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#198551voted by our readers
By Anonymous

I opened the door Saw you sitting on the couch With black circles under your red irritated eyes I’ll never forget the way they looked at me Showing just how long you&rs...

oracle-of-nonsense PLATINUM, Winnabow, North Carolina
37 articles 4 photos 61 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;We are born with two incurable diseases -- life, from which we die; and hope, which says maybe death isn&rsquo;t the end.&quot;<br /> - Andrew Greeley

#198553 Poetry
By BiancaMarie SILVER
Colchester, Vermont
BiancaMarie SILVER, Colchester, Vermont
5 articles 0 photos 45 comments

Favorite Quote:
better loved then lost then never to have loved at all

#198554 Poetry
By KayMoir SILVER
Happy Valley, Oregon
KayMoir SILVER, Happy Valley, Oregon
5 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
Under all speech that is good for anything there lies a silence that is better. Silence is deep as Eternity; speech is shallow as Time.<br /> -Thomas Carlyle

#198555 Poetry
By EmJeanW GOLD
West Des Moines, Iowa
EmJeanW GOLD, West Des Moines, Iowa
19 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
I wanna be the girl who makes your bad days better the one that makes you say, my life has changed since I met her.

#198556 Poetry
By Amarayel GOLD
Longmont, Colorado
Amarayel GOLD, Longmont, Colorado
12 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
Anybody remotely interesting is mad, in some way or another. <br /> ~The Doctor

#198557 Poetry
By Sydneycaldwell2003 BRONZE
Charlotte, North Carolina
Sydneycaldwell2003 BRONZE, Charlotte, North Carolina
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
Family isn't something, it's everything

#198558 Poetry
By 3mcdowell GOLD
Oconomowoc, Wisconsin
3mcdowell GOLD, Oconomowoc, Wisconsin
10 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#198559 Poetry
By TheFinale24 SILVER
Hershey, Pennsylvania
TheFinale24 SILVER, Hershey, Pennsylvania
8 articles 0 photos 4 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;I noticed how beautiful the sky was the other day and then I realized it&#039;s because you&#039;re up there.&quot;

#198560 Poetry
By PrincessPineapple GOLD
Chesapeake, Virginia
PrincessPineapple GOLD, Chesapeake, Virginia
18 articles 0 photos 46 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;To love someone is to learn the song that is in their heart, and sing it to them when they have forgotten.&quot; ~unknown