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#511voted by our readers
By Benalicious SILVER
Homewood, Illinois

I have been running for as long as I could remember I don’t remember if I’m chasing something or am I being chased Am I running away from who I used to be And now ru...
Benalicious SILVER, Homewood, Illinois
9 articles 0 photos 6 comments

Favorite Quote:
"We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope." Martin Luther King Jr.


#512 Poetry
DavidDoxtader GOLD, Nelliston, New York
11 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
"Why so Serious?"-Heath Ledger Joker Batman The Dark Knight

#513 Poetry
By MaryP12 SILVER
Worcester, Massachusetts
MaryP12 SILVER, Worcester, Massachusetts
9 articles 0 photos 4 comments

Favorite Quote:
“Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same”<br /> <br /> "First love never dies, true love buries it alive"

#514 Poetry
By MaryP12 SILVER
Worcester, Massachusetts
MaryP12 SILVER, Worcester, Massachusetts
9 articles 0 photos 4 comments

Favorite Quote:
“Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same”<br /> <br /> "First love never dies, true love buries it alive"

#515 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

#516 Poetry
imra_rizvi BRONZE, Colombo, Other
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#517 Poetry
Pledge MAG
By sarah.s SILVER
Attleboro, Massachusetts
sarah.s SILVER, Attleboro, Massachusetts
8 articles 0 photos 24 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Being happy doesn&#039;t mean everything is perfect; it means you&#039;re capable of looking beyond the imperfections.&quot; --Anonymous

#518 Poetry
FlightOfPiscine PLATINUM, Plano, Texas
35 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Irony [is] the song of a prisoner who's come to love his cage" - David Foster Wallace

#520 Poetry
By MessOfADreamer PLATINUM
North Tonawanda, New York
MessOfADreamer PLATINUM, North Tonawanda, New York
22 articles 2 photos 16 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;I write for the same reason I breathe -- because if I didn&#039;t, I would die.&quot; -Isaac Asimov