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#153301voted by our readers
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By ChelseaW BRONZE
Chandler, Arizona

Slowly, softly, Broken glass treads against new skin Biting, searing, scathing, teasing Diligently scraping from inside out Crystals of flesh that used to gleam Used to mean—...
ChelseaW BRONZE, Chandler, Arizona
3 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment. Fools stand on their island of opportunities and look toward another land. There is no other land; there is no other life but this.&rdquo; <br /> ― Henry David Thoreau

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#153302 Poetry
i am nothing
By juleliz SILVER
Franklin Lakes, New Jersey
juleliz SILVER, Franklin Lakes, New Jersey
7 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&quot;wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are&quot; -kurt cobain

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#153303 Poetry
Mother Earth
By Divya123 SILVER
Carrollton, Texas
Divya123 SILVER, Carrollton, Texas
7 articles 0 photos 0 comments
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#153304 Poetry
Promenades
By ygh9812 PLATINUM
Prairie Village, Kansas
ygh9812 PLATINUM, Prairie Village, Kansas
21 articles 0 photos 0 comments
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#153305 Poetry
Lost--
By CallieMcGreevy BRONZE
Gilford, New Hampshire
CallieMcGreevy BRONZE, Gilford, New Hampshire
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments
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#153306 Poetry
Desolate Island
By Anonymous
#153307 Poetry
one man
By Anonymous
#153308 Poetry
Rebel Union
By AlyssandriaFlamel SILVER
San Jose, California
AlyssandriaFlamel SILVER, San Jose, California
9 articles 0 photos 6 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;Nothing can possibly be as cute as David Tennant holding a kitten. Cause the kitten is adorable and then David Tennant is adorable and then your head explodes and you wake up on the floor of your bedroom twenty minutes later with a sock in one hand and a crushed diet coke can in the other. If you&rsquo;re lucky. If not, you die of fangasm. Although if that happened to me because of Jack, I could probably get Death by Torchwood on my death certificate&hellip;.&rdquo;

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#153309 Poetry
Our Madness
By Rowanx BRONZE
Grand Prairie, Texas
Rowanx BRONZE, Grand Prairie, Texas
4 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Life? Don&#039;t talk to me about life. Here I am, brain the size of a planet and... oh, never mind&quot; -Marvin, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe, Douglas Adams

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#153310 Poetry
To Be Beautiful
By writer-violist DIAMOND
Jenks, Oklahoma
writer-violist DIAMOND, Jenks, Oklahoma
63 articles 4 photos 84 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.&rdquo; <br /> ― Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

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