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#452341voted by our readers
My finger touches my hand
By EmilyTheKiwi PLATINUM
Flemington, New Jersey

I poke the back of my hand with my left index finger, and for a moment, I picture that finger moving without resistance right through my hand, and out of my open palm. But m...
EmilyTheKiwi PLATINUM, Flemington, New Jersey
30 articles 1 photo 5 comments

Favorite Quote:
“Picture a wave. In the ocean. You can see it, measure it, its height, the way the sunlight refracts when it passes through. And it's there. And you can see it, you know what it is. It's a wave.<br /> <br /> And then it crashes in the shore and it's gone. But the water is still there. The wave was just a different way for the water to be, for a little while. You know it's one conception of death for Buddhists: the wave returns to the ocean, where it came from and where it's supposed to be."<br /> -The Good Place

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#452342 Poetry
The "freak" down the street
By tori_Lou GOLD
Wolfforth, Texas
tori_Lou GOLD, Wolfforth, Texas
18 articles 0 photos 21 comments

Favorite Quote:
when life knocks you on your knees, you&#039;re in perfect position to pray

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#452343 Poetry
My Secret Place
By SWKit_kat GOLD
Janesville, Wisconsin
SWKit_kat GOLD, Janesville, Wisconsin
16 articles 0 photos 9 comments

Favorite Quote:
Don&#039;t cry because it&#039;s over be happy because it happened

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#452344 Poetry
Someone's Guaranteed Tomorrow
By Karlaemilie GOLD
DPO AA, Florida
Karlaemilie GOLD, DPO AA, Florida
10 articles 0 photos 4 comments
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#452345 Poetry
Cluttered Conscience
By kaybear012 BRONZE
Urbana, Illinois
kaybear012 BRONZE, Urbana, Illinois
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;To be nobody but <br /> yourself in a world <br /> which is doing its best day and night to make you like <br /> everybody else means to fight the hardest battle <br /> which any human being can fight and never stop fighting.&quot;<br /> -E.E. Cummings

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#452346 Poetry
A Hero, In Disguise
By Chelseaed SILVER
West Valley, New York
Chelseaed SILVER, West Valley, New York
8 articles 0 photos 0 comments
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#452347 Poetry
Breath Maker
By AustinS PLATINUM
Port St. Lucie, Florida
AustinS PLATINUM, Port St. Lucie, Florida
20 articles 0 photos 5 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Cowards die a thousand deaths, but the courageous taste death only once.&quot; -William Shakespeare

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#452348 Poetry
Invenio te
By NicoleLucia PLATINUM
Haverhill, Massachusetts
NicoleLucia PLATINUM, Haverhill, Massachusetts
23 articles 0 photos 0 comments
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#452349 Poetry
you are my heart
By EilidhJ BRONZE
Ben Lomond, California
EilidhJ BRONZE, Ben Lomond, California
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
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#452350 Poetry
Love of Mine MAG
By VictoriaF067 BRONZE
Albuquerque, New Mexico
VictoriaF067 BRONZE, Albuquerque, New Mexico
2 articles 0 photos 7 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost. That is where they should be. Now put foundations under them.&quot; Henry David Thoreau

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