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#241571voted by our readers
By littlelilith SILVER
Dallas, Texas

For you, I put on this smile And pretend to be happy for a while I put up with all of your s**t Why do I even try at this? In your game, I am your pawn To yell at and tell wha...
littlelilith SILVER, Dallas, Texas
5 articles 1 photo 39 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Your perspective may very well be the determining factor in whether you pass the test."


#241572 Poetry
schuy PLATINUM, Chatham, Virginia
33 articles 4 photos 24 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Stop acting so small. You are the universe in ecstatic motion." ~Rumi

#241573 Poetry
By efisher27 GOLD
Pittsford, New York
efisher27 GOLD, Pittsford, New York
18 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
“Thomas Edison's last words were 'It's very beautiful over there'. I don't know where there is, but I believe it's somewhere, and I hope it's beautiful.”

#241574 Poetry
Colbythegrammarpolice BRONZE, Indianaplois, Indiana
1 article 0 photos 6 comments
#241575 Poetry
By mgummybear GOLD
Berwyn, Pennsylvania
mgummybear GOLD, Berwyn, Pennsylvania
10 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
“A ship in harbor is safe — but that is not what ships are built for.” John A. Shedd

#241576 Poetry
By jacobbarnard15 BRONZE
Canton, Illinois
jacobbarnard15 BRONZE, Canton, Illinois
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#241577 Poetry
SparrowSun ELITE, X, Vermont
200 articles 23 photos 1053 comments

Favorite Quote:
"It Will Be Good." (complicated semi-spiritual emotional story.)<br /> <br /> "Upon his bench the pieces lay<br /> As if an artwork on display<br /> Of gears and hands<br /> And wire-thin bands<br /> That glisten in dim candle play." -Janice T., Clockwork[love that poem, dont know why, im not steampunk]

#241578 Poetry
IntelligentZombie GOLD, Gastonia, North Carolina
11 articles 18 photos 6 comments

Favorite Quote:
The hardest advice to take is your own.

#241579 Poetry
By I.wish.he.loved.me SILVER
Hickman, Kentucky
I.wish.he.loved.me SILVER, Hickman, Kentucky
8 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
Haters can only hate who they CAN&#039;T be and what they CAN&#039;T have!

#241580 Poetry
By Christina_Catastrophe BRONZE
Fort Worth, Texas
Christina_Catastrophe BRONZE, Fort Worth, Texas
4 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
live and let live