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#414581voted by our readers
By Anonymous

When I look in the mirror it’s the same face The same eyes, the same smile, but that’s the case. How can I be that same girl? We’re not alike in anyway She’s soft and swee...

#414582 Poetry
RED
By MsBrownAK BRONZE
Anchorage, Alaska
MsBrownAK BRONZE, Anchorage, Alaska
2 articles 0 photos 1 comment
#414583 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;

#414584 Poetry
By theburlapcurtains PLATINUM
Cincinnati, Ohio
theburlapcurtains PLATINUM, Cincinnati, Ohio
23 articles 0 photos 1 comment
#414585 Poetry
By dunguen1 GOLD
Louiisville, Kentucky
dunguen1 GOLD, Louiisville, Kentucky
11 articles 1 photo 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Find the light to help you out of the dark taht is never to far behind and cling to it because once you go into the unknown you will never be the same, if at all you will be different and different is good.&quot; -Unknown

#414586 Poetry
By KkatKreationz PLATINUM
Minerva, Ohio
KkatKreationz PLATINUM, Minerva, Ohio
31 articles 0 photos 66 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Be yourself. Everyone else is already taken.&quot; :) <br /> -Me.

#414587 Poetry
By crofta BRONZE
West Des Moines, Iowa
crofta BRONZE, West Des Moines, Iowa
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#414588 Poetry
By Hell*Butterfly BRONZE
Spring Valley, California
Hell*Butterfly BRONZE, Spring Valley, California
3 articles 0 photos 1 comment
#414589 Poetry
PorcelainShadow BRONZE, Lizton, Indiana
4 articles 6 photos 39 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Don&#039;t hold your tongue, instead, hold your breath, and jump in&quot;

#414590 Poetry
EmilyMichelle PLATINUM, Manassas, Virginia
33 articles 4 photos 90 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Our truest responsibility to the irrationality of the world is to paint or sing or write, for only in such response do we find the truth.&quot;<br /> - Madeleine L&#039;Engle