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#271311voted by our readers
By Abby_Napier BRONZE
Appleton, Wisconsin

The acidic tears burning my eyes. The desert dry lips. The dissatisfaction with myself. The dripping red liquid. The earthquake like movement of my hands. The thought of bei...
Abby_Napier BRONZE, Appleton, Wisconsin
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments

#271312 Poetry
By ird13 GOLD
Beachwood, Ohio
ird13 GOLD, Beachwood, Ohio
12 articles 0 photos 12 comments

Favorite Quote:
1. Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else&#039;s opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.<br /> 2. You wear a mask for so long, you forget who you were beneath it.<br /> 3. You see, madness, as you know, is like gravity, all it takes is a little push.

#271313 Poetry
By lapisleaves DIAMOND
Durham, New Hampshire
lapisleaves DIAMOND, Durham, New Hampshire
52 articles 0 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;...I wish none of this had happened.&quot; &quot;So do all who live to see such times, but that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us.&quot;

#271314 Poetry
By TearsofJesus GOLD
Knoxville, Tennessee
TearsofJesus GOLD, Knoxville, Tennessee
11 articles 0 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;I don&#039;t love you because you&#039;re beautiful. You&#039;re beatiful because I love you.&quot;<br /> &quot;I&#039;m human so I must be labeled&quot;

#271315 Poetry
By freakycatlover DIAMOND
Antrim, New Hampshire
freakycatlover DIAMOND, Antrim, New Hampshire
95 articles 0 photos 19 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;You know?&quot;

#271316 Poetry
By katherine sloboda BRONZE
Bridgeton, New Jersey
katherine sloboda BRONZE, Bridgeton, New Jersey
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#271317 Poetry
By Jennxferr SILVER
Santa Cruz, California
Jennxferr SILVER, Santa Cruz, California
5 articles 0 photos 1 comment
#271318 Poetry
By Katie Ingram BRONZE
Pleasant Plains, Illinois
Katie Ingram BRONZE, Pleasant Plains, Illinois
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#271319 Poetry
By BleedingRose PLATINUM
Frederic, Wisconsin
BleedingRose PLATINUM, Frederic, Wisconsin
33 articles 1 photo 378 comments

Favorite Quote:
*The darkness holds infinite possibilities.<br /> <br /> (mine)

#271320 Poetry
liveamongthestarsdieamongthepeople GOLD, Kalamazoo, Michigan
18 articles 0 photos 25 comments

Favorite Quote:
Why I am here, I know not; where I shall go, it is useless to enquire. In the midst of myriads of the living and the dead worlds, stars, and infinity why should I be anxious of an atom?<br /> -Lord Byron