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#13161voted by our readers
Love Is Pain (It's Beautiful)
By Anonymous

I can barely breathe, My lungs are constricted, My heart's in a vice, I can barely feel anything, Only pain. I've sewn my eyes shut, So no one can see the tears i...
#13162 Poetry
Paper Heart
By zinkai1 BRONZE
Union City, Georgia
zinkai1 BRONZE, Union City, Georgia
4 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;I have a gift for enraging people, but if I ever bore you it will be with a knife.&rdquo; ..Louise Brooks..<br /> <br /> &quot;Wisdom is not what you think, hear, or see she is what you are unless you strangle her cries.&quot; ..Ash.J..

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#13163 Poetry
falling
By ErikGotberg BRONZE
Grandville, Michigan
ErikGotberg BRONZE, Grandville, Michigan
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;thats what she said&quot;

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#13164 Poetry
What Love
By awray0 GOLD
Seymour, Indiana
awray0 GOLD, Seymour, Indiana
11 articles 6 photos 14 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;Be very careful if you make a woman cry, because God counts her tears. The woman came out of a man&rsquo;s rib: Not from his feet to be walked on. Not from his head to be superior, but from the side to be equal. Under the arm to be protected, and next to the heart to be loved.&rdquo;<br /> <br /> live laught love<br /> <br /> hope is love and forgivness<br /> <br /> live life as if you die tomorrow<br /> <br /> fake it till you make it<br /> <br /> face up to the music an grab the bull by the horns<br /> <br /> you never lose by loving you lose by holding back<br /> <br /> its alright letting yourself go as long as you can get yourself back up<br /> <br /> she never gave up on my mom is my hero<br /> <br /> my mom had a great deal of trouble with me but i think she enjoyed it<br /> <br /> i dont judge you for what you belief in so why judge mine.

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#13165 Poetry
The Widow
By AyeKay10 GOLD
Yorktown, Virginia
AyeKay10 GOLD, Yorktown, Virginia
12 articles 0 photos 0 comments
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#13166 Poetry
The Meeting
By Anonymous
#13167 Poetry
Ode to "I Love You"
By SaraElizabeth PLATINUM
St. Charles, Missouri
SaraElizabeth PLATINUM, St. Charles, Missouri
24 articles 1 photo 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Geniune poetry can communicate before it is understood&quot;

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#13168 Poetry
King Frost
By K.McDonald BRONZE
Jay, New York
K.McDonald BRONZE, Jay, New York
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;I&#039;ve fallen in love with nature&#039;s beauty, and it&#039;s far stronger than any love I&#039;ve ever felt for a human being&quot; -me.

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#13169 Poetry
Limits
By skematt PLATINUM
Shanghai, Other
skematt PLATINUM, Shanghai, Other
47 articles 0 photos 9 comments
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#13170 Poetry
The Bells of Paris
By emily_preiser BRONZE
Jackson, New Jersey
emily_preiser BRONZE, Jackson, New Jersey
3 articles 3 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"You know, sometimes all you need is twenty seconds of insane courage. Just literally twenty seconds of embarrassing bravery. And I promise you, something great will come of it." - Matt Damon

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