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#5531voted by our readers
Desperation
By LittleLottie BRONZE
Plainfield, Indiana

Am I human, Who's to know? I love myself but in a way I don't.   There are ways that I despise myself; my face, my choices, me everything about me  just pure h...
LittleLottie BRONZE, Plainfield, Indiana
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
We tell ourselves stories in order to live<br /> -Joan Didion

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#5532 Poetry
This Mask
By -LeftBehindBroken- GOLD
Providence, South Carolina
-LeftBehindBroken- GOLD, Providence, South Carolina
16 articles 0 photos 73 comments

Favorite Quote:
Artists paint on canvas; Musicians paint on silence

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#5533 Poetry
The puppet master
By BostonPayne SILVER
Smyrna, Tennessee
BostonPayne SILVER, Smyrna, Tennessee
8 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;life can be horrible, so be even worse.&quot;<br /> &quot;A shelf&rsquo;s for a clock or vase or picture,<br /> But I don&rsquo;t see why it should have to bear<br /> A chimney that only would serve to remind me<br /> Of castles I used to build in air.&quot;

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#5534 Poetry
The Stars Against Us
By soulwrittten GOLD
Rancho Cucamonga, California
soulwrittten GOLD, Rancho Cucamonga, California
10 articles 0 photos 0 comments
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#5535 Poetry
Frozen Tears Of A Dying Swan
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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#5536 Poetry
Country Lovin
By chrisbleclair PLATINUM
Middleburgh, New York
chrisbleclair PLATINUM, Middleburgh, New York
21 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;You&#039;ve gotta dance like there&#039;s nobody watching,<br /> Love like you&#039;ll never be hurt,<br /> Sing like there&#039;s nobody listening,<br /> And live like it&#039;s heaven on earth.&rdquo; <br /> ― William W. Purkey

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#5537 Poetry
Lifetime of Colors
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

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#5538 Poetry
Life
By Amieyra_me BRONZE
Walls, Mississippi
Amieyra_me BRONZE, Walls, Mississippi
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
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#5539 Poetry
It’s All My Fault
By maryc1aire BRONZE
Leesburg, Florida
maryc1aire BRONZE, Leesburg, Florida
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
who cares? life happens with or without you anyway.

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#5540 Poetry
Run Away
By Allykattz PLATINUM
Rehoboth, Massachusetts
Allykattz PLATINUM, Rehoboth, Massachusetts
45 articles 1 photo 43 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;This much I know is true That God blessed the broken road That led me straight to you&quot;-Rascal Flatts

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