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#185831voted by our readers
By troubled-times GOLD
Richmond, Virginia

I was in a boat with you and the sun was burning our legs, bleaching us blond, sucking us dry. your eyes were bleeding into the water, your fingers tugging your pink bathing...
troubled-times GOLD, Richmond, Virginia
15 articles 0 photos 11 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Talents include talking about the X-Files and picking up dogs."


#185832 Poetry
By AidedPlacebo BRONZE
Commack, New York
AidedPlacebo BRONZE, Commack, New York
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#185833 Poetry
Connor Lemons BRONZE, Leola, Arkansas
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#185834 Poetry
By Anonymous
#185835 Poetry
By MelRae SILVER
Westmont, Illinois
MelRae SILVER, Westmont, Illinois
6 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#185836 Poetry
By A_Jean PLATINUM
Citrus Heights, California
A_Jean PLATINUM, Citrus Heights, California
40 articles 0 photos 19 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;we all carry these things inside that no one else can see. they hold us down like anchors and they drown us out at sea.&quot;<br /> &quot;i&#039;m trying to figure out which parts of my personality are mine and which ones I created to please you&quot;

#185837 Poetry
By sophieee27 SILVER
New Fairfield, Connecticut
sophieee27 SILVER, New Fairfield, Connecticut
9 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
"It is only through labor and painful effort, by grim energy and resolute courage, that we move on to better things." - Theodore Roosevelt

#185838 Poetry
By bandgeek2400 GOLD
Hartland, Wisconsin
bandgeek2400 GOLD, Hartland, Wisconsin
10 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#185839 Poetry
By Anonymous
#185840 Poetry
By Rotc_Gurl BRONZE
Tacoma, Washington
Rotc_Gurl BRONZE, Tacoma, Washington
2 articles 1 photo 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;You can shoot all the blue jays you want, if you can hit &#039;em. But it is a sin to kill a mockingbird. They do nothing but sing there little hearts out.&quot; Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird