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#272361voted by our readers
By IfLifeGivesYouLemons PLATINUM
Sacramento, California

I miss my old sadness I miss the emotional whirlwind I miss when my thoughts and feelings were rampant I miss the challenge of trying to mend I’m happy now; all my problems r...
IfLifeGivesYouLemons PLATINUM, Sacramento, California
37 articles 0 photos 22 comments

Favorite Quote:
When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down 'happy'. They told me I didn't understand the assignment. I told them they didn't understand life


#272362 Poetry
By kiddo9313 BRONZE
Woodstock, Georgia
kiddo9313 BRONZE, Woodstock, Georgia
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"We accept the love we think we deserve"-Perks of being a Wallflower

#272363 Poetry
Llama.Face BRONZE, Portland, Oregon
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Towards emptiness is where i drifted, Where what seemed real dissolved in time.&quot;<br /> ~Aaliyah Garcia-Guasch

#272364 Poetry
By b.who SILVER
Hartland, Wisconsin
b.who SILVER, Hartland, Wisconsin
7 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#272365 Poetry
By jojo.pal SILVER
Norcross, Georgia
jojo.pal SILVER, Norcross, Georgia
6 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#272366 Poetry
By vivimay66 PLATINUM
Bellevue, Washington
vivimay66 PLATINUM, Bellevue, Washington
20 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Never set yourself on fire in order to keep others warm&quot;

#272367 Poetry
By xperfectlustx BRONZE
Sidney, New York
xperfectlustx BRONZE, Sidney, New York
2 articles 1 photo 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
Unsaid words can mean anything and everything, but in the end they mean nothing because they were never said.<br /> <br /> my silence spoke a thousand words...but you never heard them

#272368 Poetry
Aroblez95 BRONZE, Vallejo, California
2 articles 1 photo 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Now don&#039;t you understand man universal law <br /> What you throw out comes back to you, star <br /> Never underestimate those who you scar <br /> Cause karma, karma, karma comes back to you hard&quot; <br /> &mdash; Lauryn Hill<br /> <br /> &quot;You can be mad as a mad god at the way things went. You can swear and curse the fates... but when it comes to the end... you have to let go.&quot;

#272369 Poetry
#272370 Poetry
By Anonymous