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#3471voted by our readers
By maddie1424 SILVER
Oshkosh, Wisconsin

These ties that hold me to this Earth, these ties that I fight to breathe; Tethered-half up and half down, not captured, but not free. I writhe and cry with desperation, I wan...
maddie1424 SILVER, Oshkosh, Wisconsin
6 articles 0 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
“Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited to all we now know and understand, while imagination embraces the entire world, and all there ever will be to know and understand.” ~Einstein


#3472 Poetry
By woah.its.shayla BRONZE
Sulphur Springs, Arkansas
woah.its.shayla BRONZE, Sulphur Springs, Arkansas
3 articles 1 photo 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;Life&rsquo;s but a walking shadow, a poor player<br /> That struts and frets his hour upon the stage<br /> And then is heard no more: it is a tale<br /> Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,<br /> Signifying nothing.&rdquo;<br /> &mdash;Macbeth in Macbeth

#3473 Poetry
By Olivia-Atlet ELITE
Dardenne Prairie, Missouri
Olivia-Atlet ELITE, Dardenne Prairie, Missouri
325 articles 10 photos 1165 comments

Favorite Quote:
"To these the past hath its phantoms,<br /> More real than solid earth;<br /> And to these death does not mean decay,<br /> But only another birth" <br /> - Isabella Banks

#3474 Poetry
By Gracegos29 GOLD
Berwyn, Pennsylvania
Gracegos29 GOLD, Berwyn, Pennsylvania
11 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&quot;life isn&#039;t measured by the number of breaths you take, but the moments that take your breath away.&quot; -anonymous

#3475 Poetry
phaseme123 SILVER, Lena, Wisconsin
6 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. - eleanor roosevelt

#3476 Poetry
By Alyssa Pracht BRONZE
Waverly, Nebraska
Alyssa Pracht BRONZE, Waverly, Nebraska
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#3477 Poetry
By Anonymous
#3478 Poetry
By Anonymous
#3479 Poetry
BritishMaddie BRONZE, Sydney, Other
2 articles 1 photo 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
when word fail... music speaks.

#3480 Poetry
By Lilliana210 BRONZE
San Antonio, Texas
Lilliana210 BRONZE, San Antonio, Texas
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
Every little thing is gonna be alright.