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#359751voted by our readers
Sculpting Apathy
By Echinacea8 GOLD
Richmond, Virginia

Hold me together with scotch-tape And thread hairs into my scalp, For I do not feel like putting myself together. Paint my face a china doll’s grin And flood my cracking sk...
Echinacea8 GOLD, Richmond, Virginia
17 articles 0 photos 5 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Somebody said that it couldn't be done, but he with a chuckle replied that maybe it couldn't [and maybe it shouldn't], but he wouldn't be the one to say so until he tired" - Edgar Albert Guest

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#359752 Poetry
Enjoy While You Can
By RunningWithScissors BRONZE
New Windsor, New York
RunningWithScissors BRONZE, New Windsor, New York
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"A spoonful of Jimmy makes the world go round!:D" -Jimmy 'the Rev' Sullivan (RIP)

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#359753 Poetry
A fate worse than death
By Casper1 GOLD
Wytheville, Virginia
Casper1 GOLD, Wytheville, Virginia
12 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
"Nobody can hurt me without my permission." --Gandhi, " Light, the visible reminder of invisible light"- T.S Eliot, "God made the dark so we could see the light"- five girls.

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#359754 Poetry
Fight for Them
By ZacharyCrank SILVER
Winchester, Kentucky
ZacharyCrank SILVER, Winchester, Kentucky
5 articles 0 photos 7 comments
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#359755 Poetry
Treasures
By Anonymous
#359756 Poetry
waiting room
By hernan BRONZE
Clarkston, Michigan
hernan BRONZE, Clarkston, Michigan
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments
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#359757 Poetry
A letter to my sister
By Izzy777 SILVER
Tampa, Florida
Izzy777 SILVER, Tampa, Florida
9 articles 0 photos 63 comments

Favorite Quote:
"I always wonder why birds stay in one place when they can fly anywhere around the world. But then I ask myself the same question."

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#359758 Poetry
Satisfaction and Desperation
By Your_Apathetic_Basketcase ELITE
Orlando, Florida
Your_Apathetic_Basketcase ELITE, Orlando, Florida
137 articles 0 photos 42 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Just remember, if the world didn&#039;t suck, we&#039;d all fall off.&quot;<br /> -Derrolyn Anderson<br /> <br /> &quot;Don&#039;t trust everything you see, even salt looks like sugar.&quot;<br /> <br /> &quot;The sea speaks more honestly... To those willing to drown.&quot; -J.D. Hard

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#359759 Poetry
Sad, but true
By Mopeck BRONZE
Lexington, Kentucky
Mopeck BRONZE, Lexington, Kentucky
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
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#359760 Poetry
Palm of my Heart
By isabelc1011 SILVER
Chagrin Falls, Ohio
isabelc1011 SILVER, Chagrin Falls, Ohio
7 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Though much is taken, much abides; and though we are not now that strength which in old days moved earth and heaven; that which we are, we are; one equal temper of heroic hearts, made weak by time and fate, but strong in will to strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.&quot; -Lord Alfred Tennyson

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