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#287951voted by our readers
By itsmichellebro GOLD
Ridgefield Park, New Jersey

Coasted off these shallow dreams They break away as they sink beneath A tumor tied to my lungs and ribcage Air as rare as the light that casts above me. These sirens that laugh...
itsmichellebro GOLD, Ridgefield Park, New Jersey
18 articles 2 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Reality is what you decide it to be"


#287952 Poetry
By MaryamHosain GOLD
Sydney, Other
MaryamHosain GOLD, Sydney, Other
12 articles 0 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
Keep going.

#287953 Poetry
uberbearsharkm8 PLATINUM, Seminole, Florida
27 articles 0 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
"A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory."<br /> - Leonard Nimoy

#287954 Poetry
By Lyra_stardust GOLD
Tirupati, Other
Lyra_stardust GOLD, Tirupati, Other
14 articles 14 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
Always be youself,there&#039;s no one better!

#287955 Poetry
By TyJefferson GOLD
Fort Wayne, Indiana
TyJefferson GOLD, Fort Wayne, Indiana
19 articles 0 photos 4 comments

Favorite Quote:
dont fear the unsuspected- unknown, life is ten percent what happens to you and ninety percent how you react to it-unknown, A #2 pencil and a dream can take you anywhere-Joyce A. Myers

#287956 Poetry
By Anonymous
#287957 Poetry
By princess1 BRONZE
Beaufort, South Carolina
princess1 BRONZE, Beaufort, South Carolina
1 article 1 photo 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
In the end, it doesn&#039;t matter how many breaths you take, but how many moments took your breath away.

#287958 Poetry
By EliHiebert PLATINUM
Surrey, Other
EliHiebert PLATINUM, Surrey, Other
26 articles 6 photos 13 comments
#287959 Poetry
By LiannaR GOLD
Baltimore, Maryland
LiannaR GOLD, Baltimore, Maryland
14 articles 0 photos 7 comments
#287960 Poetry
By RoyalCorona SILVER
Grand Rapids, Michigan
RoyalCorona SILVER, Grand Rapids, Michigan
7 articles 0 photos 290 comments

Favorite Quote:
All of us fave failed to match our dream of perfection. I rate us on the basis of our splendid failure to do the impossible. -William Faulkner