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#16391voted by our readers
By Jordan Yoshihara BRONZE
Whittier, California

Distant gun sounds, Crowd implores me, “run!” My heart beats, pounds, thrashes, The race has begun. Unhindered first steps, Taken without delay. Relentless crowd yells, “R...
Jordan Yoshihara BRONZE, Whittier, California
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

#16392 Poetry
By MLong531 SILVER
Covington, Louisiana
MLong531 SILVER, Covington, Louisiana
6 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#16393 Poetry
By helloimustbegoing PLATINUM
Silver Spring, Maryland
helloimustbegoing PLATINUM, Silver Spring, Maryland
41 articles 0 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
that which doesn't kill me only makes me stronger

#16394 Poetry
By Anonymous
#16395 Poetry
spineless_liberalxo GOLD, Cincinnati, Ohio
12 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"life's not a paragraph. and death, i think, is no parenthesis."--e.e. cummings.

#16396 Poetry
By Sammie_Shamrock PLATINUM
Holland, Michigan
Sammie_Shamrock PLATINUM, Holland, Michigan
29 articles 5 photos 19 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Just bury me in the memories" -Modern day escape

#16397 Poetry
By dancer5678 GOLD
South Plainfield, New Jersey
dancer5678 GOLD, South Plainfield, New Jersey
18 articles 0 photos 4 comments

Favorite Quote:
"The toughest act to follow is yourself."

#16398 Poetry
phoenixandcinnamon BRONZE, Paxico, Kansas
3 articles 1 photo 4 comments

Favorite Quote:
~Fairy tales are more than true; not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten~ G.K. Chesterton

#16399 Poetry
By Jenniebean BRONZE
Brooklyn, New York
Jenniebean BRONZE, Brooklyn, New York
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#16400 Poetry
By simone3 BRONZE
Butler, Pennsylvania
simone3 BRONZE, Butler, Pennsylvania
4 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
This is one that I created: Earth is God's mural and we are the paintbrushes.