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#208801voted by our readers
By Agasaya SILVER
Puryear, Tennessee

I have been so distraught lately. I'm not myself. I'm hiding from myself that which defines me. I am not myself. There is a visitor. His name is sorrow. How do...
Agasaya SILVER, Puryear, Tennessee
5 articles 0 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
There is no lasting hope in violence, only temporary relief from hopelessness.\\\&quot; ~ Kingman Brewster<br /> <br /> \\\&quot;Dwell in peace in the home of your own being, and the Messenger of Death will not be able to touch you.\\\&quot; ~ Guru Nanak<br /> <br /> \\\&quot;When a father gives to his son, both laugh; when his son gives to his father, both cry.\\\&quot; ~William Shakespeare<br /> <br /> \\\&quot;Many persons have the wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness...is not attained through self-gratification, but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.\\\&quot; ~Helen Keller


#208802 Poetry
By pibex PLATINUM
Columbus, Ohio
pibex PLATINUM, Columbus, Ohio
27 articles 3 photos 11 comments

Favorite Quote:
When you fall down a bottomless pit you die of starvation.

#208803 Poetry
CrimsonTearsWillFlow PLATINUM, Mesa, Arizona
22 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Sleep. Those little slices of Death: Oh how I loathe them...&quot;<br /> &quot;I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity...&quot;<br /> &quot;Deep into that darkness peering long I stood there. Wondering...Fearing...Doubting...&quot;<br /> - Edgar Allan Poe

#208804 Poetry
By Anonymous
#208805 Poetry
By MarinaOreo GOLD
King Of Prussia, Pennsylvania
MarinaOreo GOLD, King Of Prussia, Pennsylvania
12 articles 0 photos 148 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Your soul is the whole world&quot; -Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse

#208806 Poetry
By Hales BRONZE
Sharon, Wisconsin
Hales BRONZE, Sharon, Wisconsin
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
The only way for a memory to be lost is a better one to take it&#039;s place.

#208807 Poetry
By MinTYicEcrEAm SILVER
Califon, New Jersey
MinTYicEcrEAm SILVER, Califon, New Jersey
5 articles 0 photos 3 comments
#208808 Poetry
By futurista12 ELITE
Far Rockaway, New York
futurista12 ELITE, Far Rockaway, New York
615 articles 1 photo 114 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;And though she be but little, she is fierce.&quot;- Shakespeare

#208809 Poetry
By BuddyBear22 BRONZE
Springfield , Illinois
BuddyBear22 BRONZE, Springfield , Illinois
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#208810 Poetry
By Anonymous