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#311141voted by our readers
By lauren blood BRONZE
Whiting, New Jersey

I wanted to write you a letter but I wouldn't know what to say I tried as hard as i may But the words were soundless lost on the tip of my tounge The word's would of priec...
lauren blood BRONZE, Whiting, New Jersey
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments

#311142 Poetry
By SammiiXoXo91 BRONZE
Seabrook, New Hampshire
SammiiXoXo91 BRONZE, Seabrook, New Hampshire
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#311143 Poetry
By MarieAntoinette2014 DIAMOND
Scottsburg, Indiana
MarieAntoinette2014 DIAMOND, Scottsburg, Indiana
54 articles 2 photos 237 comments

Favorite Quote:
Isn't it ironic? We ignore the ones who adore us, adore the ones who ignore us, love the ones who hurt us, and hurt the ones that love us.

#311144 Poetry
SpeakerOfTheDead PLATINUM, Lemont, Illinois
27 articles 31 photos 20 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live.&rdquo; <br /> ― Henry David Thoreau

#311145 Poetry
By jackiebattista BRONZE
South Plainfield, New Jersey
jackiebattista BRONZE, South Plainfield, New Jersey
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#311146 Poetry
facelesscombatants BRONZE, New Kensington, Pennsylvania
4 articles 1 photo 0 comments
#311147 Poetry
By SophiaCross SILVER
Plattsburgh, New York
SophiaCross SILVER, Plattsburgh, New York
7 articles 3 photos 89 comments

Favorite Quote:
To love, to be loved. To never forget your own insignificance. To never get used to the unspeakable violence and vulgar disparity of the life around you. To seek joy in the saddest places. To pursue beauty to its lair. To never simplify what is complicated or complicate what is simple. To respect strength, never power. Above all to watch. To try and understand. To never look away. And never, never to forget.&rdquo;

#311148 Poetry
By Alexea Claflin BRONZE
Yacolt, Washington
Alexea Claflin BRONZE, Yacolt, Washington
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#311150 Poetry
By TheJust ELITE
Ellenton, Florida
TheJust ELITE, Ellenton, Florida
254 articles 202 photos 945 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;I feel that a hero is somebody who will stand up for their values and what they believe in and that can take any form. People that have values and have thought them through rather than those who just do what they&rsquo;re told.&quot;-Skandar Keynes<br /> <br /> &quot;When it&rsquo;