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By Anonymous

How can you just turn your back on me; without even a tiny glimpse my life is vanishing, falling threw the cracks of all your pathetic lies. Only you can fix what has been br...

#209782 Poetry
TravelerenRoute GOLD, Ribera, New Mexico
13 articles 1 photo 65 comments

Favorite Quote:
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.<br /> Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.<br /> <br /> It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us.<br /> We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant,<br /> gorgeous, handsome, talented and fabulous?<br /> <br /> Actually, who are you not to be?<br /> You are a child of God.<br /> <br /> Your playing small does not serve the world.<br /> There is nothing enlightened about shrinking<br /> so that other people won&#039;t feel insecure around you.<br /> We are all meant to shine, as children do.<br /> <br /> We were born to make manifest the glory of God within us.<br /> It is not just in some; it is in everyone.<br /> <br /> And, as we let our own light shine, we consciously give<br /> other people permission to do the same.<br /> As we are liberated from our fear,<br /> our presence automatically liberates others.&quot;<br /> Marianne Williamson

#209783 Poetry
By Anonymous
#209784 Poetry
By EmoNeko SILVER
Hutchinson, Kansas
EmoNeko SILVER, Hutchinson, Kansas
5 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
Love is Pain, Pain brings Sorrow, Sorrow attracts Comfort, Comfort evolves into Happiness, and Happiness forms into Love. But, Love is Pain. We are forever in pain.

#209785 Poetry
By SoccerMad GOLD
Saint Helens, Oregon
SoccerMad GOLD, Saint Helens, Oregon
11 articles 0 photos 8 comments

Favorite Quote:
NOT TODAY =:)

#209786 Poetry
By ZinkANnggirl1004 BRONZE
Weston, Colorado
ZinkANnggirl1004 BRONZE, Weston, Colorado
3 articles 0 photos 7 comments
#209787 Poetry
By deedog SILVER
Anaconda, Montana
deedog SILVER, Anaconda, Montana
8 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&quot;everything has it&#039;s beauty but not everyone sees it&quot; <br /> Confucuios

#209788 Poetry
By AJ_Black BRONZE
Belgrade, Montana
AJ_Black BRONZE, Belgrade, Montana
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
I have as yet to determine which is more frightening: the possibility that there may be other life in the universe, or the possibility that we are entirely alone.

#209789 Poetry
By 143-- BRONZE
Plano, Texas
143-- BRONZE, Plano, Texas
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#209790 Poetry
By 8kleczka GOLD
Oconomowoc, Wisconsin
8kleczka GOLD, Oconomowoc, Wisconsin
12 articles 0 photos 0 comments