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#58211voted by our readers
By alicia_jones GOLD
Middleburgh, New York

Cutting words crudely sculpt innocent flesh; Vermillion calligraphy mottles frozen ground. Dignity, identity, morality are mortally wounded. Black and blue, beginning to evanesc...
alicia_jones GOLD, Middleburgh, New York
17 articles 0 photos 1 comment

#58212 Poetry
By Anonymous
#58213 Poetry
By astrifarber BRONZE
San Antonio, Texas
astrifarber BRONZE, San Antonio, Texas
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#58214 Poetry
By abbey92 GOLD
Fremont, Nebraska
abbey92 GOLD, Fremont, Nebraska
10 articles 0 photos 35 comments

Favorite Quote:
she smiles like she&#039;s so tough<br /> she&#039;s just someones daughter waiting for some one to love her<br /> <br /> never leave the one you love for the one you like because the one you like will leave you for the one they love

#58215 Poetry
By blakrose PLATINUM
Anchorage, Alaska
blakrose PLATINUM, Anchorage, Alaska
29 articles 5 photos 17 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;the biggest mistake you can make in life is to give up.&quot; - Rebekah Hanson<br /> &quot;think outside the shoe.&quot; - Jessica Cox<br /> &quot;angel wings break, so fly while you can.&quot; - Rose Smith

#58216 Poetry
By sfc18 BRONZE
Liberty, South Carolina
sfc18 BRONZE, Liberty, South Carolina
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#58217 Poetry
edgarallanpoette SILVER, Hemet, California
5 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.&rdquo; - Edgar Allan Poe<br /> &quot;The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.&quot; - Eleanor Roosevelt

#58218 Poetry
Tyler Hoover BRONZE, Austin, Texas
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#58219 Poetry
By Staying.Alive1422 BRONZE
Versailles, Indiana
Staying.Alive1422 BRONZE, Versailles, Indiana
2 articles 2 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;The reason we struggle with insecurity is because we compare our behind-the-scenes with everyone eles&#039;s highlight reel. -Steven Furtick

#58220 Poetry
OneSeven-billionth PLATINUM, Westerville, Ohio
28 articles 1 photo 9 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Writing does not resurrect, it buries." - John Green<br /> "We are all just barnacles on the container ship of consciousness."-John Green