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#371321voted by our readers
By Anonymous

Why must you do, when I say don’t Why say you will, if you really won’t Why smile, when you really want to cry Why do you pretend? When you know it’s all a lie Why do what “the...

#371322 Poetry
Sarah Mannon GOLD, Lubbock, Texas
10 articles 0 photos 3 comments
#371323 Poetry
By michealine valle BRONZE
San Ysidro, California
michealine valle BRONZE, San Ysidro, California
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#371324 Poetry
By rain_sunshine BRONZE
Washington, District Of Columbia
rain_sunshine BRONZE, Washington, District Of Columbia
1 article 0 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;While we&#039;re waiting, envious time is fleeing. Seize the Day! Put no trust into the future.&quot; <br /> ~Horace

#371325 Poetry
By bellasings BRONZE
Richmond, Virginia
bellasings BRONZE, Richmond, Virginia
4 articles 29 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
The earth without &#039;art&#039; is just &#039;eh&#039;

#371326 Poetry
By HayatC. PLATINUM
Louisville, Kentucky
HayatC. PLATINUM, Louisville, Kentucky
25 articles 0 photos 59 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one.&quot;

#371327 Poetry
By refandrews BRONZE
Rittman, Ohio
refandrews BRONZE, Rittman, Ohio
3 articles 0 photos 1 comment
#371328 Poetry
By Allykattz PLATINUM
Rehoboth, Massachusetts
Allykattz PLATINUM, Rehoboth, Massachusetts
45 articles 1 photo 43 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;This much I know is true That God blessed the broken road That led me straight to you&quot;-Rascal Flatts

#371329 Poetry
beautifulmudblood BRONZE, Grovetown, Georgia
2 articles 0 photos 11 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Thomas Edison&#039;s last words were &#039;It&#039;s very beautiful over there&#039;. I don&#039;t know where there is, but I believe it&#039;s somewhere, and I hope it&#039;s beautiful.&quot; -John Green (Looking For Alaska)

#371330 Poetry
By AbandonedSoul BRONZE
Baldwin Park, California
AbandonedSoul BRONZE, Baldwin Park, California
3 articles 2 photos 10 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;For it so falls out<br /> That what we have we prize not to the worth,<br /> Whiles we enjoy it, but being lack&rsquo;d and lost,<br /> Why, then we rack the value; then we find<br /> The virtue, that possession would not show us<br /> Whiles it was ours&quot; - William Shakespeare