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#89341voted by our readers
By leilajanerue BRONZE
Grand Junction, Colorado

Empty eyes looking at you, boring into your head, giving you a migraine. Emotionless face scarring you and your soul. Soundless voice speaking to thin air, trying t...
leilajanerue BRONZE, Grand Junction, Colorado
2 articles 0 photos 1 comment

#89342 Poetry
By DreaDrop GOLD
Durango, Colorado
DreaDrop GOLD, Durango, Colorado
11 articles 2 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down "happy". They told me I didn’t understand the assignment. I told them they didn’t understand life." — John Lennon

#89343 Poetry
By JoshS BRONZE
Austin, Texas
JoshS BRONZE, Austin, Texas
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#89344 Poetry
By HoneyMachine BRONZE
Kaysville, Utah
HoneyMachine BRONZE, Kaysville, Utah
3 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
I am not a word, I am not a line, I am not a girl that could ever be defined. I am not fly, I am levitation, I represent an entire generation! I came to win, to fight, to conquer, to thrive. I came to win, to survive, to prosper, to rise. -Nicki Minaj

#89345 Poetry
LifeLeader PLATINUM, Roanoke, Virginia
46 articles 0 photos 17 comments
Sweetsoulsearching PLATINUM, Frisco, Texas
26 articles 2 photos 7 comments

Favorite Quote:
What is the use of a house if you haven&#039;t got a tolerable planet to put it on?<br /> [Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862)

#89347 Poetry
By Mrs.Lautner GOLD
Fife Lake, Michigan
Mrs.Lautner GOLD, Fife Lake, Michigan
17 articles 0 photos 14 comments

Favorite Quote:
someone asked me if i knew you <br /> i turned my head wiped my tears away <br /> and said no not anymore<br /> <br /> Gravitation isn&#039;t responsible for people falling in love.<br /> <br /> The hottest love has the coldest ending

#89348 Poetry
By lyssy_love SILVER
Fredericksburg, Virginia
lyssy_love SILVER, Fredericksburg, Virginia
9 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;The farther away you are from them, the more you realize you love them and the more you begin to not let anyone or anything get in your way of that person.&quot;

#89349 Poetry
By xJessex666 GOLD
Blossvale, New York
xJessex666 GOLD, Blossvale, New York
12 articles 0 photos 4 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;They say that love is forever, then your forever is all that I need&quot;

#89350 Poetry
By _taylo SILVER
Wethersfield, Connecticut
_taylo SILVER, Wethersfield, Connecticut
7 articles 1 photo 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Everybody dies. The goal isn&#039;t to live forever, the goal is to create something that will.&quot; - Chuck Palahniuk