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#392531voted by our readers
He Stopped Running
By A_Jean PLATINUM
Citrus Heights, California

Growing up, there was this boy who rode my same bus. Everyday when the bus stopped, he sprinted home, backpack thumping with each step. And everyday we laughed because...
A_Jean PLATINUM, Citrus Heights, California
40 articles 0 photos 19 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;we all carry these things inside that no one else can see. they hold us down like anchors and they drown us out at sea.&quot;<br /> &quot;i&#039;m trying to figure out which parts of my personality are mine and which ones I created to please you&quot;

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#392532 Poetry
mosquitos
By eliafora SILVER
Franklin Square, New York
eliafora SILVER, Franklin Square, New York
5 articles 0 photos 0 comments
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#392533 Poetry
Keep On
By trmpetzetc. SILVER
Laurens, South Carolina
trmpetzetc. SILVER, Laurens, South Carolina
6 articles 0 photos 4 comments
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#392534 Poetry
Hopelessness
By Mowen. SILVER
London, Other
Mowen. SILVER, London, Other
8 articles 0 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;If I had a world of my own, everything would be nonsense. Nothing would be what it is, because everything would be what it isn&#039;t. And contrary wise, what is, it wouldn&#039;t be. And what it wouldn&#039;t be, it would. You see?&quot; -Alice, Alice in Wonderland.

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#392535 Poetry
The City is Ours
By AlexHeller DIAMOND
San Mateo, California
AlexHeller DIAMOND, San Mateo, California
60 articles 2 photos 16 comments

Favorite Quote:
Live with intention. walk to the edge. listen hard. practice wellness. play with abandon. laugh. choose with no regret. continue to learn. appreciate your friends. do what you love. live as if this is all there is. -Mary Anne Rabmacher

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#392536 Poetry
Orienteering
By Aaron Leix BRONZE
McDonough, Georgia
Aaron Leix BRONZE, McDonough, Georgia
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
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#392537 Poetry
Polypropylene
By yossiguetta BRONZE
Los Angeles, California
yossiguetta BRONZE, Los Angeles, California
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
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#392538 Poetry
Cold Conflict
By Jocelyn Folger SILVER
Old Fort, North Carolina
Jocelyn Folger SILVER, Old Fort, North Carolina
5 articles 0 photos 0 comments
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#392539 Poetry
Inside the Beautiful Chaos
By xxEllaxStarxx BRONZE
Petersburg, Alaska
xxEllaxStarxx BRONZE, Petersburg, Alaska
3 articles 2 photos 8 comments

Favorite Quote:
The hardest thing to do is watch the one you love, love someone else.

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#392540 Poetry
Remember when
By UndefinedBeauty GOLD
Boston, Massachusetts
UndefinedBeauty GOLD, Boston, Massachusetts
19 articles 4 photos 13 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;The realities of the world affected me as visions, and as visions only, while the wild ideas of the land of dreams became, in turn,&mdash;not the material of my everyday existence&mdash;but in very deed that existence utterly and solely in itself.&rdquo; -Edgar A. Poe

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