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By caasi BRONZE
Denver, Colorado

“Mirrors,” by anonymous, McKinney, TX. This is a well written poem. It tells how mirrors mock people. What I thought was amazing about this poem was that it’s all true. The writer...
caasi BRONZE, Denver, Colorado
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Dogatheart SILVER, Chennai, Other
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By Rixkey BRONZE
Oregon City, Oregon
Rixkey BRONZE, Oregon City, Oregon
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"At a higher altitude with flag unfurled, we reached the dizzy heights of that dreamed of world" - Pink Floyd

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By TheColorSilver PLATINUM
Commack, New York
TheColorSilver PLATINUM, Commack, New York
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thatasiancasie BRONZE, Glendale, Arizona
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GG_LeBode PLATINUM, Brooklyn, New York
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By ScarlettJ. DIAMOND
West Newton, Pennsylvania
ScarlettJ. DIAMOND, West Newton, Pennsylvania
92 articles 0 photos 88 comments

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"You are only confined by the walls you build around yourself." "Follow your heart, but take your brain with you." "You were born to be real, not to be perfect."

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By Insane2001 SILVER
Plainsboro, New Jersey
Insane2001 SILVER, Plainsboro, New Jersey
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I found myself looking around me at hollow faces, and wondering if this is it, if every heart on this earth has been stained. But then, when I look into our hearts, I see we're all like candles with beauty inside, masked behind wax, hardened by the pain we all must face. But when one of us begins to burn with compassion, our fragrance fills the air, and we unconsciously ignite others around us. I find that the wax melts, and that is our core, our beauty, our light that remains. Slowly we'll burn one by one, till the day we reach the end of our sticks and we're all burning with compassion. So maybe we all have to be set alight.- Percy Jackson, Wolf's Law Chapter 23.