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By KayRae GOLD
Arlington Hts, Illinois

I could write a poem for you but you would never hear it. If I stretched out my shaking hand, you would never try to grasp it. She bats her lashes looking for immediate lov...
KayRae GOLD, Arlington Hts, Illinois
14 articles 0 photos 20 comments

Favorite Quote:
It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.


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By Embrace22 GOLD
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Embrace22 GOLD, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
19 articles 0 photos 19 comments
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By Justagirlthatwrites GOLD
Brunswick, Missouri
Justagirlthatwrites GOLD, Brunswick, Missouri
17 articles 0 photos 22 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;If you are going to bury the past, bury it deep. Shallow graves always give the dead&quot;<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> - These Shallow Graves (book)

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By Embrace22 GOLD
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Embrace22 GOLD, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
19 articles 0 photos 19 comments
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By baroqueandabsinthe BRONZE
Clarkston, Michigan
baroqueandabsinthe BRONZE, Clarkston, Michigan
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
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By JDeVille23 BRONZE
Mandaree, North Dakota
JDeVille23 BRONZE, Mandaree, North Dakota
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
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By Darke_Moone GOLD
Melrose, Massachusetts
Darke_Moone GOLD, Melrose, Massachusetts
13 articles 4 photos 9 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Some people are worth melting for.&quot; ~Olaf the snowman ^.^

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By Jeeves12345 GOLD
Santa Maria, California
Jeeves12345 GOLD, Santa Maria, California
13 articles 0 photos 23 comments

Favorite Quote:
It&#039;s okay, I won&#039;t judge.

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By jmef8081 GOLD
Topsham, Maine
jmef8081 GOLD, Topsham, Maine
10 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;How can I move forward if I don&#039;t know which direction I am facing?&quot; -John Lennon <br /> <br /> &quot;This poem is the poem I am writing because we aren&#039;t speaking and it&#039;s making my heart hurt so bad that sometimes I can&#039;t make it up off the floor.&quot;

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By jmef8081 GOLD
Topsham, Maine
jmef8081 GOLD, Topsham, Maine
10 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;How can I move forward if I don&#039;t know which direction I am facing?&quot; -John Lennon <br /> <br /> &quot;This poem is the poem I am writing because we aren&#039;t speaking and it&#039;s making my heart hurt so bad that sometimes I can&#039;t make it up off the floor.&quot;