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#431181voted by our readers
By MaggieElaine GOLD
Los Alamos, California

A cold, miserable hand reaches through the night. Brushing my skin, through my mind. It steals the happiness I once knew. I awake with venomous tears. Incapable heart. Unwaver...
MaggieElaine GOLD, Los Alamos, California
11 articles 0 photos 55 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;As I hide behind these books I read, while scribbling my poetry,<br /> like art could save a wretch like me, with some ideal ideology that no one can hope to achieve.<br /> And I am never real; it is just a sketch of me.<br /> And everything I made is trite and cheap and a waste of paint, of tape, of time.&quot; - Bright Eyes


#431182 Poetry
By ILoveTurtles PLATINUM
Redding, California
ILoveTurtles PLATINUM, Redding, California
31 articles 0 photos 2 comments
#431183 Poetry
By Shaveta BRONZE
Brampton, Other
Shaveta BRONZE, Brampton, Other
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#431184 Poetry
CatherineLucernas26 GOLD, Davao, Other
17 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
let your mind be your guide, hear your heart to know what you seek

#431185 Poetry
Silent-change GOLD, Parow, Other
13 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
I&#039;d rather you tell me the truth and make me cry, than tell me a lie and make smile.

#431186 Poetry
By jgod BRONZE
Wilmington, California
jgod BRONZE, Wilmington, California
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#431187 Poetry
PalinAdvocate1993 BRONZE, Monette, Arkansas
3 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&quot;A man is what he thinks about all day long.&quot; Ralph Waldo Emerson

#431188 Poetry
By VitaLoyal GOLD
Warrrenville, Ohio
VitaLoyal GOLD, Warrrenville, Ohio
15 articles 0 photos 18 comments

Favorite Quote:
IAM SOMEBODY BECUZ EVERYONE IS SOMEBODY.love is a state of mind

#431189 Poetry
thinkingofyou SILVER, Miami, Florida
8 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Everything is okay in the end, if it&#039;s not ok, then it&#039;s not the end.&quot;

#431190 Poetry
By Intrepidnzx GOLD
East Syracuse, New York
Intrepidnzx GOLD, East Syracuse, New York
14 articles 0 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality.&rdquo;<br /> ― John Lennon