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#3841voted by our readers
By OdysseyChild PLATINUM
Clermont, Florida

My heart is like a hummingbird that hides in the cover of night. Afraid to be exposed to the light. My heart is that of a hummingbird awaiting its lover. My heart is overwhelmed...
OdysseyChild PLATINUM, Clermont, Florida
32 articles 3 photos 12 comments

Favorite Quote:
I am a citizen of the world, an a student of the universe.


#3842 Poetry
By Ackroyd BRONZE
Union City, California
Ackroyd BRONZE, Union City, California
4 articles 0 photos 1 comment
#3843 Poetry
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."

#3844 Poetry
By skematt PLATINUM
Shanghai, Other
skematt PLATINUM, Shanghai, Other
47 articles 0 photos 9 comments
#3845 Poetry
By CrazyGwen BRONZE
Craigville, Indiana
CrazyGwen BRONZE, Craigville, Indiana
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"If if and buts were candies and nuts, we'd all have a merry Christmas!" -Sheldon Cooper

#3846 Poetry
By milforce SILVER
Bloomington, Illinois
milforce SILVER, Bloomington, Illinois
9 articles 0 photos 135 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Those who have the ability to act, have the responsibility to act."

#3847 Poetry
By starstuddedstuff BRONZE
Clayton, Illinois
starstuddedstuff BRONZE, Clayton, Illinois
4 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
Everything is a social construct.

#3848 Poetry
By megthepoet ELITE
Winnipeg, Manitoba
megthepoet ELITE, Winnipeg, Manitoba
212 articles 23 photos 31 comments

Favorite Quote:
"We know what we are, but not what we may be" - Shakespeare

#3849 Poetry
By MikeyG PLATINUM
Salt Lake City, Utah
MikeyG PLATINUM, Salt Lake City, Utah
38 articles 17 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change-Carl Rogers

#3850 Poetry
By Gleek4ever GOLD
Hometown, Illinois
Gleek4ever GOLD, Hometown, Illinois
14 articles 2 photos 24 comments

Favorite Quote:
"If its one thing I learned in life its, Life's a climb but the view is great!" -Miley Cyrus