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#26161voted by our readers
By EmmaRoseP SILVER
Littleton, Colorado

Fresh and hopeful, waiting,  solitary on the hot, black gravel, barefoot and hopeful.   Guilt and broken promises left me two miles back, when the car windows were...
EmmaRoseP SILVER, Littleton, Colorado
8 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"We are like roses. If you just grab at us, you'll get a handful of thorns, but if you know where the thorns are and why they protect us you won't get hurt as badly.Only then will you appreciate our beauty."


#26162 Poetry
By ElaM ELITE
Surrey, Columbia
ElaM ELITE, Surrey, Columbia
321 articles 27 photos 120 comments

Favorite Quote:
“I was ashamed of myself when I realized life was a costume party; and I attended with my real face.” ~Franz Kafka

#26163 Poetry
By Anonymous
Lauren Espique SILVER, Speedway, Indiana
6 articles 0 photos 0 comments
the-ampersand PLATINUM, Ogdensbury, New York
32 articles 1 photo 106 comments
#26166 Poetry
By lissalou1.2. PLATINUM
Williamsburg, Virginia
lissalou1.2. PLATINUM, Williamsburg, Virginia
31 articles 10 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
"No snowflake in an avalanche ever felt responsible." -Voltaire

#26167 Poetry
By CatBrooks SILVER
Wyckoff, New Jersey
CatBrooks SILVER, Wyckoff, New Jersey
9 articles 0 photos 2 comments
#26168 Poetry
By Scarybark7 BRONZE
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Scarybark7 BRONZE, Cambridge, Massachusetts
3 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
"I have a dream" Martin Luther King Jr.

#26169 Poetry
By jordannnnlynn BRONZE
Allegan, Michigan
jordannnnlynn BRONZE, Allegan, Michigan
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#26170 Poetry
By Scarletroseann GOLD
Independence, Oregon
Scarletroseann GOLD, Independence, Oregon
18 articles 0 photos 4 comments

Favorite Quote:
i found this quote in City of Bones, i believe, by Cassandra Clare the quote is:<br /> <br /> &quot;The measure of love is to love without measure.&quot;<br /> --Saint Augustine