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By Amelie13 GOLD
Burlington, Iowa

do you know how it feels when you feel like youre flying and it feels like before you were nothing at all because now you are something and that something is great a mighty m...
Amelie13 GOLD, Burlington, Iowa
11 articles 0 photos 10 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Yet ah! why should they know their fate?&nbsp;<br /> Since sorrow never comes too late,&nbsp;<br /> And happiness too swiftly flies.&nbsp;<br /> Thought would destroy their paradise.&nbsp;<br /> No more; where ignorance is bliss,&nbsp;<br /> &#039;Tis folly to be wise.&quot; - Thomas Gray, exerpt from &#039;An Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard&#039;


#175492 Poetry
By Anonymous
OrNot.. PLATINUM, Hammond, Louisiana
25 articles 0 photos 6 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot; I close my eyes but I can&#039;t rest. My body is tired, my mind is wandering. From the past to the east to the west. Trying to take up the blame, you&#039;ve already taken from me. Can anyone tell me how we learn to live with ourselves?&quot;

#175494 Poetry
By Farah Charania BRONZE
Marietta, Georgia
Farah Charania BRONZE, Marietta, Georgia
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments
Angela Paul BRONZE, -, New Mexico
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#175496 Poetry
By Prehistoric-Fool GOLD
Wellesley, Massachusetts
Prehistoric-Fool GOLD, Wellesley, Massachusetts
16 articles 2 photos 23 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;Every path is the right path. Everything could&rsquo;ve been anything else. And it would have just as much meaning.&rdquo;<br /> &mdash;<br /> Nemo Nobody

#175497 Poetry
By MarieEsther PLATINUM
Miami, Florida
MarieEsther PLATINUM, Miami, Florida
33 articles 0 photos 11 comments
#175498 Poetry
By DarkNerd BRONZE
Paducah, Kentucky
DarkNerd BRONZE, Paducah, Kentucky
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#175499 Poetry
By BrokenWingedHero BRONZE
Lehigh Acres, Florida
BrokenWingedHero BRONZE, Lehigh Acres, Florida
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#175500 Poetry
By Mistaken GOLD
Sacramento, California
Mistaken GOLD, Sacramento, California
14 articles 0 photos 4 comments

Favorite Quote:
Stand among us or Walk in our shadows