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#272471voted by our readers
By phlogiston ELITE
Hermitage, Tennessee

10 years old Sitting at the side of a bed It’s a dark room Breathing in and out You can hear him breathing Softly, slowly He lies there with eyes closed tight Wiling the fee...
phlogiston ELITE, Hermitage, Tennessee
224 articles 0 photos 117 comments

Favorite Quote:
"A day without laughter is a day wasted" -Charlie Chaplin


#272472 Poetry
By RedSoxFan16 SILVER
Chevy Chase, Maryland
RedSoxFan16 SILVER, Chevy Chase, Maryland
5 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;I needed to hear the world but didn&#039;t want the world to know I was listening.&rdquo; <br /> ― Laurie Halse Anderson, (The Impossible Knife of Memory)

JRD45 SILVER, Osprey, Florida
7 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#272474 Poetry
By Asickmindforhostage SILVER
Wellington, Other
Asickmindforhostage SILVER, Wellington, Other
5 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
the boundaries which divide life from death are at best shadowy and vague. who shall say where the one ends and the other begins.

#272475 Poetry
By BellaSteele GOLD
Wellington, Other
BellaSteele GOLD, Wellington, Other
15 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
It can&#039;t rain all the time.

#272476 Poetry
By Jay Patrick PLATINUM
Albemarle, North Carolina
Jay Patrick PLATINUM, Albemarle, North Carolina
29 articles 0 photos 6 comments
#272477 Poetry
By roxylauren-charlotte BRONZE
Warrington, Pennsylvania
roxylauren-charlotte BRONZE, Warrington, Pennsylvania
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#272478 Poetry
By ShreyaSudesh BRONZE
Chennai, California
ShreyaSudesh BRONZE, Chennai, California
4 articles 1 photo 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
While you are wishing to be someone else, there is someone somewhere that&#039;s wishing to be you, therefore be proud of being you! :-)

#272479 Poetry
Giggles15 PLATINUM, Mexia, Texas
47 articles 3 photos 17 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Good Night, Sleep Tight, Don&#039;t let the Dead Bite&quot; (Hollywood Undead) and &quot;Ah, Gravity, thou&#039; art a heartless b***h&quot; (Sheldon says on big bang theory)

#272480 Poetry
By A_Jean PLATINUM
Citrus Heights, California
A_Jean PLATINUM, Citrus Heights, California
40 articles 0 photos 19 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;we all carry these things inside that no one else can see. they hold us down like anchors and they drown us out at sea.&quot;<br /> &quot;i&#039;m trying to figure out which parts of my personality are mine and which ones I created to please you&quot;