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#199821voted by our readers
7/4
By Anonymous

A lighter in my hand. The fire starts. I run. My footsteps against the concrete, then it comes BOOM! An explosion behind me, followed by smoke. A flare goes into the infinite...

#199822 Poetry
By mayasplee SILVER
Mobile, Alabama
mayasplee SILVER, Mobile, Alabama
5 articles 0 photos 8 comments

Favorite Quote:
We are what we repeatedly do; excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.<br /> -Aristotle

#199823 Poetry
communicativedistractions PLATINUM, Fall City, Washington
25 articles 0 photos 31 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;I miss you like an alcoholic misses toothpaste.&quot;

#199824 Poetry
By TapTap SILVER
New Berlin, Wisconsin
TapTap SILVER, New Berlin, Wisconsin
8 articles 0 photos 146 comments

Favorite Quote:
Dream as if you&#039;ll live forever, love like there is no tomorrow, dance like there is no one watching.

#199825 Poetry
By Doctor_elisa PLATINUM
Columbia, South Carolina
Doctor_elisa PLATINUM, Columbia, South Carolina
44 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;There are limitations and there are protocols and I&rsquo;ve been warned that I&rsquo;m not supposed to threaten or beg for pieces of someone&rsquo;s soul.&quot;<br /> <br /> Richard Siken, &lsquo;The Long and Short of It<br /> <br /> &quot;My mother told me I had a chameleon soul, no moral compass pointing due north, no fixed personality; just an inner indecisiveness that was as wide and as wavering as the ocean&quot; -unknown

#199826 Poetry
By Breiunheard BRONZE
Port Allen, Louisiana
Breiunheard BRONZE, Port Allen, Louisiana
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
im tired of trying, sick of crying, i know im smiling but inside im dying.

#199827 Poetry
By Anonymous
#199828 Poetry
By Anonymous
#199829 Poetry
softballrat16 BRONZE, Peoria, Arizona
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#199830 Poetry
By SydBrown DIAMOND
Forest, Ohio
SydBrown DIAMOND, Forest, Ohio
51 articles 6 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Everyone has beauty not everyone sees it&quot;