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#305781voted by our readers
By AngelBaron PLATINUM
Dallas, Oregon

I know they can't see you Not in the way I do They see only the surface But I can see through That fake tough exterior To the sweetheart inside The gentleman you are Al...
AngelBaron PLATINUM, Dallas, Oregon
21 articles 0 photos 14 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Everything has been figured out, except how to live. " -Jean-Paul Sartre


#305782 Poetry
WaffleOcean2934 PLATINUM, Rogers, Minnesota
42 articles 9 photos 116 comments

Favorite Quote:
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams-Eleanor Roosevelt

#305783 Poetry
By Zeeny PLATINUM
Staten Island, New York
Zeeny PLATINUM, Staten Island, New York
37 articles 0 photos 11 comments

Favorite Quote:
"When someone truly cares about you, they make an effort not an excuse"

#305784 Poetry
By AmandaCoyne BRONZE
North Bellmore, New York
AmandaCoyne BRONZE, North Bellmore, New York
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
ltheam6 BRONZE, Cerritos, California
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#305786 Poetry
By bigdefenceman13 BRONZE
Augusta, Maine
bigdefenceman13 BRONZE, Augusta, Maine
2 articles 0 photos 1 comment
#305787 Poetry
By riley1516 PLATINUM
Lake Zurich, Illinois
riley1516 PLATINUM, Lake Zurich, Illinois
26 articles 2 photos 50 comments

Favorite Quote:
Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.” -Howard Thurman

#305788 Poetry
By Nickynicole BRONZE
Dayton, Tennessee
Nickynicole BRONZE, Dayton, Tennessee
2 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
"Gravity isn't to blame for 2 people falling in love"

#305789 Poetry
By eternal_sunshine SILVER
Minnetonka, Minnesota
eternal_sunshine SILVER, Minnetonka, Minnesota
8 articles 0 photos 46 comments

Favorite Quote:
Laugh, and the world laughs with you;<br /> Weep, and you weep alone.<br /> For the sad old earth must borrow it&#039;s mirth,<br /> But has trouble enough of its own.

#305790 Poetry
Feeling..Alone SILVER, Bainbridge, Ohio
8 articles 0 photos 6 comments

Favorite Quote:
The words you said, they got to my heart, it&#039;s like you threw me away, after you tore me apart.<br /> What&#039;s the point of trying when you won&#039;t listen to me.<br /> I was all true, while she was all lies, and for you I surrender my heart, so watch as it dies.