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#261511voted by our readers
By EnnaGirl SILVER
Sacramento, California

I feel so far 1,000,000 miles away Crawling to the edge of the cliff Your hand slips through my grasp Tears cry out, but they don't fall Words come, but they don't s...
EnnaGirl SILVER, Sacramento, California
9 articles 2 photos 58 comments

Favorite Quote:
Be the change you want to see in the world<br /> - Ghandi


#261512 Poetry
By LexyK2015 SILVER
Tucson, Arizona
LexyK2015 SILVER, Tucson, Arizona
5 articles 6 photos 17 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;I will not be a goody bag at your pity party&quot; ~ Rachel Cohn<br /> &ldquo;On, there are so many lives. How we wish we could live them concurrently instead of one by one by one. We could select the best pieces of each, stringing them together like a strand of pearls. But that&#039;s not how it works. A human life is a beautiful mess.&rdquo; ~ Gabrielle Zevin

#261513 Poetry
By AngelGraham GOLD
Nashville, Tennessee
AngelGraham GOLD, Nashville, Tennessee
16 articles 0 photos 4 comments

Favorite Quote:
death is guaranteed and life is a given so quit living as if you have tomorrow.

#261514 Poetry
By hall.anya BRONZE
Delanco, New Jersey
hall.anya BRONZE, Delanco, New Jersey
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#261515 Poetry
By CassieK SILVER
Yorktown, Virginia
CassieK SILVER, Yorktown, Virginia
7 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer, but the right answer. Let us not seek to fix the blame for the past. Let us accept our own responsibility for the future.&quot;

#261516 Poetry
By Anonymous
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#261518 Poetry
By Vildarra SILVER
Greenville, Florida
Vildarra SILVER, Greenville, Florida
9 articles 0 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Homo sum&quot; Terence

#261519 Poetry
By BriannaCherie SILVER
Wakarusa, Indiana
BriannaCherie SILVER, Wakarusa, Indiana
8 articles 1 photo 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;If at first you don&#039;t succeed, destroy all evidence that you tried.&quot;<br /> <br /> &quot;You laugh at me because I am different, but I laugh at you because you are all the same.&quot;

#261520 Poetry
By ZalphaNeko GOLD
Plantation, Florida
ZalphaNeko GOLD, Plantation, Florida
17 articles 5 photos 16 comments