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By Mayell BRONZE
Ocala, Florida

What happens to a lost feeling? Does it shrivel up and die, like an unwatered plant? Or does it become small, like the size of an ant? Does it get abandoned like an old ro...
Mayell BRONZE, Ocala, Florida
3 articles 0 photos 4 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you imagined.&quot;<br /> -Henry David Thoreau


#305762 Poetry
By Anonymous
#305763 Poetry
By Anonymous
Marimac BRONZE, Nashville, Tennessee
4 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.

#305765 Poetry
By Anonymous
#305766 Poetry
Light_Walker SILVER, Lafayette, Indiana
7 articles 1 photo 19 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;There comes a time in our lives when we do things that we don&rsquo;t understand. We confuse ourselves, we might even logically oppose our impulses and yet we act on them anyway... There are some things that we feel that we absolutely must do. We might know that they are wrong, or pointless, or gravely punishable, and yet we do them anyway. These actions are not born of anger or emotion &ndash; we are perfectly sober. It&rsquo;s rather inexplicable. When the time comes, we can&rsquo;t stop ourselves and so we cannot blame ourselves.&rdquo; -Umasi, Truancy

#305767 Poetry
By MattMattHatter PLATINUM
Bellevue, Washington
MattMattHatter PLATINUM, Bellevue, Washington
33 articles 0 photos 83 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Poetry is thoughts that breathe, and words that burn. &quot;<br /> Thomas Gray

#305768 Poetry
By pandasforever BRONZE
Lemont, Illinois
pandasforever BRONZE, Lemont, Illinois
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#305769 Poetry
CHIguy PLATINUM, Chicago, Illinois
31 articles 0 photos 4 comments
BrokenHeartedBeauty BRONZE, Winfield, Missouri
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments