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#266941voted by our readers
This Broken Heart
By brittanynichole BRONZE
Westlake, Louisiana

I only Gave you a shovel for a reason. Take it from my hands as a present. My heart i have cutt out and hidden. Go to the most peaceful place in the world and listen. Soon yo...
brittanynichole BRONZE, Westlake, Louisiana
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Things don't go wrong and break your heart so you can become bitter and give up. They happen to break you down and build you up so you can be all that you were entended to be."

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#266942 Poetry
Love is Never a Loss
By ElizabethistheBoss SILVER
Bucyrus, Ohio
ElizabethistheBoss SILVER, Bucyrus, Ohio
6 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"But as in ethics, evil is a consequence of good, so in fact, out of joy is sorrow born. Either the memory of past bliss is the anguish of today, or the agonies which are have their origin in the ecstasies which might have been" - Edgar Allen Poe

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#266943 Poetry
The Walk
By LouisianaGirl GOLD
Covington, Louisiana
LouisianaGirl GOLD, Covington, Louisiana
14 articles 1 photo 8 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;When you were born, you were crying <br /> And everyone around you was smiling.<br /> Live your life so that when you die,<br /> You&#039;re the one who is smiling<br /> And everyone around you is crying.&quot;

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#266944 Poetry
Medication
By bsolich14 PLATINUM
Greenwood Village, Colorado
bsolich14 PLATINUM, Greenwood Village, Colorado
35 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Imagination is not only the uniquely human capacity to envision that which is not, and, therefore, the foundation of all invention and innovation. In its arguably most transformative and revelatory capacity, it is the power that enables us to empathize with humans whose experiences we have never shared.&quot; <br /> &mdash;J.K. Rowling

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#266945 Poetry
To See Hello
By Kelbel. PLATINUM
Buffalo Grove, Illinois
Kelbel. PLATINUM, Buffalo Grove, Illinois
20 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
Poetry is the heart decoding messages for the brain from the soul through layer upon layer of flesh, blood and fear.

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#266946 Poetry
A Way
By imhereforthethought PLATINUM
Wayne, New Jersey
imhereforthethought PLATINUM, Wayne, New Jersey
43 articles 0 photos 45 comments
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#266947 Poetry
The Wild Obsession of Ducks
By xplodingpotato BRONZE
Harrisonburg, Virginia
xplodingpotato BRONZE, Harrisonburg, Virginia
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
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#266948 Poetry
Prune Your Soul
By TheWisp GOLD
Belvidere, Illinois
TheWisp GOLD, Belvidere, Illinois
17 articles 0 photos 4 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;The un-examined life is not worth living&quot;<br /> -Socrates

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#266949 Poetry
[ I hadn't held that saxophone since seventh grade ]
By bugjuicepoetry ELITE
Fort Wayne, Indiana
bugjuicepoetry ELITE, Fort Wayne, Indiana
223 articles 30 photos 11 comments

Favorite Quote:
"I was born very far from where I'm supposed to be. So, I guess I'm on my way home."

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#266950 Poetry
Fast
By Anonymous