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#3341voted by our readers
By Lydiaq ELITE
Somonauk, Illinois

A young manLike a freshly cracked pistachioDark-haired and brown-eyedIn a spacious echoing houseHolds a little boy child sonOver the pipe organ.The room is full of echoes and ghost...
Lydiaq ELITE, Somonauk, Illinois
179 articles 54 photos 1026 comments

Favorite Quote:
The universe must be a teenage girl. So much darkness, so many stars.<br /> --me


#3342 Poetry
By LiveItUp GOLD
Congers, New York
LiveItUp GOLD, Congers, New York
13 articles 0 photos 10 comments
#3343 Poetry
By DolphinDozy PLATINUM
Payson, Utah (US), Utah
DolphinDozy PLATINUM, Payson, Utah (US), Utah
34 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;There is do and do not, no try.&quot; -Yoda

#3344 Poetry
FakeYourDeath BRONZE, Marion, Ohio
3 articles 0 photos 5 comments

Favorite Quote:
Art is the proper task of life - Friedrich Nietzsche

#3345 Poetry
By lipglosser PLATINUM
Merrimack, New Hampshire
lipglosser PLATINUM, Merrimack, New Hampshire
22 articles 0 photos 17 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding.&quot; -Khalil Gibran

#3346 Poetry
nickykens ELITE, Draper, Utah
134 articles 2 photos 85 comments
#3347 Poetry
By ews297 BRONZE
Wyckoff, New Jersey
ews297 BRONZE, Wyckoff, New Jersey
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#3348 Poetry
By jessie_james SILVER
Taos, New Mexico
jessie_james SILVER, Taos, New Mexico
6 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&quot;you might not end up where you thought youd be, but you always end up where you ment to be.&quot;- ?<br /> &quot;shoot for the moon even if you miss youll land among the stars&quot;-?

#3349 Poetry
By writergirly GOLD
Preston, Other
writergirly GOLD, Preston, Other
19 articles 0 photos 18 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;You never know how strong you are, until being strong is the only choice you have.&quot;<br /> - Anonymous

#3350 Poetry
By Wontgiveup17 PLATINUM
Bloomington, Illinois
Wontgiveup17 PLATINUM, Bloomington, Illinois
23 articles 0 photos 32 comments

Favorite Quote:
Life beats down and crushes the soul but art reminds you that you have one. -Stella Adler<br /> He who lives upon hope will die fasting.<br /> -Benjamin Franklin<br /> If you&#039;re absent during my struggle. Don&#039;t expect to be present during my success.