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#446061voted by our readers
By Halestorm BRONZE
Clintonville, New York

She's locked up, stuck in an enterprise of cries Girl needs to understand, prison is a jail Hey you, those tunnel eyes tell no lies Not you, simply vastly different you  ...
Halestorm BRONZE, Clintonville, New York
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
Life's better when you're laughing.


#446062 Poetry
By Malcolm_Chase PLATINUM
Madison, South Dakota
Malcolm_Chase PLATINUM, Madison, South Dakota
32 articles 0 photos 161 comments

Favorite Quote:
Not all those who wander are lost<br /> - J. R. R. Tolkien<br /> <br /> Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it<br /> - Confucius <br /> <br /> Believe you can and you're halfway there<br /> - Theodore Roosevelt <br /> <br /> Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend.<br /> - Albert Camus<br /> <br /> It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.<br /> - Aristotle<br /> <br /> Nothing is impossible, the word itself says 'I'm possible'!<br /> - Audrey Hepburn<br /> <br /> The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart.<br /> - Helen Keller

#446063 Poetry
#446064 Poetry
Periwinkle BRONZE, Sanford, Florida
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;He who makes a beast out of himself, gets rid of the pain of being a man&quot;- Samuel Johnson

be.yourself-everyone.else.is.taken GOLD, Chelsea, Michigan
11 articles 6 photos 19 comments

Favorite Quote:
We were given: Two hands to hold. To legs to walk. Two eyes to see. Two ears to listen. But why only one heart? Because the other was given to someone else. For us to find.

#446066 Poetry
#446067 Poetry
Blanchemelech SILVER, Scottdale, Pennsylvania
6 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
Sometimes you can&#039;t move forward until you turn around.

#446068 Poetry
By quidtemis PLATINUM
Danville, Alabama
quidtemis PLATINUM, Danville, Alabama
23 articles 0 photos 4 comments

Favorite Quote:
Affliction is a good man&#039;s shining time -Edward Young

#446069 Poetry
By haley101 DIAMOND
Windsor, Connecticut
haley101 DIAMOND, Windsor, Connecticut
70 articles 5 photos 195 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to understand that this too, was a gift.&rdquo;<br /> <br /> ― Mary Oliver

#446070 Poetry
By Nylah Henderson BRONZE
San Diego, California
Nylah Henderson BRONZE, San Diego, California
1 article 0 photos 0 comments