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#188261voted by our readers
By starlightstarbright PLATINUM
Hoffman Estates, Illinois

Sometimes when my soul flickers the wavering flame burns my hands waiting to catch the light My spirit cannot be contained Content to stay within the lines Contempt......
starlightstarbright PLATINUM, Hoffman Estates, Illinois
25 articles 0 photos 13 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Some of you may have taken history or civics classes that outlined the freedoms one expects in a democracy. At the heart of those freedoms is choice... With an affirmative choice, all democracy vanishes."


#188262 Poetry
By AmberKat9999 SILVER
New Bedford, Massachusetts
AmberKat9999 SILVER, New Bedford, Massachusetts
5 articles 0 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
Peace and Confidence/ Jeremiah 29:11

#188263 Poetry
By Belest BRONZE
Centennial, Colorado
Belest BRONZE, Centennial, Colorado
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#188264 Poetry
By Anonymous
#188265 Poetry
By hiddenidentity GOLD
Nazareth, Pennsylvania
hiddenidentity GOLD, Nazareth, Pennsylvania
10 articles 14 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Love sees roses without thorns."- German Proverb

#188266 Poetry
By Shwam BRONZE
MIdland, Georgia
Shwam BRONZE, MIdland, Georgia
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#188267 Poetry
By Anonymous
#188268 Poetry
Cirrus GOLD, Redlands, California
12 articles 4 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
You think you are a rational being, whose every decision is based on cool, detached logic. But here's the truth: you are not so smart. You're just as deluded as the rest of us-- but that's okay, because being deluded is part of being human...

#188269 Poetry
By PRPatel SILVER
Gillingham, Other
PRPatel SILVER, Gillingham, Other
5 articles 5 photos 3 comments
#188270 Poetry
By curious93 SILVER
Tobyhanna, Pennsylvania
curious93 SILVER, Tobyhanna, Pennsylvania
7 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
"life is not about the amount of breaths you take, its the moments that take your breath away"