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#222081voted by our readers
By TheEukaryote17 PLATINUM
Hull, Massachusetts

You misunderstand, I am no leech, as you are no lion. I am no lion, as you are no leech. But don’t misunderstand again, we are both close to each. I am spineless no more, you...
TheEukaryote17 PLATINUM, Hull, Massachusetts
23 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.” - MLK


#222082 Poetry
By Anonymous
#222083 Poetry
By Jarett Kallas GOLD
Hartland, Wisconsin
Jarett Kallas GOLD, Hartland, Wisconsin
11 articles 0 photos 1 comment
#222084 Poetry
By rose1006 GOLD
Lebanon, New Jersey
rose1006 GOLD, Lebanon, New Jersey
11 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"The course of true love never did run smooth." Lysander in William Shakespeare's A Midsummer's Night Dream

#222085 Poetry
By Anonymous
#222086 Poetry
Garrett Fels SILVER, Rolla, Missouri
8 articles 0 photos 1 comment
#222087 Poetry
By freeperson DIAMOND
Burlington, Vermont
freeperson DIAMOND, Burlington, Vermont
59 articles 0 photos 229 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Have you seen the way he looks at you, the way his expression softens and his eyes are like stars...?" - Ara Weston

#222088 Poetry
By AmateurInkwell DIAMOND
Middleburgh, New York
AmateurInkwell DIAMOND, Middleburgh, New York
80 articles 0 photos 1 comment
kodyz_angel PLATINUM, Onsted, Michigan
20 articles 0 photos 12 comments

Favorite Quote:
if happiness seems more like a fantasy than a reality its because the tears are blinding you from the light that is trying to shine through<br /> by:me

#222090 Poetry
By ms.liz2015 BRONZE
Newport News, Virginia
ms.liz2015 BRONZE, Newport News, Virginia
1 article 0 photos 6 comments

Favorite Quote:
And finally I twist my heart round again, so that the bad is on the outside and the good is on the inside, and keep on trying to find a way of becoming what I would so like to be, and could be, if there weren&#039;t any other people living in the world.