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#206131voted by our readers
By liveamongthestarsdieamongthepeople GOLD
Kalamazoo, Michigan

The world upside down yet not, In the foreboding way the ceiling lights seem to be just right sitting on the floor rather than the ceiling And it seems right to have such an open...
liveamongthestarsdieamongthepeople GOLD, Kalamazoo, Michigan
18 articles 0 photos 25 comments

Favorite Quote:
Why I am here, I know not; where I shall go, it is useless to enquire. In the midst of myriads of the living and the dead worlds, stars, and infinity why should I be anxious of an atom?<br /> -Lord Byron


#206132 Poetry
By schuy PLATINUM
Chatham, Virginia
schuy PLATINUM, Chatham, Virginia
33 articles 4 photos 24 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Stop acting so small. You are the universe in ecstatic motion.&quot; ~Rumi

#206133 Poetry
By Kat2292 BRONZE
Canfield, Ohio
Kat2292 BRONZE, Canfield, Ohio
3 articles 1 photo 62 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;If at first you don&#039;t succeed, call it version 1.0.&quot; ~Mark<br /> &quot;Life&#039;s like a novel with the end ripped out.&quot; ~Rascal Flatts

#206134 Poetry
#206135 Poetry
By MimiH SILVER
Oshkosh, Wisconsin
MimiH SILVER, Oshkosh, Wisconsin
8 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#206136 Poetry
LaurenKenobi PLATINUM, Hartland, Wisconsin
32 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&quot;When a man cannot choose, he ceases to be a man.&quot; -Anthony Burgess<br /> &quot;We can destroy what we have written, but we cannot unwrite it.&quot; -Anthony Burgess

#206137 Poetry
By Chase Arent GOLD
Foster City, California
Chase Arent GOLD, Foster City, California
12 articles 0 photos 5 comments
#206138 Poetry
By Sam-wich SILVER
Tacoma, Washington
Sam-wich SILVER, Tacoma, Washington
7 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;I&#039;m selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can&#039;t handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don&#039;t deserve me at my best.&quot; <br /> - Marilyn Monroe

#206139 Poetry
By Elbow01 SILVER
Newton, Massachusetts
Elbow01 SILVER, Newton, Massachusetts
7 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Numbing the pain for a while will make it worse whe you finally feel it.&quot;<br /> Albus Dumbledore --Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

#206140 Poetry
By mahliahing GOLD
Polk City, Iowa
mahliahing GOLD, Polk City, Iowa
17 articles 8 photos 12 comments