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#217931voted by our readers
By mxckingbird SILVER
Missouri City, Texas

My father used to cradle me in his arms and whisper in my ears the tallest of tales; hopes and dreams fluttered from his lips like a thousand butterflies of colors unimag...
mxckingbird SILVER, Missouri City, Texas
8 articles 0 photos 6 comments

Favorite Quote:
"People run from rain but sit in bathtubs full of water." -Charles Bukowski


#217932 Poetry
nate-is-the-name PLATINUM, Clarksburg, Maryland
22 articles 1 photo 7 comments

Favorite Quote:
We’re all nothing but walking paradoxes, and I love it!

#217933 Poetry
By Anonymous
#217934 Poetry
By KellyAnne BRONZE
Oxnard, California
KellyAnne BRONZE, Oxnard, California
4 articles 2 photos 1 comment
#217935 Poetry
By OchibaKonpeki BRONZE
Maumelle, Arkansas
OchibaKonpeki BRONZE, Maumelle, Arkansas
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
The masochist says, "Hit me." The sadist says, "No."

#217936 Poetry
By lizpaula DIAMOND
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
lizpaula DIAMOND, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
73 articles 6 photos 9 comments
#217937 Poetry
LilyC1227 GOLD, Syosset, New York
10 articles 0 photos 9 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;I believe that everything happens for a reason. People change so that you can learn to let go, things go wrong so that you appreciate them when they&#039;re right, you believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself, and sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together.&quot;<br /> &mdash; Marilyn Monroe

#217938 Poetry
By Anonymous
#217939 Poetry
By Lilly275 SILVER
Sykesville, Maryland
Lilly275 SILVER, Sykesville, Maryland
5 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
myself- I&#039;m many things that you can&#039;t label, so you can&#039;t label me.

#217940 Poetry
By Piscis BRONZE
London, Other
Piscis BRONZE, London, Other
1 article 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
life is for living