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Dont Shoot
By JournieFaith BRONZE
Springfield, Illinois

He Was Unarmed That little boy, his mother is a single mother living off welfare. Living from paycheck to paycheck. Can't pay all bills and is struggling to pay most. Now she ha...
JournieFaith BRONZE, Springfield, Illinois
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

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Nobody really understands why I act the way I do, and they surely arent trying to find out.

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Towards the North
By CarolineBK GOLD
Washington DC, District Of Columbia
CarolineBK GOLD, Washington DC, District Of Columbia
12 articles 0 photos 0 comments

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&quot;Look, if you was a fish, mother nature&#039;d take care of you, wouldn&#039;t she? Right?&quot;<br /> -Horwitz the cabbie, The Catcher in the Rye

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Depression
By SugarLover127 SILVER
Hartville, Ohio
SugarLover127 SILVER, Hartville, Ohio
8 articles 0 photos 25 comments

Favorite Quote:
Where is personal gain and perseverance without a couple failures?

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Gonna Fall In Love
By getdude56 ELITE
Carlisle, Pennsylvania
getdude56 ELITE, Carlisle, Pennsylvania
473 articles 0 photos 118 comments

Favorite Quote:
Scenery is nothing more than poetry.<br /> Love is nothing more than chemicals.<br /> &#039;Cause fairy tales are just scribbled pages filled with happy endings and little white lies.<br /> One person can make a difference, but a crowd can make a change.

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Missing Threads
By karenc GOLD
Brooklyn, New York
karenc GOLD, Brooklyn, New York
15 articles 0 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
An arrow can be shot only by pulling it backward. So when life is dragging you back with difficulties, it means that it&rsquo;s going to launch you into something great. So just take a deep breath and keep aiming.

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Bored
By Jason.hall BRONZE
Struthers, Ohio
Jason.hall BRONZE, Struthers, Ohio
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
Work your hardest

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these are people's words
By zeguela GOLD
Baltimore, Maryland
zeguela GOLD, Baltimore, Maryland
14 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
Hate cannot outstrive hate, only love can do that<br /> Darkness cannot outstrive darkness only light can do that<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> MLK

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*SHE*
By mckennam BRONZE
Balsam Lake, Wisconsin
mckennam BRONZE, Balsam Lake, Wisconsin
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
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New Horizons
By Steph-snake GOLD
Bolingbrook, Illinois
Steph-snake GOLD, Bolingbrook, Illinois
10 articles 0 photos 4 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Sometimes you have to kind of die inside in order to rise from your own ashes and believe in yourself and love yourself to become a new person&quot;-Gerard Way &hearts;

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Understand
By kennedyshine PLATINUM
Corte Madera, California
kennedyshine PLATINUM, Corte Madera, California
44 articles 0 photos 23 comments

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The perpetual pursuit for an unattainable freedom

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