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#468061voted by our readers
By Anonymous

I’m sinking in the ocean and ask myself should I keep swimming? Maybe I am swimming where one shouldn’t. Sunken ship waiting for rescue. Rescue implies search....

#468062 Poetry
By Th3k!DWr!tE5 BRONZE
Chicago, Illinois
Th3k!DWr!tE5 BRONZE, Chicago, Illinois
4 articles 0 photos 15 comments

Favorite Quote:
Onward ever, backward never<br /> - My dad

Beren Garvie BRONZE, Guelph, Other
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#468064 Poetry
By Bobble3361 BRONZE
Cullman, Alabama
Bobble3361 BRONZE, Cullman, Alabama
4 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#468065 Poetry
By DontSmelltheRoses GOLD
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
DontSmelltheRoses GOLD, Sioux Falls, South Dakota
12 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Stay drunk on writing so reality doesn&#039;t destroy you.&quot;--Ray Bradbury

#468066 Poetry
By ihidalgo BRONZE
Metairie, Louisiana
ihidalgo BRONZE, Metairie, Louisiana
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#468067 Poetry
By littlemsawkward ELITE
Holbrook, Massachusetts
littlemsawkward ELITE, Holbrook, Massachusetts
119 articles 7 photos 13 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;To be great is to be misunderstood.&quot; ((Ralph Waldo Emerson))

#468068 Poetry
By Ocean97 SILVER
Suffield, Connecticut
Ocean97 SILVER, Suffield, Connecticut
8 articles 3 photos 16 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;If you live to be 100 years old, then I hope I live to be that, minus 1 day, so that I never have to live a day without you.&quot;

#468069 Poetry
randomname BRONZE, San Marcos, California
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#468070 Poetry
By SkyeOfLights GOLD
Spartanburg, South Carolina
SkyeOfLights GOLD, Spartanburg, South Carolina
13 articles 0 photos 4 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;Writing is a form of personal freedom. It frees us from the mass identity we see in the making all around us. In the end, writers will write not to be outlaw heroes of some underculture but mainly to save themselves, to survive as individuals.&rdquo;