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#451761voted by our readers
By sarahrut12 GOLD
Old Greenwich, Connecticut

we lay on the stained rug of our boxcar life and spark matches just to watch them burn out, because there is something beautiful in the way the light dies. our breath doesn...
sarahrut12 GOLD, Old Greenwich, Connecticut
10 articles 0 photos 0 comments

#451762 Poetry
By grtatian BRONZE
Natick, Massachusetts
grtatian BRONZE, Natick, Massachusetts
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#451763 Poetry
#451764 Poetry
By Destenee Fuller BRONZE
Homestead, Pennsylvania
Destenee Fuller BRONZE, Homestead, Pennsylvania
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#451765 Poetry
By Emma99 GOLD
Kamloops, Other
Emma99 GOLD, Kamloops, Other
11 articles 0 photos 12 comments
#451766 Poetry
By LippStickkLullabies GOLD
Dassel, Minnesota
LippStickkLullabies GOLD, Dassel, Minnesota
10 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
"I am not here to judge any of you, I have no malice for you, and no ribbons for you. But I think its high time that you all look around, and see the lie you're living in." --Charles Manson

#451767 Poetry
By Emma.H.96 DIAMOND
Kalamazoo, Michigan
Emma.H.96 DIAMOND, Kalamazoo, Michigan
65 articles 0 photos 67 comments

Favorite Quote:
You own everything that happened to you. Tell your stories. If people wanted you to write warmly about them, they should've behaved better. -Anne Lamott, from Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life.

#451768 Poetry
By CarmH BRONZE
Maple Heights, Ohio
CarmH BRONZE, Maple Heights, Ohio
3 articles 0 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
"What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us who can be against us?"-Romans 8:31 (KJV)

#451769 Poetry
By Basya44 PLATINUM
Brighton, Massachusetts
Basya44 PLATINUM, Brighton, Massachusetts
36 articles 1 photo 77 comments
#451770 Poetry
LindsMarie BRONZE, Lamar, Pennsylvania
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"No day but today"-RENT