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By Anonymous

When I would fall, you'd say "get up", like a little soldier, you made me tough. If I'd cry late at night, you'd tell me "good night", then tuck me in tight. You checked t...

#264542 Poetry
By cduke SILVER
Overland Park, Kansas
cduke SILVER, Overland Park, Kansas
6 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
Don't cry because its over. Smile because it happened.

#264543 Poetry
By ocw2021 SILVER
Cary, North Carolina
ocw2021 SILVER, Cary, North Carolina
5 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Boys are like slinkys, useless, but fun to watch fall down stairs."

#264544 Poetry
By Austin_9k SILVER
Westminster, Maryland
Austin_9k SILVER, Westminster, Maryland
9 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
A man&#039;s interest in a single bluebird is worth more than a complete but dry list of the fauna and flora of a town.<br /> ~Thoreau~

#264545 Poetry
By xxLivxx GOLD
Preston, Other
xxLivxx GOLD, Preston, Other
12 articles 0 photos 10 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;Don&rsquo;t walk in front of me, I may not follow. Don&rsquo;t walk behind me, I may not lead. Walk beside me and be my friend.&rdquo;<br /> <br /> - Albert Camus

#264546 Poetry
By McHammerhead SILVER
Lake Charles, Louisiana
McHammerhead SILVER, Lake Charles, Louisiana
7 articles 0 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;People who claim that they&#039;re evil are usually no worse than the rest of us... It&#039;s people who claim that they&#039;re good, or any way better than the rest of us, that you have to be wary of.&rdquo; <br /> ― Gregory Maguire, Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West

#264547 Poetry
lastingbreath16 DIAMOND, Lake Alfred, Florida
54 articles 3 photos 70 comments

Favorite Quote:
screw it all if life gives u lemons do what ever you feel the need to do with them.

#264548 Poetry
FreakyEyed DIAMOND, Juneau, Alaska
53 articles 29 photos 111 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;This, too, will pass.&quot;

#264549 Poetry
By b.rai DIAMOND
College Station, Texas
b.rai DIAMOND, College Station, Texas
79 articles 0 photos 30 comments

Favorite Quote:
you never really know what love is, until it breaks your heart.

#264550 Poetry
By Chamora BRONZE
Oklahoma, Oklahoma
Chamora BRONZE, Oklahoma, Oklahoma
4 articles 0 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
oh snap