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#221081voted by our readers
By Samuel Reichman DIAMOND
Fairway, Kansas

Struck with beautiful pain, A body struggling to catch the sun Races in a desire so simple and plain To resound in the hearts of everyone Fortunate enough to find it. Return...
Samuel Reichman DIAMOND, Fairway, Kansas
65 articles 5 photos 3 comments

#221082 Poetry
By RebelliousFate GOLD
Henderson, Nevada
RebelliousFate GOLD, Henderson, Nevada
15 articles 2 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"It's the heart afraid of breaking that never learns to dance. It is the dream afraid of waking that never takes the chance. It is the one who won't be taken who cannot seem to give. And the soul afraid of dying that never learns to live." -Bette Mier

#221083 Poetry
The.Beirded.Turkey PLATINUM, Midlothian, Illinois
36 articles 2 photos 8 comments

Favorite Quote:
Dr. Martin Luther King Is Not A Black Hero, He&#039;s An AMERICAN Hero. ~Morgan Freeman<br /> An Eye For An Eye Ends Up Making The Whole World Blind. ~Mahatma Gandhi

#221084 Poetry
By BrittanyLovesMichael GOLD
Clarksville, Indiana
BrittanyLovesMichael GOLD, Clarksville, Indiana
12 articles 0 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
You say you love the rain,<br /> but you open your umbrella.<br /> You say you love the sun,<br /> but you find a shadow spot.<br /> You say you love the wind, <br /> but you close your windows.<br /> This is why i&#039;m afraid, you say that you love me too.

#221085 Poetry
By Stormy16 SILVER
Tolleson, Arizona
Stormy16 SILVER, Tolleson, Arizona
7 articles 61 photos 95 comments

Favorite Quote:
Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent. <br /> -Victor Hugo

#221086 Poetry
By memento-vivere BRONZE
Silver Spring, Maryland
memento-vivere BRONZE, Silver Spring, Maryland
4 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
So, this is my life. And I want you to know that I am both happy and sad and I&#039;m still trying to figure out how that could be.

#221087 Poetry
mayahanson DIAMOND, Fenton, Missouri
88 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
She feels in italics and thinks in CAPITALS. ~Henry James

#221088 Poetry
By ElizabethS. PLATINUM
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
ElizabethS. PLATINUM, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
32 articles 0 photos 16 comments
#221089 Poetry
By Sonny SILVER
DeSoto, Missouri
Sonny SILVER, DeSoto, Missouri
6 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
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#221090 Poetry
FindTheBeautyIn_Everything DIAMOND, Grass Lake, Michigan
66 articles 161 photos 50 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Aerodynamically, the bumblebee shouldnt be able to fly, but, the bumblebee doesn&#039;t know that, so it keeps flying anyway.&quot;