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#253561voted by our readers
By Marie McGrath BRONZE
Pinecrest, Florida

It seems to me that passion comes from purpose And purpose from hope. But I am quickly losing mine and tumbling down a rocky slope. If the universal wick that guides our every t...
Marie McGrath BRONZE, Pinecrest, Florida
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments

#253562 Poetry
By Leila SILVER
Carrboro, North Carolina
Leila SILVER, Carrboro, North Carolina
5 articles 0 photos 2 comments
#253563 Poetry
By Writergirl18 SILVER
North Tonawanda, New York
Writergirl18 SILVER, North Tonawanda, New York
6 articles 0 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Don't need to see where I am going, just need to know where I've been." - Tow Mater, CARS

#253564 Poetry
By Kendra92 SILVER
The Colony, Texas
Kendra92 SILVER, The Colony, Texas
6 articles 0 photos 10 comments
#253565 Poetry
Fallen_Soul SILVER, Visalia, California
8 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
"Bang, Bang," by Mick Foley

#253566 Poetry
By lydia.w GOLD
Myerstown, Pennsylvania
lydia.w GOLD, Myerstown, Pennsylvania
11 articles 7 photos 20 comments

Favorite Quote:
I was always an unusual girl.<br /> My mother told me I had a chameleon soul, no moral compass pointing due north, no fixed personality; just an inner indecisiveness that was as wide and as wavering as the ocean...<br /> And if I said I didn&#039;t plan for it to turn out this way I&#039;d be lying...<br /> Because I was born to be the other woman.<br /> Who belonged to no one, who belonged to everyone.<br /> Who had nothing, who wanted everything, with a fire for every experience and an obsession for freedom that terrified me to the point that I couldn&#039;t even talk about it, and pushed me to a nomadic point of madness that both dazzled and dizzied me.

#253567 Poetry
By WarZone PLATINUM
Rockledge, Florida
WarZone PLATINUM, Rockledge, Florida
45 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
The purpose of literature is to turn blood into ink. - T.s Eliot<br /> <br /> Sometime only paper will listen to you.-Unknown

#253568 Poetry
By Anonymous
#253569 Poetry
By sHaDoWnInJa PLATINUM
West Jordan, Utah
sHaDoWnInJa PLATINUM, West Jordan, Utah
31 articles 0 photos 3 comments
#253570 Poetry
By SuperEeks SILVER
Farmington, Utah
SuperEeks SILVER, Farmington, Utah
6 articles 0 photos 5 comments

Favorite Quote:
Life is not about how many breaths you take, <br /> it&#039;s about how many moment take your breath away.