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#478991voted by our readers
By EmilyTheKiwi PLATINUM
Flemington, New Jersey

A thousands little bugs are crowding round a lamppost. For a moment they seem to outnumber the stars. Even now I can still see those tiny bugs flitting around my memory and ti...
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


#478992 Poetry
By CristalleCleare BRONZE
Scottsdale, Arizona
CristalleCleare BRONZE, Scottsdale, Arizona
2 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&quot;In three words I can sum up everything I&#039;ve learned about life: it goes on.&quot; ~Robert Frost<br /> &quot;All I can do is be me. Whoever that is.&quot; ~Bob Dylan<br /> &quot;If girls dressed for boys, they&#039;d walk around naked at all times.&quot; ~Betsey Johnson

#478993 Poetry
IrieHorton SILVER, Henderson, Nevada
7 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#478994 Poetry
By Kikio BRONZE
St. Peters, Missouri
Kikio BRONZE, St. Peters, Missouri
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#478995 Poetry
By EliHiebert PLATINUM
Surrey, Other
EliHiebert PLATINUM, Surrey, Other
26 articles 6 photos 13 comments
#478996 Poetry
By TheIdealist SILVER
New York City, New York
TheIdealist SILVER, New York City, New York
7 articles 0 photos 18 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;We all die. The goal is not to last forever. It&#039;s to create something that does.&quot;

#478997 Poetry
By black.rose BRONZE
Union City, California
black.rose BRONZE, Union City, California
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#478998 Poetry
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

#478999 Poetry
By Anonymous
#479000 Poetry
By ivysara BRONZE
CORAL GABLES, Florida
ivysara BRONZE, CORAL GABLES, Florida
1 article 3 photos 0 comments