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By JonTargaryen GOLD
Bellmawr, New Jersey

Children rarely use compassion when it comes to other kids Some think a world of only kids would be a world without war They would be wrong Kids can do horrible things an...
JonTargaryen GOLD, Bellmawr, New Jersey
12 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
The brightest star burns twice as bright but half as long


#76582 Poetry
By AllyHunter SILVER
Carnegie, Oklahoma
AllyHunter SILVER, Carnegie, Oklahoma
9 articles 1 photo 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Wishes Come True If You Believe They Exist"

SpeakerOfTheDead PLATINUM, Lemont, Illinois
27 articles 31 photos 20 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live.&rdquo; <br /> ― Henry David Thoreau

#76584 Poetry
By Sierrarose00 BRONZE
Torrance, California
Sierrarose00 BRONZE, Torrance, California
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#76585 Poetry
By Brooke92 BRONZE
Afton, Virginia
Brooke92 BRONZE, Afton, Virginia
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#76586 Poetry
By JustPlaying PLATINUM
Wichita, Kansas
JustPlaying PLATINUM, Wichita, Kansas
34 articles 0 photos 4 comments

Favorite Quote:
Nothing sucks more than that moment during an argument when you realize you&#039;re wrong.<br /> Bad decisions make good stories.

#76587 Poetry
By be-positive SILVER
Tenafly, New Jersey
be-positive SILVER, Tenafly, New Jersey
6 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Believe in yourself&quot;

#76588 Poetry
BreeKlineShwester BRONZE, Renton, Washington
2 articles 9 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
And in that prison cage may be only you, but since shadows lurked its only true to assume, but I may have been the darkness or I could&#039;ve been the guard, could&#039;ve been most anything in that dark room. but that fear would drive many insane, so I stay as the shadow, because even as the smoke from a candle twists and turns up and up into a wisp it never leave, only disappears, but as those eyes may not hide, there is something behinds those other eyes, and pain and grief is flooding in once you see secrets within that deep silent glare. but in this time I do see, I and the darkness made flesh, cause if that darkness is over used and over thrown, it needs something else to hide its secrets, to hide its pain, and while it does not help me, I understand what it is to let free, and now I am the darkness I never meant to be in that safe dark cell, was ONLY me

#76589 Poetry
By guardlover234 BRONZE
Emerald Isle, North Carolina
guardlover234 BRONZE, Emerald Isle, North Carolina
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#76590 Poetry
By wicked13 GOLD
North Pekin, Illinois
wicked13 GOLD, North Pekin, Illinois
11 articles 1 photo 13 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;No one can make you feel inferior without your permission.&quot; -Eleanoor Roosevelt