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#404611voted by our readers
By poeticstarlet94 PLATINUM
Irving, Texas

Just stood by again and watched our humanity be denied-- erased. Smeared with blood and laughed about to our face. Can't play the "race card" in a game we will never win. One n...
poeticstarlet94 PLATINUM, Irving, Texas
30 articles 0 photos 6 comments

Favorite Quote:
"To thine own self be true."


#404612 Poetry
By sometimesithinkimpoetic SILVER
Montville, Connecticut
sometimesithinkimpoetic SILVER, Montville, Connecticut
8 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
"There is nothing to writing, all you do is sit at a typewriter and bleed."- Ernest Hemingway

#404613 Poetry
By Kelsey Letchworth BRONZE
Clarkston, Michigan
Kelsey Letchworth BRONZE, Clarkston, Michigan
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#404614 Poetry
By EliStockdale BRONZE
Valley Springs, California
EliStockdale BRONZE, Valley Springs, California
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#404615 Poetry
By 1weske BRONZE
Hartland, Wisconsin
1weske BRONZE, Hartland, Wisconsin
4 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#404616 Poetry
By Anonymous
#404617 Poetry
By LyricalBeauty GOLD
Fontana, California
LyricalBeauty GOLD, Fontana, California
14 articles 0 photos 34 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot; &#039;I am happy&#039; that&#039;s just the saddest lie...&quot;<br /> <br /> &quot;I think that all the silence is worse than all the violence. Fear is such a weak emotion, that&#039;s why I despise it...&quot;

#404618 Poetry
By Matt27 SILVER
Englewood, Colorado
Matt27 SILVER, Englewood, Colorado
8 articles 0 photos 21 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Outsiders who see rules and not the love that runs through them are often too ready to label other people as &#039;prisoners&#039;.&quot; -Iris Murdoch in The Sea, The Sea

#404619 Poetry
By lasotanicole BRONZE
Jacksonville, Florida
lasotanicole BRONZE, Jacksonville, Florida
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Maybe we&#039;ve been living with our eyes half open, maybe we&#039;re bent and broken.&quot; -Switchfoot

#404620 Poetry
By 2fargone GOLD
Columbia, South Carolina
2fargone GOLD, Columbia, South Carolina
17 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
Pain is inevitable; suffering is optional. <br /> The best fights won are the fights not fought.