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#128421voted by our readers
By Anonymous

What is there left, When the sun lowers behind the peak, But myself and my thoughts? I am everything, And yet… In others… I am nothing Just as they are nothing to me. Th...

#128422 Poetry
By Helen BRONZE
Livonia, Michigan
Helen BRONZE, Livonia, Michigan
2 articles 0 photos 4 comments
#128423 Poetry
By Jane_P PLATINUM
San Clemente, California
Jane_P PLATINUM, San Clemente, California
25 articles 0 photos 42 comments

Favorite Quote:
When asked about race...<br /> <br /> &quot;Well, when I went to the bathroom I was Russian, and when I came out I was Finnish.&quot;<br /> <br /> or, alternatively:<br /> <br /> &quot;Irish I could tell you.&quot;

#128424 Poetry
By PenInHand06 BRONZE
Urbana, Illinois
PenInHand06 BRONZE, Urbana, Illinois
2 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&quot;I didn&#039;t pay much attention to the whistles and whoops, in fact, I didn&#039;t quite hear them. I was full of a strange feeling, as if I were two people. One of them was Norma Jeane from the orphanage who belonged to nobody; the other was someone whose name I didn&#039;t know. But I knew where she belonged; she belonged to the ocean and the sky and the whole world.&quot;<br /> Marilyn Monroe

#128425 Poetry
By ftshooter41 SILVER
Baldwin Place, New York
ftshooter41 SILVER, Baldwin Place, New York
7 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
One man can be a crucial ingredient on a team, but one man cannot make a team. <br /> -Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

#128426 Poetry
By ElenaSnapz PLATINUM
Western Springs, Illinois
ElenaSnapz PLATINUM, Western Springs, Illinois
25 articles 6 photos 13 comments

Favorite Quote:
Writing is a passion from within, you can write about anything that your heart desires and nobody can tell you that it is wrong.<br /> <br /> Loving somebody is like giving them a gun and hoping they don&#039;t pull the trigger

#128427 Poetry
By cat_the_creative GOLD
Austin, Texas
cat_the_creative GOLD, Austin, Texas
11 articles 0 photos 5 comments

Favorite Quote:
All endings are beginnings

#128428 Poetry
By adrienne820 BRONZE
McGill, Nevada
adrienne820 BRONZE, McGill, Nevada
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#128429 Poetry
By bblz22 PLATINUM
Owasso, Oklahoma
bblz22 PLATINUM, Owasso, Oklahoma
28 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&quot;When you feel like giving up, remember why you held on for so long in the first place.&quot; -Anonymous

#128430 Poetry
By KiraKira PLATINUM
Cardiff By The Sea, California
KiraKira PLATINUM, Cardiff By The Sea, California
35 articles 0 photos 217 comments

Favorite Quote:
Do not pity the dead, Harry. Pity the living, and above all, pity those who live without love -Albus Dumbledore