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#451951voted by our readers
Sleepy
By ClaireP SILVER
San Rafael, California

Drooping, dazed lids flutter shut. Tense muscles loosen with ease. Dirty desperate hands claw and pull-but; they possess problems you can’t appease. Enveloped in safety and lat...
ClaireP SILVER, San Rafael, California
8 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"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."

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#451952 Poetry
Sunlight
By emma_sattler BRONZE
Barrington, New Hampshire
emma_sattler BRONZE, Barrington, New Hampshire
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments
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#451953 Poetry
He had enough
By Aisha_22 BRONZE
Avon, Colorado
Aisha_22 BRONZE, Avon, Colorado
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
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#451954 Poetry
feeling
By Anonymous
#451955 Poetry
Whats in Your Name
By ElleAhre PLATINUM
Gloucester, Massachusetts
ElleAhre PLATINUM, Gloucester, Massachusetts
25 articles 4 photos 53 comments

Favorite Quote:
"you can close your eyes to everything you do not want to see, but you can not close you heart to things you do not want to feel"

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#451956 Poetry
They're Trying to Build a Prison
By Anonymous
#451957 Poetry
Screaming So Loud You Can't Hear Me
By laurenklm DIAMOND
Hoffman Estates, Illinois
laurenklm DIAMOND, Hoffman Estates, Illinois
54 articles 7 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
"Words, words, words." -William Shakespeare

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#451958 Poetry
Motherless Sparrow
By ElaM ELITE
Surrey, Columbia
ElaM ELITE, Surrey, Columbia
321 articles 27 photos 120 comments

Favorite Quote:
“I was ashamed of myself when I realized life was a costume party; and I attended with my real face.” ~Franz Kafka

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#451959 Poetry
Paralyzed
By Merrigold BRONZE
Raleigh, North Carolina
Merrigold BRONZE, Raleigh, North Carolina
4 articles 4 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
"I want to keep walking away from the person I was a moment ago, because a mind was made to figure things out, not to read the same page recurrently." — Donald Miller

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#451960 Poetry
Children MAG
By megss09 PLATINUM
Abilene, Texas
megss09 PLATINUM, Abilene, Texas
31 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
"When all else is gone, God is left. Nothing changes Him."

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