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Butterfly
By Jessica Hinson BRONZE
Greensboro, North Carolina

I’m like a butterfly First small and odd looking Feeling awkward in life Learning how to make my way through the world Once a little older I break through my shell Glowin...
Jessica Hinson BRONZE, Greensboro, North Carolina
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments
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#458382 Poetry
Reality
By aipat.aivilo GOLD
Morgan Hill, California
aipat.aivilo GOLD, Morgan Hill, California
10 articles 0 photos 0 comments
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#458383 Poetry
To: Father
By criminalninja<33 SILVER
Hidalgo, Texas
criminalninja<33 SILVER, Hidalgo, Texas
9 articles 0 photos 9 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;things are only as beautiful as u percieve them&quot;

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#458384 Poetry
Forgetting Yesterday
By Ebony_Rose PLATINUM
Hot Springs, Arkansas
Ebony_Rose PLATINUM, Hot Springs, Arkansas
21 articles 0 photos 54 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;The simplest way that i can understand therapy is that we&#039;re born a certain<br /> way, we&#039;re taught to be something different, and we spend our whole lives<br /> trying to unravel it and ultimately align ourselves with who we really are.&quot; ~Billy Corgan

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#458385 Poetry
The Turtle
By spiceXisXnice GOLD
Tulsa, Oklahoma
spiceXisXnice GOLD, Tulsa, Oklahoma
14 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Writing is a socially acceptable form of schizophrenia.&quot; -E.L. Doctorow

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#458386 Poetry
Avoiding Honest War
By WhoSawMe BRONZE
Wellesley, Massachusetts
WhoSawMe BRONZE, Wellesley, Massachusetts
2 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Winnin&#039; is problematic<br /> People like you more when you workin&#039; towards somethin&#039;<br /> Not when you have it&quot;

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#458387 Poetry
To Samantha
By L-H PLATINUM
Taytay, Other
L-H PLATINUM, Taytay, Other
26 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream.

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#458388 Poetry
Plum tree
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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#458389 Poetry
Winter is Beautiful
By becca.neel BRONZE
Lubbock, Texas
becca.neel BRONZE, Lubbock, Texas
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
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#458390 Poetry
Visions on the Sea
By Adari SILVER
Bellingham, Washington
Adari SILVER, Bellingham, Washington
8 articles 3 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
All men dream: but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dreams with open eyes,to make it possible.

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