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#35421voted by our readers
By WaterIsNotEnough BRONZE
Overland Park, Kansas

Too long have I laid in this filth and desolation Feeling the muck and mire wash over me— Closing my eyes as it rushes to my lungs— Can’t even breathe, suffocation comes in time...
WaterIsNotEnough BRONZE, Overland Park, Kansas
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments

#35422 Poetry
By thecrystalbudz PLATINUM
Cincinnati, Ohio
thecrystalbudz PLATINUM, Cincinnati, Ohio
20 articles 0 photos 8 comments
#35423 Poetry
By Rose99 SILVER
Ceader Hill, Missouri
Rose99 SILVER, Ceader Hill, Missouri
7 articles 0 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
the only thing to fear is fear its self<br /> life only hurts if you let it

#35424 Poetry
By Summer-Shade GOLD
Hainseport, New Jersey
Summer-Shade GOLD, Hainseport, New Jersey
11 articles 1 photo 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
Courage is not the absence of fear it is acting in spite of it. - Mark Twain

#35425 Poetry
By Anonymous
#35426 Poetry
By RainbowDark BRONZE
Brockton, Massachusetts
RainbowDark BRONZE, Brockton, Massachusetts
2 articles 0 photos 5 comments
#35427 Poetry
By maddiealanlee BRONZE
Los Angeles, California
maddiealanlee BRONZE, Los Angeles, California
4 articles 3 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Do I contradict myself?<br /> Very well then I contradict myself,<br /> (I am large, I contain multitudes.)&quot; -Walt Whitman

#35428 Poetry
By CourtneyJayye SILVER
Plaquemine, Louisiana
CourtneyJayye SILVER, Plaquemine, Louisiana
7 articles 0 photos 10 comments

Favorite Quote:
Never let the fear of striking out, keep you from playing the game

#35429 Poetry
By try.and.make.me BRONZE
Ridgefield, Connecticut
try.and.make.me BRONZE, Ridgefield, Connecticut
1 article 0 photos 3 comments
#35430 Poetry
BlockierWeevil7 BRONZE, OKC, Oklahoma
3 articles 1 photo 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;A Man who won&#039;t stand for something, Will Fall for Anything&quot; - Malcolm X