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#205231voted by our readers
If you are the sun
By EmilyTheKiwi PLATINUM
Flemington, New Jersey

Don’t look at the sun, They say. Well, I guess that’s why when I look at you, I find that you are blinding. I have always considered myself To be like the moon. R...
EmilyTheKiwi PLATINUM, Flemington, New Jersey
30 articles 1 photo 5 comments

Favorite Quote:
“Picture a wave. In the ocean. You can see it, measure it, its height, the way the sunlight refracts when it passes through. And it's there. And you can see it, you know what it is. It's a wave.<br /> <br /> And then it crashes in the shore and it's gone. But the water is still there. The wave was just a different way for the water to be, for a little while. You know it's one conception of death for Buddhists: the wave returns to the ocean, where it came from and where it's supposed to be."<br /> -The Good Place

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#205232 Poetry
West Virginia
By bcookie PLATINUM
Ashville, Ohio
bcookie PLATINUM, Ashville, Ohio
27 articles 5 photos 46 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;Don&#039;t cry because it&#039;s over, smile because it happened.&rdquo;

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#205233 Poetry
Tell Me
By <3|tatianaa. BRONZE
Tucson, Arizona
<3|tatianaa. BRONZE, Tucson, Arizona
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;thatsz whatsz up&quot;

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#205234 Poetry
Real Fantasy
By Xescaperealityx GOLD
Collinsville, Connecticut
Xescaperealityx GOLD, Collinsville, Connecticut
15 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&quot;anyone who is worth your tears will never make you cry.&quot; ~unknown

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#205235 Poetry
A Beautiful Boy
By micaelagreen17 BRONZE
Las Vegas, Nevada
micaelagreen17 BRONZE, Las Vegas, Nevada
2 articles 0 photos 4 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Everything in this room is edible, even i am edible; but that my children is called cannabalism and is frowned upon in most countries.&quot; <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> ~Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

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#205236 Poetry
The Day We've All Been Waiting For
By Megan Asplin BRONZE
Cedarburg, Wisconsin
Megan Asplin BRONZE, Cedarburg, Wisconsin
4 articles 0 photos 0 comments
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#205237 Poetry
A Lesson in Scars
By kurlyyfry BRONZE
Brooklyn, New York
kurlyyfry BRONZE, Brooklyn, New York
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;The worst thing in life is wasted talent.&quot; - A Bronx Tale

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#205238 Poetry
Triptych of Light
By bookmaniac PLATINUM
Issaquah, Washington
bookmaniac PLATINUM, Issaquah, Washington
41 articles 18 photos 9 comments
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#205239 Poetry
Stranded
By dramanathan98 GOLD
Hartland, Wisconsin
dramanathan98 GOLD, Hartland, Wisconsin
13 articles 0 photos 0 comments
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#205240 Poetry
Crumbling to Ash MAG
By jessica_ev GOLD
Carroll, New Hampshire
jessica_ev GOLD, Carroll, New Hampshire
11 articles 0 photos 13 comments

Favorite Quote:
I don&#039;t know where I&#039;m going, but I know I&#039;m going somewhere beautiful.

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