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#213781voted by our readers
By KaylaBreanne16 GOLD
Simpsonville, South Carolina

The ocean whispers tales of pirates. It hides their broken ships. It buries their golden treasure. The ocean keeps mermaids camouflaged. It hides their underwater cities. It b...
KaylaBreanne16 GOLD, Simpsonville, South Carolina
12 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
“Life’s greatest tragedy is not that it will someday end, but that most only live to follow directions, and sometimes, we end up totally lost.” - Alex Gaskarth


#213782 Poetry
By Grant_M SILVER
Cannon Falls, Minnesota
Grant_M SILVER, Cannon Falls, Minnesota
5 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#213783 Poetry
By Anonymous
#213784 Poetry
By marelina BRONZE
New York, New York
marelina BRONZE, New York, New York
4 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
" Be the change you want to see in the world " - Mahatma Gandhi

#213785 Poetry
By RebeccaMey SILVER
Poughkeepsie, New York
RebeccaMey SILVER, Poughkeepsie, New York
9 articles 0 photos 7 comments

Favorite Quote:
If you love it let it go. If it comes back to you its yours to keep.

#213786 Poetry
By lapisleaves DIAMOND
Durham, New Hampshire
lapisleaves DIAMOND, Durham, New Hampshire
52 articles 0 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
"...I wish none of this had happened." "So do all who live to see such times, but that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us."

#213787 Poetry
By appleyface BRONZE
Montville, New Jersey
appleyface BRONZE, Montville, New Jersey
4 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
I have a choice of being constantly active and happy or introspectively passive and sad. or I can go mad by ricocheting in between. --Sylvia Plath

#213788 Poetry
whoiscaitlin BRONZE, Lewes, Delaware
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"I didn't need you, you idiot. I picked you. And you picked me back."

#213789 Poetry
By Anonymous
#213790 Poetry
By Nina_Care SILVER
Colfax, California
Nina_Care SILVER, Colfax, California
6 articles 0 photos 9 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Love is a many splendored thing, Love lifts us up where we belong, All you need is love!"