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#136611voted by our readers
By Anonymous

Cut to mediocrity; I’m sick of being your crush When you lust after the whole school I’m sick of being your ace in the hole When you latch onto every guy and disobey P.D.A ru...

#136612 Poetry
By snakeeyes414 BRONZE
Fairfield, Connecticut
snakeeyes414 BRONZE, Fairfield, Connecticut
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"If you obey all the rules you miss all the fun"-author unknown

ashurena78 BRONZE,
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#136614 Poetry
By Anonymous
#136615 Poetry
By Doctor_elisa PLATINUM
Columbia, South Carolina
Doctor_elisa PLATINUM, Columbia, South Carolina
44 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;There are limitations and there are protocols and I&rsquo;ve been warned that I&rsquo;m not supposed to threaten or beg for pieces of someone&rsquo;s soul.&quot;<br /> <br /> Richard Siken, &lsquo;The Long and Short of It<br /> <br /> &quot;My mother told me I had a chameleon soul, no moral compass pointing due north, no fixed personality; just an inner indecisiveness that was as wide and as wavering as the ocean&quot; -unknown

#136616 Poetry
By heavyheart SILVER
Winter Haven, Florida
heavyheart SILVER, Winter Haven, Florida
6 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Can you understand? Someone, somewhere, can you understand me a little, love me a little? For all my despair, for all my ideals, for all that - I love life. But it is hard, and I have so much - so very much to learn.&quot;

#136617 Poetry
stillheartless PLATINUM, Eugene, Oregon
40 articles 0 photos 21 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;I love you. I love you. I send this message through my fingers and into his, up his arm and into his heart. Hear me. I love you. And I&#039;m sorry to leave you.&quot; -Jenny Downham

#136618 Poetry
By Trinidy BRONZE
Fort Frances, Ontario
Trinidy BRONZE, Fort Frances, Ontario
4 articles 1 photo 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom-Aristotle

#136619 Poetry
By abmusiclover DIAMOND
Hyde Park, Vermont
abmusiclover DIAMOND, Hyde Park, Vermont
94 articles 3 photos 8 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Don&#039;t tell us how it ends because were the ones who wrote the end.&quot;<br /> -The Academy Is..

#136620 Poetry
By darling_bre GOLD
Dunellen, New Jersey
darling_bre GOLD, Dunellen, New Jersey
10 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Darling I have absolutely no idea how an Avatar makes babies...&quot; -William Lucas