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By ravenwing92 DIAMOND
Eastlake, Ohio

Watching as each life goes, In a state of slow idle, Watching the tears and smiles, Observing the child's tickly toes Walking as time passes, Time slows where I am, Each...
ravenwing92 DIAMOND, Eastlake, Ohio
57 articles 105 photos 20 comments

Favorite Quote:
Way too many. I have a quotebook on facebook in my notes. It contains quotes from the Bible, myself, and others. ^_^


#333312 Poetry
By Shade3043 DIAMOND
Shade3043 Did This, In Case Of Anonymous, Other
Shade3043 DIAMOND, Shade3043 Did This, In Case Of Anonymous, Other
87 articles 0 photos 168 comments

Favorite Quote:
When I was a boy, I would always hear scary things in the news and my mother would say to me, "Always look for the helpers. Everywhere you look you will always find people helping." - Fred Rogers

#333313 Poetry
Cry
By starburst BRONZE
Groveport, Ohio
starburst BRONZE, Groveport, Ohio
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#333314 Poetry
By Meago GOLD
Spring City, Tennessee
Meago GOLD, Spring City, Tennessee
17 articles 2 photos 83 comments

Favorite Quote:
How come when you need something the most- that's the time when you have to fight the hardest to receive it?

#333315 Poetry
By AllieMae SILVER
Los Lunas, New Mexico
AllieMae SILVER, Los Lunas, New Mexico
7 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it&#039;s better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.<br /> Marilyn Monroe

#333316 Poetry
By Dogs03 GOLD
Sussex, Wisconsin
Dogs03 GOLD, Sussex, Wisconsin
13 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#333317 Poetry
Catherine O&#39Halloran SILVER, Woburn, Massachusetts
8 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#333318 Poetry
By ButterCup55 BRONZE
Greenfield, Indiana
ButterCup55 BRONZE, Greenfield, Indiana
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;We are all sentenced to solitary confinement inside our own skins, for life.&quot;<br /> -Tennessee Williams

#333319 Poetry
ThatsMy-Baby GOLD, White, South Dakota
13 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&quot;I believe that everything happens for a reason. People change so that you can learn to let go, things go wrong so that you appreciate them when they&#039;re right, you believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself, and sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together.&quot; <br /> &mdash; Marilyn Monroe

#333320 Poetry
By sharpquill DIAMOND
Brookfield, Wisconsin
sharpquill DIAMOND, Brookfield, Wisconsin
83 articles 0 photos 5 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;There are all kinds of courage. It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.&quot; - Albus Dumbledore in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer&#039;s Stone