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#261551voted by our readers
Simply Movement
By andrya BRONZE
Urbana, Illinois

I stopped smiling long ago. these are just muscle movements under a layer of skin...a conditioned mask, shown in front of others...my smile does not stem from emotion...it is pure...
andrya BRONZE, Urbana, Illinois
2 articles 0 photos 5 comments

Favorite Quote:
Man is least himself when he talks in his own person... Give him a mask and he&#039;ll tell you the truth. <br /> (Velvet Goldmine)

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#261552 Poetry
Mothers Jewelry Box
By MissSarahLeah GOLD
Clarkston, Michigan
MissSarahLeah GOLD, Clarkston, Michigan
11 articles 6 photos 6 comments
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#261553 Poetry
Beauty of Silence
By EndlessSilenceOfMidnightDeath PLATINUM
Baker, Florida
EndlessSilenceOfMidnightDeath PLATINUM, Baker, Florida
20 articles 0 photos 20 comments
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#261554 Poetry
The Licket
By Kelly Dietrich BRONZE
Grandville, Michigan
Kelly Dietrich BRONZE, Grandville, Michigan
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments
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#261555 Poetry
The Story Of Us
By Tizzy13 BRONZE
Grand Blanc, Michigan
Tizzy13 BRONZE, Grand Blanc, Michigan
4 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
Beauty begins the moment you choose to be yourself.

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#261556 Poetry
Eating Equilibrium
By calissa BRONZE
Cannon Falls, Minnesota
calissa BRONZE, Cannon Falls, Minnesota
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments
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#261557 Poetry
Have fun in Hell
By megpie000 PLATINUM
Marietta, Georgia
megpie000 PLATINUM, Marietta, Georgia
22 articles 1 photo 100 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Give generously to him and do so without a grudging heart; then because of this the Lord you God will bless you in all your work and in everything you put your hand to.&quot; Deuteronomy 15:10

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#261558 Poetry
The Queen
By EmmaRo GOLD
Cincinnati, Ohio
EmmaRo GOLD, Cincinnati, Ohio
12 articles 10 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&quot;You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you.&quot; -Ray Bradbury

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#261559 Poetry
Love is a Saltwater Bay
By CalvinLawton62 BRONZE
Forest Lake, Minnesota
CalvinLawton62 BRONZE, Forest Lake, Minnesota
4 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Everything human is pathetic. The secret source of humor itself is not joy but sorrow. There is no humor in heaven.&quot; - Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens)

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#261560 Poetry
Moonshine Apocalypse
By Sorla_the_Space_Cowboy GOLD
Boston, Massachusetts
Sorla_the_Space_Cowboy GOLD, Boston, Massachusetts
19 articles 0 photos 19 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;Sometimes if you want to see a change for the better, you have to take things into your own hands.&rdquo; - Clint Eastwood<br /> &quot;I never lie. I believe everything I say, so it&#039;s not a lie.&quot; - Mark Wahlberg<br /> &quot;I just want to be pure&quot;- Jim Carroll

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