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Butterflying
By Steph247 GOLD
Somers, New York

We’ve helped these wings unfurl themselves To teach them flight and fall Traced their tiny vessels And direct them to stand tall We hold each other’s starry tears As pain rips...
Steph247 GOLD, Somers, New York
12 articles 0 photos 4 comments
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#182272 Poetry
I Miss You
By Ashanti GOLD
Melbourne, Florida
Ashanti GOLD, Melbourne, Florida
17 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
I love being me

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#182273 Poetry
That Place
By Anonymous
#182274 Poetry
Last Man on Earth
By Anonymous
#182275 Poetry
Who am I to you?
By Marie BRONZE
Spokane, Washington
Marie BRONZE, Spokane, Washington
4 articles 15 photos 18 comments

Favorite Quote:
Go loud or go home.

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#182276 Poetry
One Step Ahead
By Thesilentraven PLATINUM
Mableton, Georgia
Thesilentraven PLATINUM, Mableton, Georgia
40 articles 2 photos 1632 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;il piu nell&#039; uno,&quot; (according to Emerson, an Italian expression for beauty)<br /> <br /> &quot;Unable are the loved to die, for love is immortality&quot; ~Emily Dickinson<br /> <br /> &quot;The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain&quot; <br /> ~Kahlil Gibran

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#182277 Poetry
Travel
By PaidTre BRONZE
Detroit, Michigan
PaidTre BRONZE, Detroit, Michigan
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments
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#182278 Poetry
The Edge
By Mariposaaa BRONZE
Statesville, North Carolina
Mariposaaa BRONZE, Statesville, North Carolina
4 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&quot;The writer must believe that what he is doing is the most important thing in the world. And he must hold to this illusion even when he knows it is not true.&quot;<br /> <br /> -John Steinbeck

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#182279 Poetry
Running Away Together
By LoonyLunaLovegood BRONZE
Jonesboro, Arkansas
LoonyLunaLovegood BRONZE, Jonesboro, Arkansas
2 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;I think I&#039;ll just go down and have some pudding and wait for it all to turn up - it always does in the end.&rdquo; <br /> - Luna Lovegood<br /> ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

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#182280 Poetry
Inner Beast
By falling_UP PLATINUM
Grand Marais, Michigan
falling_UP PLATINUM, Grand Marais, Michigan
34 articles 0 photos 4 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;I am both happy and sad at the same time, and I&#039;m still trying to figure out how that could be.&quot; Stephen Chbosky - Perks of Being A Wallflower

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