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#466201voted by our readers
By CRDAmico SILVER
Middletown, Connecticut

Burning Fingers ache and blister— But why would you care? I only play out my heart for you till the darkness of night fades to dawn Longing for a day when the songs seep...
CRDAmico SILVER, Middletown, Connecticut
5 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"It's not why you're running it's where you're goin', it's not what you're dreaming but what you're gonna do, it's not where you're born it's where you belong, it's not how weak but what will make you strong." ~U2


#466202 Poetry
By rockstardream GOLD
I&#39m Not Saying, Georgia
rockstardream GOLD, I&#39m Not Saying, Georgia
12 articles 2 photos 47 comments

Favorite Quote:
"If you dream it you can do it." ~Walt Disney

#466203 Poetry
laureen_steis GOLD, Ridgway, Pennsylvania
14 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#466204 Poetry
By Anonymous
#466205 Poetry
By FlamableFyre DIAMOND
Spartanburg, South Carolina
FlamableFyre DIAMOND, Spartanburg, South Carolina
93 articles 9 photos 107 comments

Favorite Quote:
I don&#039;t have ambitions or desires. <br /> Being a poet isn&#039;t my ambition, <br /> it&#039;s my way of being alone.<br /> ~ Fernando Pessoa ~

#466206 Poetry
By OnyxDivine PLATINUM
Scarborough, Other
OnyxDivine PLATINUM, Scarborough, Other
22 articles 0 photos 18 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Take chances&quot;<br /> &quot;never regret something that made you smile&quot;<br /> &quot;Forever isn&#039;t infinity. It&#039;s the time two people spent together, be it a few seconds, five minutes, an hour, days, months, or more.&quot;

#466207 Poetry
By Avallon GOLD
Portland, Oregon
Avallon GOLD, Portland, Oregon
10 articles 11 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
We fall down. We get up. We try to hold our head up when life pulls us apart. We fight and we bleed but all we ever need is something to hope for.

#466208 Poetry
By TheUnwindingCableCar PLATINUM
Plymouth, Indiana
TheUnwindingCableCar PLATINUM, Plymouth, Indiana
31 articles 0 photos 22 comments

Favorite Quote:
What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality. -Plutarch

#466209 Poetry
By DarknessFalls PLATINUM
Alhambra, California
DarknessFalls PLATINUM, Alhambra, California
47 articles 0 photos 4 comments

Favorite Quote:
Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before. -Edgar Allan Poe

#466210 Poetry
By karsenduve BRONZE
West Des Moines, Iowa
karsenduve BRONZE, West Des Moines, Iowa
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments