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#456401voted by our readers
By mynameislucy GOLD
New City, New York

At 5AM She is awake, But she is exhausted. Her mind wanders, But she does not think. She speaks, But says nothing. Her eyes are open, But she cannot see. As the su...
mynameislucy GOLD, New City, New York
13 articles 0 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
I myself am entirely made of flaws, stitched together with good intentions.


#456402 Poetry
By Fishie PLATINUM
El Cajon, California
Fishie PLATINUM, El Cajon, California
25 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
“Sometimes, you read a book and it fills you with this weird evangelical zeal, and you become convinced that the shattered world will never be put back together unless and until all living humans read the book.”

#456403 Poetry
By BioncaDeshea GOLD
Piggott, Arkansas
BioncaDeshea GOLD, Piggott, Arkansas
14 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
Don't let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game.

#456404 Poetry
By GrahamElgin BRONZE
Anderson, South Carolina
GrahamElgin BRONZE, Anderson, South Carolina
1 article 0 photos 2 comments
#456405 Poetry
MeganAnne PLATINUM, Niskayuna, New York
24 articles 0 photos 157 comments

Favorite Quote:
All my life I've looked at words as if I were seeing them for the first time. ~Ernest Hemingway

#456406 Poetry
By kissofpoetry PLATINUM
Los Lunas, New Mexico
kissofpoetry PLATINUM, Los Lunas, New Mexico
28 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
"Turn up the music so we can dance like retards and sing like we are on cocain"

#456407 Poetry
By Patrick.Washington BRONZE
Chesapeake, Ohio
Patrick.Washington BRONZE, Chesapeake, Ohio
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#456408 Poetry
By ThomasM BRONZE
Saint Rose, Louisiana
ThomasM BRONZE, Saint Rose, Louisiana
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#456409 Poetry
By j_camp17 BRONZE
Evansville, Indiana
j_camp17 BRONZE, Evansville, Indiana
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
There is a tide in the affairs of men, which taken at the flood leads on to fortune. But omitted all the voyages of their lives will be drowned in sorrows and misery. On such a full sea are we now afloat; we must take our ventures or forever be lost

#456410 Poetry
By contrera SILVER
Burlington, Vermont
contrera SILVER, Burlington, Vermont
7 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
Make friends, not horcruxes