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#400251voted by our readers
By Likeaboss427 GOLD
Fort Belvoir, Virginia

The curtain opens The stage is set The world the performer And I the audience So slow she moves But yet so fast While every moment flees farther into the past I watch as s...
Likeaboss427 GOLD, Fort Belvoir, Virginia
17 articles 0 photos 4 comments

Favorite Quote:
"But I have a new love for that glittering instrument, the human soul. It is a lovely and unique thing in the universe. It is always attacked and never destroyed---because 'Thou mayest.'" -Lee (East of Eden, John Steinbeck)


#400252 Poetry
By Atticus-Mortimer GOLD
Easley, South Carolina
Atticus-Mortimer GOLD, Easley, South Carolina
15 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Every story, has to have a good beginning, middle, and end, though not necessarily in that order." Jean-Luc Godard

#400253 Poetry
By aMeThYsT15 SILVER
Eatonville, Washington
aMeThYsT15 SILVER, Eatonville, Washington
5 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
~Life's a dance you learn as you go~

#400254 Poetry
sydneyjessica1 BRONZE, Oak Park, California
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#400255 Poetry
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#400256 Poetry
By brandon6378 BRONZE
Quincy, Massachusetts
brandon6378 BRONZE, Quincy, Massachusetts
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#400257 Poetry
By Nick Hanna SILVER
Hartland, Wisconsin
Nick Hanna SILVER, Hartland, Wisconsin
9 articles 0 photos 0 comments
IThinkIWIllJustFlyAwayNow PLATINUM, Visalia, California
20 articles 3 photos 16 comments

Favorite Quote:
A woman is like a teabag, you can't tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water- Eleanor Roosevelt

#400259 Poetry
nobody0617 PLATINUM, Aiken, South Carolina
28 articles 7 photos 8 comments

Favorite Quote:
"It's absolutely amazing the power of words. It can make you laugh. It can make you cry. It can change your view of the world or it can change the world's view of you." -Me

#400260 Poetry
By Linds0298 BRONZE
HANOVER, Massachusetts
Linds0298 BRONZE, HANOVER, Massachusetts
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;This story never really had a point. It&rsquo;s just a lull - a skip in the record. We are addresses in ghost towns. We are old wishes that never came true. We are hand grenades (and every word you say pulls the pin). We are all gods, we are all monsters.&rdquo; <br /> ― Pete Wentz, The Boy With The Thorn In His Side