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#449601voted by our readers
By charcybullock BRONZE
Kalispell, Montana

I walked eggshells to your heart But your pieces didn’t wound my aching feet I just wanted to know if you like sweet potato If you would stay or go As our bodies stripped d...
charcybullock BRONZE, Kalispell, Montana
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
Life becomes easier when you learn to accept the apology and explanation you never got.


#449602 Poetry
By King_KDA ELITE
Burlington, Washington
King_KDA ELITE, Burlington, Washington
111 articles 0 photos 34 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Numquam finitur, donec vita finiatur."<br /> - K. D'Angelo Alexander

#449603 Poetry
By Anonymous
#449604 Poetry
By ElizabethS. PLATINUM
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
ElizabethS. PLATINUM, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
32 articles 0 photos 16 comments
#449605 Poetry
By L Wright BRONZE
Upper Montclair, New Jersey
L Wright BRONZE, Upper Montclair, New Jersey
4 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#449606 Poetry
By brittossa GOLD
Claremont, California
brittossa GOLD, Claremont, California
16 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
Do not let your fire go out, spark by irreplaceable spark, in the hopeless swamps of the approximate, the not-quite, the not-yet, the not-at-all. Do not let the hero in your soul perish, in lonely frustration for the life you deserved, but have never been able to reach. Check your road and the nature of your battle. The world you desire can be won. It exists. It is real. It is possible. It is yours.

#449607 Poetry
By Anonymous
#449608 Poetry
By teacupsandpoems GOLD
Valley Stream, New York
teacupsandpoems GOLD, Valley Stream, New York
10 articles 5 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
I cannot give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure--which is: Try to please everybody.<br /> Herbert Bayard Swope

#449609 Poetry
By ClaireP SILVER
San Rafael, California
ClaireP SILVER, San Rafael, California
8 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;People can be divided into three classes, the few who make things happen, the many who watch things happen, and the overwhelming majority who have no idea what has happened.&quot;

#449610 Poetry
By WriterGirl1197 SILVER
Hamden, Connecticut
WriterGirl1197 SILVER, Hamden, Connecticut
6 articles 0 photos 19 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing.&quot;-Socrates