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#47981voted by our readers
By guitargrl BRONZE
Sharon, Massachusetts

I’m thinking about you from 8000 miles away, About how you were there when I took my first breath And when I took my first step You were there when I came home crying And whe...
guitargrl BRONZE, Sharon, Massachusetts
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Live as you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever."


#47982 Poetry
By YayyaKhairudin GOLD
Selangor, Other
YayyaKhairudin GOLD, Selangor, Other
16 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;It&#039;s the heart afraid of breaking that never learns to dance. It is the dream afraid of waking that never takes the chance. It is the one who won&#039;t be taken who cannot seem to give. And the soul afraid of dying that never learns to live.&quot;<br /> <br /> ~ Bette Midler

#47983 Poetry
By aaron-nae denby BRONZE
Bridgeton, New Jersey
aaron-nae denby BRONZE, Bridgeton, New Jersey
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#47984 Poetry
By Belle412 BRONZE
Los Angeles, California
Belle412 BRONZE, Los Angeles, California
3 articles 1 photo 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;There is a sacredness in tears. They are not a mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues. They are the messengers of overwhelming grief, of deep contrition and of unspeakable love.&rdquo;<br /> -Washington Irving

#47985 Poetry
By JStone7575 BRONZE
Dunlap, Illinois
JStone7575 BRONZE, Dunlap, Illinois
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#47986 Poetry
By Anonymous
#47987 Poetry
By misspahka BRONZE
Atlanta, Georgia
misspahka BRONZE, Atlanta, Georgia
1 article 0 photos 1 comment
#47988 Poetry
By hobbes BRONZE
Warrington, Pennsylvania
hobbes BRONZE, Warrington, Pennsylvania
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#47989 Poetry
By Xomusicstarr SILVER
Norwich, Connecticut
Xomusicstarr SILVER, Norwich, Connecticut
6 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
love takes off the mask that we fear we cannot live without and we kow cannot live within -James Arthur Baldwin

#47990 Poetry
savetheplanet PLATINUM, Anaheim, California
45 articles 9 photos 564 comments

Favorite Quote:
It is better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.