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#392331voted by our readers
By living-contradictions BRONZE
Wheatfield, Indiana

I once looked upon the fire,  The burning of the heart's desire,  To live and recall happier days,  I watched it engulfed by the growing flame; ...
living-contradictions BRONZE, Wheatfield, Indiana
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#392332 Poetry
By Victoria Glenn SILVER
Whispering Pines, North Carolina
Victoria Glenn SILVER, Whispering Pines, North Carolina
9 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#392333 Poetry
By Amelie13 GOLD
Burlington, Iowa
Amelie13 GOLD, Burlington, Iowa
11 articles 0 photos 10 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Yet ah! why should they know their fate?&nbsp;<br /> Since sorrow never comes too late,&nbsp;<br /> And happiness too swiftly flies.&nbsp;<br /> Thought would destroy their paradise.&nbsp;<br /> No more; where ignorance is bliss,&nbsp;<br /> &#039;Tis folly to be wise.&quot; - Thomas Gray, exerpt from &#039;An Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard&#039;

#392334 Poetry
By unbelievable GOLD
St. Louis, Missouri
unbelievable GOLD, St. Louis, Missouri
15 articles 0 photos 8 comments
#392335 Poetry
By mariee_williams BRONZE
Oak Park, Michigan
mariee_williams BRONZE, Oak Park, Michigan
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#392336 Poetry
By JaycobA. GOLD
Lebanon OR., Oregon
JaycobA. GOLD, Lebanon OR., Oregon
18 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
No one alive can tell you that you are wrong for loving who you love. Regardless of if they are the same or a different gender. Love is love no matter what form it&#039;s in.

#392337 Poetry
By Lexi Holbert BRONZE
Clinton, Indiana
Lexi Holbert BRONZE, Clinton, Indiana
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#392338 Poetry
By oakshire24 GOLD
Greenwich, Connecticut
oakshire24 GOLD, Greenwich, Connecticut
15 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#392339 Poetry
CWells_521 DIAMOND, Greene, New York
81 articles 0 photos 45 comments

Favorite Quote:
The best things in life are unseen, that&#039;s why you close your eyes when you kiss, cry, or dream.<br /> What doesn&#039;t kill you, only makes you stronger.

#392340 Poetry
By LauraV SILVER
Orinda, California
LauraV SILVER, Orinda, California
5 articles 0 photos 0 comments