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#2131voted by our readers
By PersonOfInterest ELITE
Shrewsbury, Other

Get used to my smile that's clearly fake And the destruction I leave in my wake. I realise I can no longer be strong; My defence had been pounded far too long. Arms of l...
PersonOfInterest ELITE, Shrewsbury, Other
176 articles 0 photos 9 comments

Favorite Quote:
What doesn't kill you simply makes you stranger.


Palindrome PLATINUM, Reedley, California
39 articles 0 photos 30 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;If there&#039;s a reason I&#039;m still alive when so many have died, I&#039;m willing to wait for it.&quot;<br /> -Lin-Manuel Miranda, Hamilton<br /> <br /> &quot;Crazy people don&#039;t know they&#039;re crazy. They think they&#039;re getting saner.&quot;<br /> -John Locke, Lost

#2133 Poetry
By everlost PLATINUM
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
everlost PLATINUM, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
34 articles 0 photos 16 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.&quot; -Jimi Hendrix

#2134 Poetry
By freakycatlover DIAMOND
Antrim, New Hampshire
freakycatlover DIAMOND, Antrim, New Hampshire
95 articles 0 photos 19 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;You know?&quot;

#2135 Poetry
faypirate23 DIAMOND, Fayetteville, West Virginia
61 articles 0 photos 103 comments

Favorite Quote:
Take the road less traveled by.

#2136 Poetry
Mustacheofthelorax SILVER, Ashland, Nebraska
7 articles 0 photos 8 comments

Favorite Quote:
No matter how may people are watching you, no matter what they are saying and what they are doing, it doesn&#039;t change the fact that you are you and that you are amazing.

#2137 Poetry
By ORVasquez96 BRONZE
Lyons, Colorado
ORVasquez96 BRONZE, Lyons, Colorado
2 articles 1 photo 3 comments
#2138 Poetry
By BVBangel PLATINUM
Chicago, Illinois
BVBangel PLATINUM, Chicago, Illinois
36 articles 0 photos 1 comment
Mr._Nobody SILVER, Walton, Kentucky
5 articles 1 photo 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;All changes, even the most longer for, have their meloncholy; for what we leave behind us, is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life, before we can enter another.&quot; -Anatole France

#2140 Poetry
By Anno82 GOLD
Austin, Texas
Anno82 GOLD, Austin, Texas
14 articles 0 photos 47 comments

Favorite Quote:
“Peace doesn't come from finding a lake with no storms. It comes from having Jesus in the boat." -John Ortberg<br /> "God doesn't break things so He can fix them; He fixes broken things so He can use them." -Bob Goff<br /> "Is prayer your steering wheel or your spare tire?" -Corrie Ten Boom