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#11571voted by our readers
By alphabet.soup SILVER
San Antonio, Texas

Mirrors mock me, scales smirk, models taunt me, and diets don't work. Anorexia kills you, bulimia is gross, pills are too expensive, and surgery hurts. Exercis...
alphabet.soup SILVER, San Antonio, Texas
5 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
we must have the faith of desperate sleepwalkers, who rise out of their calm beds and walk through the skin of another life


#11572 Poetry
By SalmaaME BRONZE
Hamden, Connecticut
SalmaaME BRONZE, Hamden, Connecticut
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"If you knew the future you would love the present."

#11573 Poetry
By Anonymous
#11574 Poetry
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#11575 Poetry
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#11576 Poetry
By t.i.m.n_w PLATINUM
Iqaluit, Other
t.i.m.n_w PLATINUM, Iqaluit, Other
30 articles 0 photos 18 comments

Favorite Quote:
When oppertunites come, don't be afraid to try for them, they might open doors to bigger and better things.

#11577 Poetry
By kaykaybeck PLATINUM
Petersburg, Michigan
kaykaybeck PLATINUM, Petersburg, Michigan
24 articles 4 photos 80 comments

Favorite Quote:
Life takes you somewhere, love helps you get there.

#11578 Poetry
By Cantrella PLATINUM
Kamuela, Hawaii
Cantrella PLATINUM, Kamuela, Hawaii
31 articles 1 photo 18 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot; Backward, turn backward<br /> oh time in your flight,<br /> make me a child again,<br /> just for tonight.&quot; E.A. Allen

#11579 Poetry
By Flubagirl SILVER
Sandy, Utah
Flubagirl SILVER, Sandy, Utah
9 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Happiness can be found in the darkest of times if one only remembers to turn on the light&quot;

#11580 Poetry
By miaofutianjerry PLATINUM
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
miaofutianjerry PLATINUM, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
33 articles 98 photos 0 comments