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#22641voted by our readers
Gasping for air
By caylajoan GOLD
Clark, New Jersey

I am drowning in an ocean full of lies, trying to escape, but waves of selfishness come crashing down. I watch as tears fall from your eyes and a force pushes me to the deep -...
caylajoan GOLD, Clark, New Jersey
16 articles 0 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
Writers become writers because they are <br /> comfortable alone. Out of that silence emerges <br /> a kind of music that doesn&rsquo;t need screaming fans

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#22642 Poetry
Ode to Unpopular Kids
By Kyte. SILVER
Aurora, Colorado
Kyte. SILVER, Aurora, Colorado
5 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
It&#039;s OK to get mad at God, he can take it.

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#22643 Poetry
Shadows.
By AMCLRIDCA PLATINUM
CDA, Idaho
AMCLRIDCA PLATINUM, CDA, Idaho
31 articles 2 photos 226 comments

Favorite Quote:
Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take... but by the moments that take your breath away.

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#22644 Poetry
I can't believe I trusted you
By Zobst1 GOLD
Buffalo, New York
Zobst1 GOLD, Buffalo, New York
18 articles 0 photos 9 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Behind every exquisite thing that existed, there was something tragic.&quot; -The Picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde

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#22645 Poetry
13 Candles
By hippiechick99 GOLD
Mesquite, Texas
hippiechick99 GOLD, Mesquite, Texas
11 articles 0 photos 224 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;... How dreary to be somebody-- How public like a frog;<br /> To tell one&#039;s name; the livelong June-- To an admiring bog&quot;<br /> -Emily Dickinson

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#22646 Poetry
The Letter I Shouldn't Need to Write
By BookWorm98 BRONZE
Oberlin, Kansas
BookWorm98 BRONZE, Oberlin, Kansas
2 articles 0 photos 9 comments

Favorite Quote:
No one said life was gonna be easy but you gotta pick yourself up dust yourself off and move on.<br /> -Jillian Ruthann

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#22647 Poetry
High School Expectations
By Anonymous
#22648 Poetry
He & Me
By FiREproof PLATINUM
Morrisville, North Carolina
FiREproof PLATINUM, Morrisville, North Carolina
33 articles 0 photos 4 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;I&#039;m Like a little dog chasing cars, i wouldn&#039;t know what to do with one if i caught it&quot;--Joker-- <br /> &quot;You either die a Hero or live lonq enuff to watch yourself become thu Villan&quot;--Harvey Dent

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#22649 Poetry
Cherry Blossom Tree
By Fashionita101 GOLD
Pembroke Pines, Florida
Fashionita101 GOLD, Pembroke Pines, Florida
10 articles 0 photos 4 comments
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#22650 Poetry
Lock and Key
By ibadancer13 BRONZE
Urbandale, Iowa
ibadancer13 BRONZE, Urbandale, Iowa
4 articles 0 photos 16 comments
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