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#1691voted by our readers
By SallyAudrey SILVER
Akim Oda, Other

They contain both truth and lies They are easy to come by but difficult to forget Words are like feelings, they hurt without been touched Words are like people, they are ever...
SallyAudrey SILVER, Akim Oda, Other
9 articles 0 photos 0 comments

#1692 Poetry
By blazer24 SILVER
Hartland, Wisconsin
blazer24 SILVER, Hartland, Wisconsin
7 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#1693 Poetry
By Adrika_15 GOLD
Midnapur West, Other
Adrika_15 GOLD, Midnapur West, Other
11 articles 0 photos 8 comments

Favorite Quote:
Butterflies are strange creatures.<br /> They make you see how wonderful spring is with colorful flowers, but never let you see the thorns that can hurt their wings.

#1694 Poetry
SkeletalWing PLATINUM, Olathe, Kansas
31 articles 0 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Try to be a rainbow in someone else's cloud" - Maya Angelou

#1695 Poetry
AmeenaBakhtZada2025 PLATINUM, Karachi, Other
22 articles 0 photos 21 comments
#1696 Poetry
Crazywolfiegirl2 PLATINUM, Kington, Other
26 articles 3 photos 284 comments

Favorite Quote:
There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature—the assurance that dawn comes after night, and spring after winter. —Rachel Carson

#1697 Poetry
By Rachel Bellah BRONZE
Seattle, Washington
Rachel Bellah BRONZE, Seattle, Washington
4 articles 0 photos 1 comment
#1698 Poetry
By cat27 GOLD
East Peoria, Illinois
cat27 GOLD, East Peoria, Illinois
14 articles 2 photos 7 comments

Favorite Quote:
"and the salt in my wounds isn't burning anymore than it used to. It's not that I don't feel the pain. It's just I'm not afraid of hurting anymore. And the blood in these veins isn't pumping any less than it ever has and that's the hope I have, the only thing I know that's keeping me alive." - Paramore (Last Hope)

#1699 Poetry
By Bagel04 GOLD
Kingsville, Texas
Bagel04 GOLD, Kingsville, Texas
13 articles 0 photos 35 comments

Favorite Quote:
" Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none" ~ William Shakespeare<br /> " To be, or not to be: that is the question..." ~ William Shakespeare

#1700 Poetry
By BrendanWrites SILVER
Browns Summit, North Carolina
BrendanWrites SILVER, Browns Summit, North Carolina
8 articles 0 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Life is more suffering than pleasure. But the good parts are worth living for."