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#434691voted by our readers
By f1ndmycure2013 BRONZE
-, Alabama

The shaky ground I’m standing on, Is slowly caving in, I don’t know how much longer I can sit here and pretend, Pretend that I’m okay, Even though I know I’m not. Pretend tha...
f1ndmycure2013 BRONZE, -, Alabama
4 articles 0 photos 10 comments

Favorite Quote:
Just don't give up on trying to do what you really want to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I don't think you can go wrong." ~ Ella Fitzgerald


#434692 Poetry
By lapisleaves DIAMOND
Durham, New Hampshire
lapisleaves DIAMOND, Durham, New Hampshire
52 articles 0 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
"...I wish none of this had happened." "So do all who live to see such times, but that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us."

#434693 Poetry
shimmering_stars GOLD, Fowler, Michigan
10 articles 0 photos 14 comments
ChristineK GOLD, SLC, Utah
17 articles 3 photos 20 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;So the future seemed <br /> To mingle with the past. For a short space <br /> I saw revealed to the doubt the threads that bind <br /> This little speck of time we call &ldquo;To-day&rdquo; <br /> To the great cycle of unending life <br /> That has been and that shall be evermore.&rdquo;<br /> -Tours

#434695 Poetry
By V0LA7ILE SILVER
Lewisville, Texas
V0LA7ILE SILVER, Lewisville, Texas
8 articles 0 photos 2 comments
EmoJuviaAwkward13 BRONZE, San Antonio, Texas
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Thre&#039;s no need to change the past. Because of the past we are who we are now, Every second, ever action from then... is linked to us here and now&quot; ~Gray Fullbuster

#434697 Poetry
By BriannaLogan SILVER
Brooklyn, New York
BriannaLogan SILVER, Brooklyn, New York
9 articles 0 photos 5 comments

Favorite Quote:
If you don&#039;t like the way the world is, you change it. You have an obligation to change it. You just do it one step at a time. - Marian Wright Edelman

#434698 Poetry
By MAhANA96817 BRONZE
Honolulu, Hawaii
MAhANA96817 BRONZE, Honolulu, Hawaii
2 articles 2 photos 0 comments
#434699 Poetry
By melodeess GOLD
Edison, New Jersey
melodeess GOLD, Edison, New Jersey
18 articles 0 photos 50 comments
Hombray BRONZE,
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments