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#32081voted by our readers
By morgankathleen19 BRONZE
Rockton, Illinois

My feet move methodically, A loud slap against the pavement. The voices roar around me, But I can’t hear them. I’m lost in my own thoughts, a shadow in this light and happ...
morgankathleen19 BRONZE, Rockton, Illinois
4 articles 2 photos 10 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Why would you want to be anyone else, when you could be yourself?"


#32082 Poetry
By Anonymous
#32083 Poetry
MerryGoRound BRONZE, Sewickley, Pennsylvania
3 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones that never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles.

#32084 Poetry
By Lyric4 SILVER
Greeley, Colorado
Lyric4 SILVER, Greeley, Colorado
9 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#32085 Poetry
By Xanadeath SILVER
Riverbank, California
Xanadeath SILVER, Riverbank, California
7 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#32086 Poetry
Simplemelody GOLD, Otisco, Indiana
17 articles 12 photos 27 comments

Favorite Quote:
May the sun always shine on your windowpane; May a rainbow be certain to follow each rain; May the hand of a friend always be near you; May God fill your heart with gladness to cheer you.

#32087 Poetry
ArwenLFoster GOLD, Toronto, Other
12 articles 4 photos 1 comment
#32088 Poetry
By brookeemily GOLD
Manhasset, New York
brookeemily GOLD, Manhasset, New York
18 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past. --F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby

#32089 Poetry
By Mollicz GOLD
Fairless Hills, Pennsylvania
Mollicz GOLD, Fairless Hills, Pennsylvania
19 articles 5 photos 0 comments
#32090 Poetry
By IndigoWaltz PLATINUM
Newport Beach, California
IndigoWaltz PLATINUM, Newport Beach, California
48 articles 0 photos 16 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;A witty quote proves nothing&quot;<br /> -Voltaire