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#260961voted by our readers
By gracebrindle DIAMOND
Westfield, New Jersey

The sky is a smudge of sea salt And oxidized blood that oozes Over the landscape It smells of cracked sea shells And broken bones and The death that's written In the broili...
gracebrindle DIAMOND, Westfield, New Jersey
54 articles 27 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
"People are screwed up in this world. I'd rather be with someone screwed up and open about it than somebody perfect and ready to explode." - Ned Vizzini, It's Kind of a Funny Story


#260962 Poetry
By sydneyflynn BRONZE
Oconomowoc, Wisconsin
sydneyflynn BRONZE, Oconomowoc, Wisconsin
4 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#260963 Poetry
By AliciaW PLATINUM
Roy, Washington
AliciaW PLATINUM, Roy, Washington
23 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
It isn't about the Destination, its the journey

#260964 Poetry
By RawrLnRawr PLATINUM
Kewanee, Illinois
RawrLnRawr PLATINUM, Kewanee, Illinois
43 articles 43 photos 16 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Why Should I Care What They Think Of Me?<br /> I Am Who I Am <br /> And Who I Wanna Be.&quot; - Avril Lavigne

#260965 Poetry
By ugh,life.... BRONZE
Homer City, Pennsylvania
ugh,life.... BRONZE, Homer City, Pennsylvania
3 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Its because we gave them all the spot light, and let the shine in the ways they know how. We never ever told that they weren&#039;t good enough, or pretty enough, or smart enough, we just let them do their own thing, and it worked&quot;~Dee Ann

#260966 Poetry
By Donovanet SILVER
Avon, Indiana
Donovanet SILVER, Avon, Indiana
8 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#260967 Poetry
By Poetic_Dreams1 BRONZE
Newark, Delaware
Poetic_Dreams1 BRONZE, Newark, Delaware
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;All those who wander are not lost&quot; -Unknown<br /> <br /> &quot;Easy mind, Light heart.. A mind that is too easy hides a heart that is too heavy&quot; - Unknown<br /> <br /> &quot;From a Seed came rose. For that Rose Is you. For you being that Rose. You define Beauty&quot; - Damar Westley

#260968 Poetry
Paully-C1801 BRONZE, Sidney, Iowa
1 article 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
Love life to live, live life to love.

#260969 Poetry
By Anonymous
#260970 Poetry
By AlessandraEloise SILVER
Monroeville, New Jersey
AlessandraEloise SILVER, Monroeville, New Jersey
7 articles 0 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
please take me out of my body, up through the palm trees to smell California in sweet hypocrisy.