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By untamedwritten SILVER
Idaho Falls, Idaho

Alice, Alice You hear those sounds? Scary and loud Awkward shouts Waves of crowds Guns. Fire at night Alone orange ball So annoying It goes “swish” Alice, Alice Find that...
untamedwritten SILVER, Idaho Falls, Idaho
5 articles 4 photos 6 comments

#417152 Poetry
By Samantha King BRONZE
East Hampton, New York
Samantha King BRONZE, East Hampton, New York
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#417153 Poetry
By DogsArePawsome SILVER
Mattawamkeag, Maine
DogsArePawsome SILVER, Mattawamkeag, Maine
7 articles 0 photos 11 comments

Favorite Quote:
Since I was young, I have always known this: Life damages us, everyone. We can't escape that damage.

#417154 Poetry
By costello22 SILVER
Salem, Oregon
costello22 SILVER, Salem, Oregon
7 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
All men dream, but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds, wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act on their dreams with open eyes, to make them All men dream, but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds, wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act on their dreams with open eyes, to make them possible. T. E. Lawrence

#417155 Poetry
By Lucy4himnotu ELITE
Richardson, Texas
Lucy4himnotu ELITE, Richardson, Texas
148 articles 0 photos 54 comments

Favorite Quote:
"I am Happy to The Point of Fear" -Ralph Waldo Emmerson

#417156 Poetry
By IDKXmere13 SILVER
Old Forge, Pennsylvania
IDKXmere13 SILVER, Old Forge, Pennsylvania
8 articles 0 photos 7 comments

Favorite Quote:
dream like you'll live forever live like you are going to die today!

#417157 Poetry
By Claydub PLATINUM
Fredericksburg, Virginia
Claydub PLATINUM, Fredericksburg, Virginia
35 articles 0 photos 9 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;You are not wrong, who deem<br /> That my days have been a dream;&quot; - Edgar Allen Poe

#417158 Poetry
By ThePHSMuse PLATINUM
Pendleton, Oregon
ThePHSMuse PLATINUM, Pendleton, Oregon
21 articles 23 photos 39 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;O! for a muse of fire, that would ascend the brightest heaven of invention.&rdquo;<br /> -William Shakespeare.

#417159 Poetry
By IzzyD. SILVER
Valley Center, California
IzzyD. SILVER, Valley Center, California
7 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.&quot; - Jimi Hendrix

#417160 Poetry
By DeafeningSilence GOLD
Surrey, British Columbia, Other
DeafeningSilence GOLD, Surrey, British Columbia, Other
13 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
“People are unequal, not because Hammurabi said so, but because Enlil and Marduk decreed it. People are equal, not because Thomas Jefferson said so, but because God created them that way.” - Yuval Noah Harari<br /> <br /> “Since it is possible that you may depart from life this very moment, regulate every act and thought accordingly.” -Marcus Aurelius<br /> <br /> “I discovered that my castles stand upon pillars of salt and pillars of sand.” - Coldplay, Viva la Vida