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#343531voted by our readers
By cjones BRONZE
Splendora, Texas

Eighteen Years they walked the earth of desolation drear dreamtime drinking drugsoaked blues, feeding the mouth of time with a spoonful of eternity, falling down teardrench...
cjones BRONZE, Splendora, Texas
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments

#343532 Poetry
By JustListen PLATINUM
Santa Maria, California
JustListen PLATINUM, Santa Maria, California
33 articles 1 photo 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Don't think or judge. Just listen."

#343533 Poetry
Light_Walker SILVER, Lafayette, Indiana
7 articles 1 photo 19 comments

Favorite Quote:
“There comes a time in our lives when we do things that we don’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 – we are perfectly sober. It’s rather inexplicable. When the time comes, we can’t stop ourselves and so we cannot blame ourselves.” -Umasi, Truancy

#343534 Poetry
ListenToTheNonsense320 PLATINUM, Hallandale Beach, Florida
44 articles 4 photos 8 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.&quot; -Beatrice Evelyn Hall.<br /> &quot;Stones are raw, they blunt my paw, but words will never hurt me.&quot; (The Sight, David Clement-Davies) And many more...

#343535 Poetry
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#343537 Poetry
By Gracie,G BRONZE
Marietta, Georgia
Gracie,G BRONZE, Marietta, Georgia
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#343538 Poetry
By Emily Gendreau BRONZE
Bluffton, Indiana
Emily Gendreau BRONZE, Bluffton, Indiana
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#343539 Poetry
By Kaysecretlover BRONZE
Nesconset, New York
Kaysecretlover BRONZE, Nesconset, New York
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#343540 Poetry
By jeseer PLATINUM
Auburntown, Tennessee
jeseer PLATINUM, Auburntown, Tennessee
22 articles 0 photos 32 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Truth without love is a killer, but love without truth is a liar. The Bible commands us to have both: It says to speak the truth in love.&quot;--Elliott Nesch<br /> &quot;To love another person is to see the face of God.&quot;--Victor Hugo