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#188141voted by our readers
By Anonymous

Everyone knows you… Or likes to think they do On the outside, you smile, you’re a social butterfly On the inside, you cry, because you can’t take the pain No one can understand...

#188142 Poetry
By Molly Vega BRONZE
Valdosta, Georgia
Molly Vega BRONZE, Valdosta, Georgia
2 articles 0 photos 1 comment
#188143 Poetry
By David Lindsey BRONZE
Phoenix, Arizona
David Lindsey BRONZE, Phoenix, Arizona
4 articles 0 photos 0 comments
Jacquelyn Kress BRONZE, Athol, Idaho
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#188145 Poetry
By PrincessLena ELITE
Orlando, Florida
PrincessLena ELITE, Orlando, Florida
116 articles 0 photos 14 comments

Favorite Quote:
"We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful what we pretend to be" - Kurt Vonnegut

#188146 Poetry
By StellaStar27 SILVER
Greenville, South Carolina
StellaStar27 SILVER, Greenville, South Carolina
7 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;To me, &ldquo;FEARLESS&rdquo; is not the absence of fear. It&rsquo;s not being completely unafraid. To me, FEARLESS is having fears. FEARLESS is having doubts. Lots of them. To me, FEARLESS is living in spite of those things that scare you to death. FEARLESS is falling madly in love again, even though you&rsquo;ve been hurt before. FEARLESS is walking into your freshmen year of high school at fifteen. FEARLESS is getting back up and fighting for what you want over and over again&hellip; even though every time you&rsquo;ve tried before, you&rsquo;ve lost. It&rsquo;s FEARLESS to have faith that someday things will change. FEARLESS is having the courage to say goodbye to someone who only hurts you, even if you can&rsquo;t breathe without them. I think it&rsquo;s FEARLESS to fall for your best friend, even though he&rsquo;s in love with someone else. And when someone apologizes to you enough times for things they&rsquo;ll never stop doing, I think it&rsquo;s FEARLESS to stop believing them. It&rsquo;s FEARLESS to say &ldquo;you&rsquo;re NOT sorry&rdquo;, and walk away. I think loving someone despite what people think is FEARLESS. I think allowing yourself to cry on the bathroom floor is FEARLESS. Letting go is FEARLESS. Then, moving on and being alright&hellip;That&rsquo;sFEARLESS too. But no matter what love throws at you, you have to believe in it. You have to believe in love stories and prince charmings and happily ever after. That&rsquo;s why I write these songs. Because I think love is FEARLESS.&rdquo; <br /> ― Taylor Swift

#188147 Poetry
By beautifulspirit PLATINUM
Alpharetta, Georgia
beautifulspirit PLATINUM, Alpharetta, Georgia
35 articles 0 photos 1398 comments

Favorite Quote:
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.<br /> --Eleanor Roosevelt

#188148 Poetry
SaphiraBrightscales DIAMOND, Islamabad, Other
75 articles 16 photos 1136 comments

Favorite Quote:
I&#039;ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. <br /> - Maya Angelou <br /> When i was little/I used to point a chubby finger toward the dark sky/And ask my father/why some stars moved and others didn&rsquo;t/He would laugh and explain that some were airplanes/I still wish on them today ~ Laugh-It-Out<br /> The feathers of a crow are black/The ink of my pen is blacker/The pain of my heart is blackest~ Mckay<br /> If love produced a blossom/I&rsquo;d take it in my palm/What a blessing, the bright color!/How soothing, such a balm!/I&rsquo;d keep a petal for my own/The rest, drop from my hands/For such a flower would multiply/And populate the lands~ thesilentraven<br /> And I began to rival legends/Long entombed before my birth./But for all my much envied fame/The lust for more would not abate./The plaques and prizes with my name/Will, like all things, disintegrate. ~ TheEpic95 now known as Helena_Noel

#188149 Poetry
By RyanYoo BRONZE
Berkeley, California
RyanYoo BRONZE, Berkeley, California
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#188150 Poetry
By Sole_Fire BRONZE
Versailles, Indiana
Sole_Fire BRONZE, Versailles, Indiana
3 articles 0 photos 1 comment