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#75991voted by our readers
On the Roller Coaster
By blinkme182degree SILVER
River Edge, New Jersey

On the roller coaster, coasting on a track; tickling my belly, throwing my arms up, the wind through my hair, screams and laughter, on the roller coaster. I feel free on...
blinkme182degree SILVER, River Edge, New Jersey
9 articles 0 photos 0 comments
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#75992 Poetry
Spiraling down
By sarahdee GOLD
Swansea, Illinois
sarahdee GOLD, Swansea, Illinois
11 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Everything had changed suddenly--the tone, the moral climate; you didn't know what to think, whom to listen to. As if all your life you had been led by the hand like a small child and suddenly you were on your own, you had to learn to walk by yourself. There was no one around, neither family nor people whose judgment you respected. At such a time you felt the need of committing yourself to something absolute--life or truth or beauty--of being ruled by it in place of the man-made rules that had been discarded. You needed to surrender to some such ultimate purpose more fully, more unreservedly than you had ever done in the old familiar, peaceful days, in the old life that was now abolished and gone for good."

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#75993 Poetry
Crowding Solitude
By Lilypad33 GOLD
Edgewood, Kentucky
Lilypad33 GOLD, Edgewood, Kentucky
10 articles 0 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;It&#039;s so hard to forget pain, but it&#039;s even harder to remember sweetness. <br /> We have no scar to show for happiness. We learn so little from peace.&quot; <br /> &mdash; Chuck Palahniuk (Diary)

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#75994 Poetry
Temptation
By emilyjoe DIAMOND
Algonquin, Illinois
emilyjoe DIAMOND, Algonquin, Illinois
51 articles 6 photos 34 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;What if the person in the puddle is real, and you&#039;re just a reflection?&quot; -Calvin &amp; Hobbes

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#75995 Poetry
The Loss
By Lici67 SILVER
Ridgeland, South Carolina
Lici67 SILVER, Ridgeland, South Carolina
7 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
You Don&#039;t Have a Soul, You are a Soul. You Have a Body. - C.S. Lewis

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#75996 Poetry
Ten Minutes to Midnight
By BennyBoy42 SILVER
Tirana, Other
BennyBoy42 SILVER, Tirana, Other
7 articles 0 photos 9 comments
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#75997 Poetry
The “One”
By Anonymous
#75998 Poetry
Moonless Night
By Anonymous
#75999 Poetry
It's You, I'm Meant to Find
By (=amanda=) GOLD
Somerset, Ohio
(=amanda=) GOLD, Somerset, Ohio
16 articles 0 photos 83 comments
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#76000 Poetry
A Spirit's Song
By Purple.Ink SILVER
San Diego, California
Purple.Ink SILVER, San Diego, California
7 articles 0 photos 8 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;If there&#039;s a book you really want to read but it hasn&#039;t been written yet, then you must write it.&quot; - Toni Morrison

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