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#443681voted by our readers
By margelise BRONZE
Cleburne, Texas

The trembling of my knees The cold sweat running down my face My eyes locked in a daze Staring and being stared at by those things that chill a man’s soul My mind says run, bu...
margelise BRONZE, Cleburne, Texas
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

#443682 Poetry
By nuclearunicorns GOLD
Staten Island, New York
nuclearunicorns GOLD, Staten Island, New York
14 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;I wondered which was harder, in the end. The act of telling, or who you told it to. Or maybe if, when you finally got it out, the story was really all that mattered.&rdquo; <br /> ― Sarah Dessen, Just Listen

#443683 Poetry
By eelxela BRONZE
New York, New York
eelxela BRONZE, New York, New York
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Nothing is certain except for the things that are&quot;

#443684 Poetry
By safiregiirl GOLD
Centerbrook, Connecticut
safiregiirl GOLD, Centerbrook, Connecticut
11 articles 3 photos 4 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are.&quot;<br /> Kurt Cobain

#443685 Poetry
By Soccerlover2010 BRONZE
Springfield, Nebraska
Soccerlover2010 BRONZE, Springfield, Nebraska
2 articles 2 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Perhaps all the dragons of our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us once beautiful and brave.&quot;<br /> ~Rainer Maria Rilke~

#443686 Poetry
By ErynL SILVER
Anderson, Indiana
ErynL SILVER, Anderson, Indiana
6 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
I am the rose,<br /> that has grown from concrete<br /> -Tupac Shakur

#443687 Poetry
By ashlyn939 PLATINUM
Lynchburg, Virginia
ashlyn939 PLATINUM, Lynchburg, Virginia
34 articles 14 photos 75 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Love means holding on to someone just as hard as you can because if you don&#039;t, one blink and they might disappear... forever.&quot; -Ellen Hopkins, Impulse

#443688 Poetry
By labrythineforest SILVER
Alta Loma, California
labrythineforest SILVER, Alta Loma, California
5 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#443689 Poetry
By samiboo_lollipop13 BRONZE
Hagerstown, Maryland
samiboo_lollipop13 BRONZE, Hagerstown, Maryland
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
It is better to fail with pride than to have never tried.

#443690 Poetry
By EdenRose BRONZE
Knoxville, Tennessee
EdenRose BRONZE, Knoxville, Tennessee
2 articles 2 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Ideas are like stars; you will not succeed in touching them with your hands. But like the seafaring man on the desert of waters, you choose them as your guides, and following them you will reach your destiny.&quot;<br /> - Carl Schurz