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#241661voted by our readers
By baileysul PLATINUM
Guilford, Connecticut

I felt a funeral in my brain- a murmur of emptiness forgotten in tomorrow's tomorrow. It tiptoed, lost, like a cat's silent chatter across a wooden floor. Th...
baileysul PLATINUM, Guilford, Connecticut
26 articles 2 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed." -Ernest Hemingway


#241662 Poetry
By nuclearunicorns GOLD
Staten Island, New York
nuclearunicorns GOLD, Staten Island, New York
14 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;I wondered which was harder, in the end. The act of telling, or who you told it to. Or maybe if, when you finally got it out, the story was really all that mattered.&rdquo; <br /> ― Sarah Dessen, Just Listen

#241663 Poetry
By Balkhis SILVER
Selangor, Malaysia, Other
Balkhis SILVER, Selangor, Malaysia, Other
7 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
EVERY PERSON IS A NEW DOOR TO A DIFFERENT WORLD

#241664 Poetry
By Kellbell101 BRONZE
New Berlin, Wisconsin
Kellbell101 BRONZE, New Berlin, Wisconsin
4 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;True Love doesn&#039;t mean being inseparable; it means being separated and nothing changes.&quot;

#241665 Poetry
By Cary Smith BRONZE
Boise, Idaho
Cary Smith BRONZE, Boise, Idaho
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#241666 Poetry
By Alexis Mickelson BRONZE
Idaho Falls, Idaho
Alexis Mickelson BRONZE, Idaho Falls, Idaho
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#241667 Poetry
By lovelynette BRONZE
Newport News, Virginia
lovelynette BRONZE, Newport News, Virginia
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
imperfection is perfect

#241668 Poetry
By shimmering_stars GOLD
Fowler, Michigan
shimmering_stars GOLD, Fowler, Michigan
10 articles 0 photos 14 comments
#241669 Poetry
By ToWarmSands GOLD
Hickory, North Carolina
ToWarmSands GOLD, Hickory, North Carolina
10 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;But no matter how hard you try- surrounded by cannon fodder inundated with stagnant sound.&quot;

#241670 Poetry
WickedDreamer PLATINUM, Salem, Other
30 articles 0 photos 28 comments

Favorite Quote:
The legacy you leave is the one you live