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#206501voted by our readers
By HannahSaulnier PLATINUM
Manitowoc, Wisconsin

One step forward, Two steps back. They try to make up For what they lack. Everyone thinks That they're okay, Nobody suspects That it's their last day. One step fo...
HannahSaulnier PLATINUM, Manitowoc, Wisconsin
35 articles 2 photos 4 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;The heart may be weak, and sometimes it may even give in. But I&#039;ve learned that deep down, there&#039;s a light that never goes out!&quot;<br /> &quot;There is no darkness strong enough in this world that can diminish the light in our hearts.&quot;<br /> -Kingdom Hearts


#206502 Poetry
By Anonymous
ThereIsAlwaysHope GOLD, Belfast, Other
19 articles 0 photos 82 comments

Favorite Quote:
&#039;Miles to go before I sleep&#039;<br /> - Robert Frost

#206504 Poetry
By TheSummoningFreak PLATINUM
Lugoff, South Carolina
TheSummoningFreak PLATINUM, Lugoff, South Carolina
41 articles 0 photos 122 comments

Favorite Quote:
if you can never let yourself fall you&#039;ll never know what it&#039;s like to love

#206505 Poetry
By Mayb92 SILVER
Effingham, South Carolina
Mayb92 SILVER, Effingham, South Carolina
6 articles 0 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
You can&#039;t save a damsel in distress if she loves her distress--Gossip Girl

#206506 Poetry
rainbowsnowleopard GOLD, Boise, Idaho
10 articles 6 photos 19 comments

Favorite Quote:
one teenager sent a message to a newspaper saying: two homosexuals moved across the street. she wondered what she could do to improve the quality of the neiborhood.<br /> <br /> the response: well, you could move

#206507 Poetry
By gossimergrrl BRONZE
Grosse Ile, Michigan
gossimergrrl BRONZE, Grosse Ile, Michigan
3 articles 1 photo 24 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Hamlet: Oh God, I could be bounded in a nutshell and count myself a king of infinite space, were it not that I have bad dreams.&quot; -William Shakespeare

#206508 Poetry
By hollowfirefly PLATINUM
Tampa, Florida
hollowfirefly PLATINUM, Tampa, Florida
33 articles 0 photos 4 comments

Favorite Quote:
Music is the only thing I&#039;ve ever believed in as a constant. It&#039;s my religion.<br /> -Brendon Urie

#206509 Poetry
ShakespeareanAlice GOLD, Cincinnati, Ohio
11 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
Someone has to win the Nobel Peace Prize, someone has to be a ballerina, why not us? -Carson Phillips, Struck By Lightning

#206510 Poetry
By Masterpiece21 DIAMOND
Denver, Colorado
Masterpiece21 DIAMOND, Denver, Colorado
67 articles 0 photos 11 comments

Favorite Quote:
Doubt is the beginning, not the end, of wisdom