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#271391voted by our readers
By shoelessjoe GOLD
Highland, Michigan

I’m no longer Held captive By your looks. No longer Prisoner To your charm. No longer Kept as your Slave. I am my own being. I am free. Never again am I Left in your w...
shoelessjoe GOLD, Highland, Michigan
19 articles 0 photos 48 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Don&#039;t tell me the sky&#039;s the limit when ther are footsteps on the moon&quot;<br /> &quot;Instead of waiting for the storm to pass, learn to dance in the rain&quot;<br /> &quot;The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams&quot;


#271392 Poetry
Trace.C.Schuelke PLATINUM, Oshkosh, Wisconsin
26 articles 0 photos 22 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Secrets are secrets for a reason, and some do not wish to see them uncovered. Especially when the secrets are particularly unseemly...&quot;

#271393 Poetry
By ClaireBoes GOLD
Council Bluffs, Iowa
ClaireBoes GOLD, Council Bluffs, Iowa
12 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;I&#039;ve cried, and you&#039;d think I&#039;d be better for it, but the sadness just sleeps, and it stays in my spine the rest of my life.&quot; -Conor Oberst

Steph-snake GOLD, Bolingbrook, Illinois
10 articles 0 photos 4 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Sometimes you have to kind of die inside in order to rise from your own ashes and believe in yourself and love yourself to become a new person&quot;-Gerard Way &hearts;

#271395 Poetry
By Bmsirna BRONZE
Overland Park, Kansas
Bmsirna BRONZE, Overland Park, Kansas
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#271396 Poetry
By lilyfoster44 BRONZE
New York, New York
lilyfoster44 BRONZE, New York, New York
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#271397 Poetry
By Courtney Lewis BRONZE
West Liberty, Kentucky
Courtney Lewis BRONZE, West Liberty, Kentucky
4 articles 0 photos 1 comment
#271398 Poetry
By MattRgrs PLATINUM
Maplewood, New Jersey
MattRgrs PLATINUM, Maplewood, New Jersey
20 articles 0 photos 8 comments
#271399 Poetry
By Anonymous
#271400 Poetry
By K.D.Ross GOLD
Hickory Hills, Illinois
K.D.Ross GOLD, Hickory Hills, Illinois
17 articles 0 photos 5 comments