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By TubaLady DIAMOND
Athens, Michigan

You know that song On American Idiot? Boulevard of Broken Dreams? I live there [Though my dreams are whole.] In my worn-down home With my shattered heart Hiding my broken so...
TubaLady DIAMOND, Athens, Michigan
89 articles 2 photos 49 comments

Favorite Quote:
"I know how it feels to be completely alone and helpless, and the last thing you want to hear in that situation is, 'It's going to be OK. ' The only thing that seems to really help is that someone else who has felt that low expressing those feelings"


rhymingrimer SILVER, Eden Prairie, Minnesota
9 articles 12 photos 2 comments
#205873 Poetry
By Morg95 PLATINUM
Salem, West Virginia
Morg95 PLATINUM, Salem, West Virginia
23 articles 3 photos 8 comments

Favorite Quote:
The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.<br /> - Gandhi

#205874 Poetry
By nicocaro411 BRONZE
Carbondale, Illinois
nicocaro411 BRONZE, Carbondale, Illinois
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#205875 Poetry
#205876 Poetry
By caty morris BRONZE
Cleburne, Texas
caty morris BRONZE, Cleburne, Texas
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#205877 Poetry
By LittleMissJacksonn. SILVER
Newcastle Upon Tyne, Other
LittleMissJacksonn. SILVER, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Other
9 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#205878 Poetry
By Anonymous
#205879 Poetry
By Alice_in_Wonderland GOLD
San Clemente, California
Alice_in_Wonderland GOLD, San Clemente, California
16 articles 0 photos 620 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;I could give up, I could stay stuck, or I could move on, So I put one foot front of the other, No no no nothing&rsquo;s gonna break my stride, &ldquo; &ndash;David Archuleta (The Other Side of Down)

#205880 Poetry
By WistfulThinking PLATINUM
Kiln, Mississippi
WistfulThinking PLATINUM, Kiln, Mississippi
21 articles 0 photos 12 comments

Favorite Quote:
&#039;Behind him, across vast distances of space and time, from the place he had left, he thought he heard music too. But perhaps it was only an echo.&#039;- The Giver by Lois Lowry