&quot;

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#269375 Poetry
Safe in Your Arms?
By shimmering_stars GOLD
Fowler, Michigan
shimmering_stars GOLD, Fowler, Michigan
10 articles 0 photos 14 comments
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#269376 Poetry
Black Eyes
By V0LA7ILE SILVER
Lewisville, Texas
V0LA7ILE SILVER, Lewisville, Texas
8 articles 0 photos 2 comments
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#269377 Poetry
Don't focus on the scars; Focus on the smiles
By EmoJuviaAwkward13 BRONZE
San Antonio, Texas
EmoJuviaAwkward13 BRONZE, San Antonio, Texas
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Thre&#039;s no need to change the past. Because of the past we are who we are now, Every second, ever action from then... is linked to us here and now&quot; ~Gray Fullbuster

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#269378 Poetry
My Reflection
By BriannaLogan SILVER
Brooklyn, New York
BriannaLogan SILVER, Brooklyn, New York
9 articles 0 photos 5 comments

Favorite Quote:
If you don&#039;t like the way the world is, you change it. You have an obligation to change it. You just do it one step at a time. - Marian Wright Edelman

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#269379 Poetry
Grating
By melodeess GOLD
Edison, New Jersey
melodeess GOLD, Edison, New Jersey
18 articles 0 photos 50 comments
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#269380 Poetry
Dreams
By kayas BRONZE
Kathmandu, Other
kayas BRONZE, Kathmandu, Other
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
Each man kills the things he loves.<br /> There is nothing so powerful as the truth and nothing so strange.<br /> It is easier to fight for ones principles than to live up to them.<br /> Life is not a problem to be solve, but a reality to be experienced.<br /> In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice but in practice, there is.<br /> One never notice what has been done; one can only see what remains to be done.<br /> Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stoke of luck.<br /> Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted.<br /> The roots of education are bitter but the fruits are sweet.<br /> They always talk who never thinks

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