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#54541voted by our readers
By Only,I PLATINUM
Taylorville, Illinois

This old heart, it flutters and falters. At the mere sight of you. Standing there. In that old faded dress. With the sunlight playing tricks on me. Balancing that halo above y...
Only,I PLATINUM, Taylorville, Illinois
45 articles 17 photos 123 comments

Favorite Quote:
This too shall pass.


#54542 Poetry
By Lexii_59 BRONZE
Brockton, Massachusetts
Lexii_59 BRONZE, Brockton, Massachusetts
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
Nobody likes to fail. I want to succeed in everything I do, which isn't much. But the things that I'm really passionate about, if I fail at those, if I'm not successful, what do I have? -Eminem

#54543 Poetry
By TrishDestiny PLATINUM
Jerantut , Pahang, Other
TrishDestiny PLATINUM, Jerantut , Pahang, Other
45 articles 2 photos 91 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;When it&#039;s over, I want to say: all my life<br /> I was a bride married to amazement.<br /> I was the bridegroom, taking the world into my arms. <br /> <br /> When it is over, I don&#039;t want to wonder<br /> if I have made of my life something particular, and real.<br /> I don&#039;t want to find myself sighing and frightened,<br /> or full of argument. <br /> <br /> I don&#039;t want to end up simply having visited this world.&rdquo;

#54544 Poetry
By audreymunce GOLD
Lee\\\'s Summit, Missouri
audreymunce GOLD, Lee\\\'s Summit, Missouri
15 articles 1 photo 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
I loved him, not for the way he danced with my angels.... But for the way the sound of his name could silence my demons.

#54545 Poetry
By directorchick419 GOLD
Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania
directorchick419 GOLD, Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania
15 articles 0 photos 15 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;I&#039;d wanted to stay on that porch with him until the sun shone bright on both of us, but i didn&#039;t. I stood up and walked down the steps. I&#039;d rather chase the sun than wait for it.&quot; from I am the Messanger by Markus Zusak.

#54546 Poetry
By KaitlynJasper SILVER
Eatonville, Washington
KaitlynJasper SILVER, Eatonville, Washington
6 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&quot;No dust will ever grow on this frame, one million years and I will say your name, I love you more then I can ever scream&quot;

#54547 Poetry
By mollsry17 GOLD
Scotch Plains, New Jersey
mollsry17 GOLD, Scotch Plains, New Jersey
12 articles 10 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;We learn from failure, not from success&quot;

#54548 Poetry
By KAndrew GOLD
Bow, New Hampshire
KAndrew GOLD, Bow, New Hampshire
16 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.&quot; - Benjamin Franklin<br /> &ldquo;The question isn&#039;t who is going to let me; it&#039;s who is going to stop me.&rdquo; - Ayn Rand<br /> &quot;I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me&quot; - Phillippians 4:13

#54549 Poetry
By GabbyAndersen GOLD
Hartland, Wisconsin
GabbyAndersen GOLD, Hartland, Wisconsin
14 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#54550 Poetry
By Akila_M. GOLD
Greensboro, North Carolina
Akila_M. GOLD, Greensboro, North Carolina
19 articles 0 photos 7 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Dancing is the soul having happy convulsions.&quot; - Akila