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Poetry
#483001voted by our readers
By MelanieO PLATINUM
Lawrence, Kansas

She cries when she sleeps, only the fibers of memory know her dreams. And the string of life unravels before her, waiting for fate’s scissors to cut her strained breath fr...
MelanieO PLATINUM, Lawrence, Kansas
20 articles 12 photos 5 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today, and make a new ending."


#483002 Poetry
By jasont727 PLATINUM
Calabasas, California
jasont727 PLATINUM, Calabasas, California
46 articles 18 photos 87 comments

Favorite Quote:
If there was no change, there would be no butterflies.

#483003 Poetry
By DumbSkoolBoy BRONZE
Kansas, Missouri
DumbSkoolBoy BRONZE, Kansas, Missouri
3 articles 0 photos 1 comment
#483004 Poetry
By JordyRae BRONZE
Yelm, Washington
JordyRae BRONZE, Yelm, Washington
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
If we deny the love that is given to us, if we refuse to love for fear of pain or loss, then our lives will be empty, our loss Greater.

#483005 Poetry
By Mckay ELITE
Somewhere, Virginia
Mckay ELITE, Somewhere, Virginia
146 articles 0 photos 2230 comments

Favorite Quote:
"The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do."
—Apple’s “Think Different” commercial, 1997
“Crazy people are considered mad by the rest of the society only because their intelligence isn't understood.”
― Weihui Zhou

#483006 Poetry
By Kelbel. PLATINUM
Buffalo Grove, Illinois
Kelbel. PLATINUM, Buffalo Grove, Illinois
20 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
Poetry is the heart decoding messages for the brain from the soul through layer upon layer of flesh, blood and fear.

#483007 Poetry
By Carmen Smith GOLD
Benton Harbor, Michigan
Carmen Smith GOLD, Benton Harbor, Michigan
11 articles 0 photos 1 comment
#483008 Poetry
By AliceChamberlain BRONZE
East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania
AliceChamberlain BRONZE, East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#483009 Poetry
By kk_cm47 GOLD
Fort Worth, Texas
kk_cm47 GOLD, Fort Worth, Texas
17 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Be you, because everyone else is already taken." This quote makes me realize that I'm good enough for anything or anyone. A lot of people talk about how we need to learn how to be ourselves, but this quote has a deeper meaning. At least to me, it means more than being comfortable with who you are.

#483010 Poetry
If
By Anonymous