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#3691voted by our readers
By Lucy4himnotu ELITE
Richardson, Texas

I find myself... wasting my rhymes, And staring at walls most of the time, I wait and I wonder, My life I do ponder, With a blank, and yet such a sad face... I've m...
Lucy4himnotu ELITE, Richardson, Texas
148 articles 0 photos 54 comments

Favorite Quote:
"I am Happy to The Point of Fear" -Ralph Waldo Emmerson


#3692 Poetry
By girlonfire95 GOLD
Greeneville, Tennessee
girlonfire95 GOLD, Greeneville, Tennessee
11 articles 0 photos 10 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Don&#039;t cry because it&#039;s over; smile because it happened.&quot;<br /> <br /> -Dr. Seuss

#3693 Poetry
angela-michelle23 BRONZE, Sharptown, Maryland
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Just because you're in a full body cast doesn't mean my broken arm doesn't hurt."

#3694 Poetry
By ShadowDancer GOLD
Spokane, Washington
ShadowDancer GOLD, Spokane, Washington
10 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
Three can keep a secret if two of them are dead- Benjamin Franklin

#3695 Poetry
By Silent-Melody BRONZE
Yukon, Oklahoma
Silent-Melody BRONZE, Yukon, Oklahoma
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Never forget to do the small things, for from the small are built the big.&quot; J.S.

#3696 Poetry
By I.Hrty PLATINUM
Palm Coast, Florida
I.Hrty PLATINUM, Palm Coast, Florida
30 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
All I can do is just be me, whoever that is.<br /> -Bob Dylan

#3697 Poetry
By akell PLATINUM
Asheville, North Carolina
akell PLATINUM, Asheville, North Carolina
26 articles 0 photos 8 comments

Favorite Quote:
There can be no society without poetry, but society can never be realized as poetry, it is never poetic. Sometimes the two terms seek to break apart. They cannot.<br /> -Octavio Paz

#3698 Poetry
By Claydub PLATINUM
Fredericksburg, Virginia
Claydub PLATINUM, Fredericksburg, Virginia
35 articles 0 photos 9 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;You are not wrong, who deem<br /> That my days have been a dream;&quot; - Edgar Allen Poe

#3699 Poetry
By JennaBeaSwimma SILVER
High Point, North Carolina
JennaBeaSwimma SILVER, High Point, North Carolina
9 articles 13 photos 21 comments
#3700 Poetry
By CommitCrucible GOLD
Dalton, Massachusetts
CommitCrucible GOLD, Dalton, Massachusetts
13 articles 0 photos 7 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;One must have Chaos within one&#039;s self to give birth to a dancing star.&quot; -Nietzsche<br /> <br /> &ldquo;I am not afraid&hellip;I was born to do this.&rdquo; - Joan of Arc