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By TimeCouldStopMe BRONZE
Salmon, Idaho

My skin flares up in pinpricks, a wave of goosebumps I can taste the nostalgia It's so real, I can almost reach out Run my fingers underneath it Like water from a faucet...
TimeCouldStopMe BRONZE, Salmon, Idaho
4 articles 1 photo 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&quot;All that is gold does not glitter, not all those who wander are lost.&quot;<br /> <br /> &quot;I know that life is busy and hard, and that there&rsquo;s a crushing pressure to just settle down and get a real job and khaki pants and a haircut. But don&rsquo;t. Please don&rsquo;t. Please keep believing that life can be better, brighter, broader, because of the art that you make. Please keep demonstrating the courage that it takes to swim upstream in a world that prefers putting away for retirement to putting pen to paper, that chooses practicality over poetry, that values you more for going to the gym than going to the deepest places in your soul. Please keep making art for people like me, people who need the magic and imagination and honesty of great art to make the day-to-day world a little more bearable. And if, for whatever reason, you&rsquo;ve stopped&ndash; stopped believing in your voice, stopped fighting to find the time&ndash;start today. - Shauna Niequist, Cold Tangerines<br /> <br /> &quot;And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.&quot;<br /> -Nietzsche<br /> <br /> &quot;You were born crying, so die smiling.&quot;


TalMusic BRONZE, Andover, Massachusetts
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;We accept the love we think we deserve.&quot;

chrisbleclair PLATINUM, Middleburgh, New York
21 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;You&#039;ve gotta dance like there&#039;s nobody watching,<br /> Love like you&#039;ll never be hurt,<br /> Sing like there&#039;s nobody listening,<br /> And live like it&#039;s heaven on earth.&rdquo; <br /> ― William W. Purkey

#384284 Poetry
By carleerizzo BRONZE
New City, New York
carleerizzo BRONZE, New City, New York
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#384285 Poetry
By Anonymous
#384286 Poetry
By roxamania96 GOLD
Rockville, Maryland
roxamania96 GOLD, Rockville, Maryland
12 articles 0 photos 8 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;If music be the food of love, play on&quot; - Shakespeare

#384287 Poetry
By Anonymous
#384288 Poetry
By lunalastrange BRONZE
Nashville, Tennessee
lunalastrange BRONZE, Nashville, Tennessee
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#384289 Poetry
By Leah-chan SILVER
Everson, Washington
Leah-chan SILVER, Everson, Washington
9 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;Would I ever find forever love? Do I really want to, when forever was a word without meaning?&rdquo;

#384290 Poetry
By Writing_Grace SILVER
Marion, Virginia
Writing_Grace SILVER, Marion, Virginia
5 articles 0 photos 0 comments