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#5431voted by our readers
By SallyW. BRONZE
Atlanta, New York

In the cool blue light of a full moon, A lonely prince plays a somber tune. From the bowstring of his violin, Comes a forlorn melody of his soul within. A song about life...
SallyW. BRONZE, Atlanta, New York
4 articles 0 photos 23 comments

Favorite Quote:
"There's no point in being an adult if you can't act childish sometimes." - Doctor Who, The 4th Doctor.


#5432 Poetry
purplekitty BRONZE, Miami, Florida
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#5433 Poetry
By Hadrian BRONZE
Voorburg, Other
Hadrian BRONZE, Voorburg, Other
3 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
“For if the modern mind is whimsical and discursive, the classical mind is narrow, unhesitating, relentless. It is not a quality of intelligence that one encounters frequently these days. But though I can digress with the best of them, I am nothing in my soul if not obsessive.”<br /> <br /> ― Donna Tartt, The Secret History

#5434 Poetry
By thumpR8221 GOLD
Moriarty, New Mexico
thumpR8221 GOLD, Moriarty, New Mexico
14 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
Experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms of government those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny. <br /> Thomas Jefferson

#5435 Poetry
By Lucy4himnotu ELITE
Richardson, Texas
Lucy4himnotu ELITE, Richardson, Texas
148 articles 0 photos 54 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;I am Happy to The Point of Fear&quot; -Ralph Waldo Emmerson

Estevan Balderrama BRONZE, San Antonio, Texas
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#5437 Poetry
By Yeonna_Kiyeo BRONZE
Cherry Hill, New Jersey
Yeonna_Kiyeo BRONZE, Cherry Hill, New Jersey
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments
Christy_Winters SILVER, Does It Matter?, Other
8 articles 0 photos 4 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;So I began to think maybe it was true that when you are married and had children it was like being brainwashed, and afterwards you went about as numb as a slave in a totalitarian state.&quot; - Sylvia Plat, The Bell Jar

#5439 Poetry
By Anonymous
#5440 Poetry
By IfLifeGivesYouLemons PLATINUM
Sacramento, California
IfLifeGivesYouLemons PLATINUM, Sacramento, California
37 articles 0 photos 22 comments

Favorite Quote:
When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down &#039;happy&#039;. They told me I didn&#039;t understand the assignment. I told them they didn&#039;t understand life