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By mylittle_bird DIAMOND
Pilot Point, Texas

You never quite understood my passion for the universe Brushing off my musings of the vastness of the moon and the light of the stars as mere childlike intrigue Until o...
mylittle_bird DIAMOND, Pilot Point, Texas
72 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
"I loved all the boys with soft sad eyes and lost souls." -Grace Coddington


#10212 Poetry
dmgrant BRONZE, Simms, Texas
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#10213 Poetry
#10214 Poetry
By Anonymous
#10215 Poetry
By Maria_C BRONZE
Blanchard, Oklahoma
Maria_C BRONZE, Blanchard, Oklahoma
3 articles 1 photo 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"yes, it is possible."

#10216 Poetry
By chocolateharp SILVER
Plaistow, New Hampshire
chocolateharp SILVER, Plaistow, New Hampshire
8 articles 0 photos 21 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Dear God," she prayed, "let me be something every minute of every hour of my life. Let me be gay; let me be sad. Let me be cold; let me be warm. Let me be hungry...have too much to eat. Let me be ragged or well dressed. Let me be sincere - be deceitful. Let me be truthful; let me be a liar. Let me be honorable and let me sin. Only let me be something every blessed minute. And when I sleep, let me dream all the time so that not one little piece of living is ever lost." - Betty Smith (A Tree Grows in Brooklyn)

#10217 Poetry
By Jade.I.Am ELITE
Fishers, Indiana
Jade.I.Am ELITE, Fishers, Indiana
214 articles 14 photos 1159 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;If you&#039;re losing your soul and you know it, then you&#039;ve still got a soul left to lose&rdquo; <br /> ― Charles Bukowski

#10218 Poetry
Guitar MAG
By ZoeZoe PLATINUM
Westown, New Plymouth 4310, Other
ZoeZoe PLATINUM, Westown, New Plymouth 4310, Other
28 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&quot;A bird doesn&#039;t sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song&quot; -Maya Angelou

#10219 Poetry
By Anonymous
#10220 Poetry
By David.Oberteniak DIAMOND
Newton, Kansas
David.Oberteniak DIAMOND, Newton, Kansas
74 articles 1 photo 5 comments