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#372051voted by our readers
By Lilliann2 BRONZE
Columbia, Missouri

What is love? Is it when I can see the handprint-shaped bruise of where his skin collided with mine? Branding me as his own, claiming me so no other man will. Is it flinchi...
Lilliann2 BRONZE, Columbia, Missouri
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"I want to inspire people. I want someone to look at me and say, 'Because of you, I didn't give up.'"


#372052 Poetry
By Anonymous
Gena McMahon GOLD, Rochester, New York
19 articles 4 photos 6 comments
#372054 Poetry
By LoveSickenedRebel GOLD
Lubbock, Texas
LoveSickenedRebel GOLD, Lubbock, Texas
12 articles 0 photos 47 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Why does everyone think I need a man? Look if you find a guy who is decent, good with kids and has respect for women, call me." "It is better to have loved, than to have never loved at all."

#372055 Poetry
By ManlyJ SILVER
Huron, South Dakota
ManlyJ SILVER, Huron, South Dakota
6 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
Greatness comes from learning from the mistakes you make when you try.

#372056 Poetry
By GoddessofFlight BRONZE
Orlando, Florida
GoddessofFlight BRONZE, Orlando, Florida
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"now we have a firm grasp on the obvious"

#372057 Poetry
By jae6811 DIAMOND
Cape Coral, Florida
jae6811 DIAMOND, Cape Coral, Florida
50 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
<br /> Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That&rsquo;s why we call it the present.<br /> <br /> The greatest thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving. -Oliver Wendell Holmes-

#372058 Poetry
By Spock GOLD
Weston, Wisconsin
Spock GOLD, Weston, Wisconsin
17 articles 0 photos 5 comments
#372059 Poetry
By Anonymous
#372060 Poetry
By ArooshaTabb SILVER
New Britain, Connecticut
ArooshaTabb SILVER, New Britain, Connecticut
9 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;How can humans Judge what is perfect, when the human eye isn&#039;t even perfect?&quot; ~ Aroosha Tabb