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#17611voted by our readers
The Way It Is
By TryingToLive PLATINUM
Austintown, Ohio

Here in this moment, hope is small and weak. Sadness is salt in my wounds, it's in the blood that runs through my veins. Words surround me but their meaning is lost to th...
TryingToLive PLATINUM, Austintown, Ohio
26 articles 0 photos 5 comments

Favorite Quote:
"And I think of all the thousands of billions of steps and missteps and chances and coincidences that have brought me here and it feels like the biggest miracle in the world."

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#17612 Poetry
Security
By vanessakaye GOLD
Big Rapids, Michigan
vanessakaye GOLD, Big Rapids, Michigan
17 articles 5 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
"when life gets ya down, you know what ya gotta do?... just keep swimming, just keep swimming..." - Dori from "Finding Nemo"

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#17613 Poetry
Anxiety
By xWritingWonderlandx PLATINUM
Ormond Beach, Florida
xWritingWonderlandx PLATINUM, Ormond Beach, Florida
23 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;The past can hurt but the way I see it you can either run from it or learn from it&quot; -The Lion King<br /> <br /> &quot;To live would be an awfully big adventure!&quot; -Peter Pan<br /> <br /> &quot;Without pain how could we know joy?&quot; -The Fault in our Stars<br /> <br /> &quot;I will never fit in because i was not ment to&quot; -Cher Lloyd <br /> <br /> &quot;I can&#039;t go back go to yesterday because I was a different person than&quot; -Alice in Wonderland

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#17614 Poetry
Prosthetic Principal
By jackseb BRONZE
Clarkston, Michigan
jackseb BRONZE, Clarkston, Michigan
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
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#17615 Poetry
The city
By Anielas SILVER
Nyack, New York
Anielas SILVER, Nyack, New York
7 articles 0 photos 0 comments
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#17616 Poetry
The season that meant it all
By Anonymous
#17617 Poetry
And I Could Swim In Your Eyes
By AndThisIsReal PLATINUM
Broadalbin, New York
AndThisIsReal PLATINUM, Broadalbin, New York
31 articles 0 photos 81 comments

Favorite Quote:
Dans chaque fil il y a un debut.

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#17618 Poetry
You Never
By Anonymous
#17619 Poetry
Monsters
By alicen1ndrland GOLD
Bethesda, Maryland
alicen1ndrland GOLD, Bethesda, Maryland
10 articles 1 photo 18 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;The moment you think you understand a great work of art, it&#039;s dead for you.&rdquo;<br /> ~Oscar Wilde<br /> I must lie down where all the ladders start<br /> In the foul rag and bone shop of the heart. <br /> ~William Butler Yeats

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#17620 Poetry
BLACK
By allycaroline21 PLATINUM
Rochester, New York
allycaroline21 PLATINUM, Rochester, New York
22 articles 32 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Swim for the music that saves you when you&#039;re not so sure you&#039;ll survive.&quot;<br /> <br /> &quot;Art washes from the soul the dust of everyday life.&quot;<br /> <br /> &amp; tons more.

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