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#3811voted by our readers
Freedom
By Lucy4himnotu ELITE
Richardson, Texas

My lungs are expanding, From a life so demanding, I've broken the walls, I can answer the calls, nothing can stop me today. The shackles have fallen, My heart is throu...
Lucy4himnotu ELITE, Richardson, Texas
148 articles 0 photos 54 comments

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

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#3812 Poetry
Our Love
By Accidental_Ashlee GOLD
Belleville, Michigan
Accidental_Ashlee GOLD, Belleville, Michigan
15 articles 1 photo 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"The advice to 'hold on to your dreams' is all well and good, but there comes a point when holding on to your dreams becomes unhelpful and even unhealthy. life can pass you by while you are clinging on to a wish that can never be - or ought never to be fulfilled. Your deepest yearning is for something impossible Desperately sad though it is that you have been deprived of your dreams, know that siting and gazing on a vision of what you can never have, will only damage you and your heart."

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#3813 Poetry
Surreal
By el-oh-el PLATINUM
Maloney Gardens, Other
el-oh-el PLATINUM, Maloney Gardens, Other
28 articles 14 photos 10 comments

Favorite Quote:
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small doesn&#039;t serve the world. There&#039;s nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won&#039;t feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We are born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It&#039;s not just in some of us, it&#039;s in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.<br /> -Marianne Williamson

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#3814 Poetry
Reborn a New
By theredmasque BRONZE
Fairfax, California
theredmasque BRONZE, Fairfax, California
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
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#3815 Poetry
Greed
By WillNotShutUp PLATINUM
Black River, Other
WillNotShutUp PLATINUM, Black River, Other
26 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Even the smallest person can change the course of the future.&quot; -J.R.R. Tolkien

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#3816 Poetry
Iris...
By AnarchistHeartland ELITE
Washington, District Of Columbia
AnarchistHeartland ELITE, Washington, District Of Columbia
177 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot; Art is beauty everlasting &quot;

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#3817 Poetry
Are We in Love?
By J.AnnDaniels SILVER
Dededo, Other
J.AnnDaniels SILVER, Dededo, Other
6 articles 0 photos 2 comments
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#3818 Poetry
Discrimination
By Saysay SILVER
Allentown, Pennsylvania
Saysay SILVER, Allentown, Pennsylvania
5 articles 0 photos 0 comments
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#3819 Poetry
Daddy's Little Girl
By xxjamiexx BRONZE
Wayne, PA, Pennsylvania
xxjamiexx BRONZE, Wayne, PA, Pennsylvania
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
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#3820 Poetry
Empty Halls
By Chris2A GOLD
Franklin, Tennessee
Chris2A GOLD, Franklin, Tennessee
12 articles 0 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
I am STRONG because I am weak...<br /> I am kind because I am mean...<br /> I am a lover because I&#039;m a fighter...<br /> I am fearless because I&#039;ve been afraid...<br /> I am WISE because I have been foolish...<br /> ...I live because I&#039;ve died...<br /> ...And LAUGH because I&#039;ve cried...

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