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#262571voted by our readers
By ladii-k SILVER
Garysburg, North Carolina

My tears are all dried out Like the darkness of my soul A soul drenched in hatred Hatred that corrupts Corrupts the heart A heart that if full of darkness A darkness that sl...
ladii-k SILVER, Garysburg, North Carolina
5 articles 0 photos 1 comment

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Like oh wow really


#262572 Poetry
By Anonymous
#262573 Poetry
Mirror BRONZE, Palm Coast, Florida
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#262574 Poetry
Anonymous_Writer SILVER, El Paso, Idaho
8 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference." - Robert Frost; "The Road Not Taken"

#262575 Poetry
By CWells_521 DIAMOND
Greene, New York
CWells_521 DIAMOND, Greene, New York
81 articles 0 photos 45 comments

Favorite Quote:
The best things in life are unseen, that&#039;s why you close your eyes when you kiss, cry, or dream.<br /> What doesn&#039;t kill you, only makes you stronger.

#262576 Poetry
By SammyD.1722 BRONZE
New York, New York
SammyD.1722 BRONZE, New York, New York
2 articles 1 photo 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
Life is like painting. You can paint any way you want but you can&#039;t erase the mistake. (created by yours truly)

#262577 Poetry
By Anonymous
#262578 Poetry
By emilyann SILVER
Melrose, Iowa
emilyann SILVER, Melrose, Iowa
7 articles 0 photos 2 comments
#262579 Poetry
By makingalife GOLD
Marlborough, Massachusetts
makingalife GOLD, Marlborough, Massachusetts
10 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;There is a difference between making a &#039;living&#039; and making a life&quot;~ Maya Angelou<br /> <br /> &quot;There is nothing more beautiful than the way the ocean refuses to stop kissing the shoreline, no matter how many times he is sent away&quot;

#262580 Poetry
Porcellina SILVER, Oxford, Ohio
6 articles 0 photos 3 comments

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I believe that there is one story in the world, and only one.... Humans are caught -- in their lives, in their thoughts, in their hungers and ambitions, in their avarice and cruelty, and in their kindness and generosity too&mdash;in a net of good and evil... There is no other story. A man, after he has brushed off the dust and chips of his life, will have left only the hard, clean questions: Was it good or was it evil? Have I done well -- or ill?