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By notesappfiction GOLD
Bryan, Texas

I’m adrift at sea—an ocean that came forth of my own eyes. I bathed in my tears, washed my hair  in grief, but it didn’t make me  clean.   I...
notesappfiction GOLD, Bryan, Texas
18 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
"It's funny. When you leave your home and wander really far, you always think, 'I want to go home.' But then you come home, and of course it's not the same. You can't live with it, you can't live away from it. And it seems like from then on there's always this yearning for some place that doesn't exist." - Danzy Senna


#149212 Poetry
By Sapphire_Marie GOLD
Red Lion, Pennsylvania
Sapphire_Marie GOLD, Red Lion, Pennsylvania
10 articles 1 photo 4 comments

Favorite Quote:
"speak your mind even if your voice shakes"

#149213 Poetry
By unique4evr SILVER
Wellington, Florida
unique4evr SILVER, Wellington, Florida
5 articles 0 photos 5 comments
#149214 Poetry
By Anonymous
#149215 Poetry
By areverett BRONZE
Newbury Park, California
areverett BRONZE, Newbury Park, California
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#149216 Poetry
Cubed MAG
By Hanban12 ELITE
Lake Worth, Florida
Hanban12 ELITE, Lake Worth, Florida
133 articles 7 photos 631 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put foundations under them.&quot;<br /> Henry David Thoreau<br /> <br /> &quot;I fell in love the way you fall asleep; slowly, and then all at once.&quot;<br /> John Green

#149217 Poetry
LotsOfChocolateCherries PLATINUM, Portland, Oregon
26 articles 0 photos 14 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind."

#149218 Poetry
By Jake Jones BRONZE
Cedarburg, Wisconsin
Jake Jones BRONZE, Cedarburg, Wisconsin
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#149219 Poetry
By oneradgirl GOLD
Jackson, New Jersey
oneradgirl GOLD, Jackson, New Jersey
11 articles 3 photos 6 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;If a writer wrote merely for his time, I would have to break my pen and throw it away&quot; -Victor Hugo

#149220 Poetry
By babygirls_rebel SILVER
Portsmouth, Ohio
babygirls_rebel SILVER, Portsmouth, Ohio
6 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
everything happens for a reason