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#278411voted by our readers
By hamsa_prophet SILVER
Los Angeles, California

I've heard my grandmother pray before Whisper lived-in incantations into wooden beads Caress the nude Messiah, from the nails down And that's what it sounded like, When she pic...
hamsa_prophet SILVER, Los Angeles, California
9 articles 0 photos 6 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string.&quot;<br /> - Ralph Waldo Emerson<br /> <br /> &quot;this is your warning / this <br /> your birthright / do not let<br /> this universe regret you.&quot;<br /> - Marty McConnell


#278412 Poetry
By FrankieCorrado BRONZE
Arlington Heights, Illinois
FrankieCorrado BRONZE, Arlington Heights, Illinois
3 articles 0 photos 4 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;The only person you should be better than is the person you were yesterday&quot;

#278413 Poetry
TheRealPrincess GOLD, Vallejo, California
11 articles 0 photos 12 comments
#278414 Poetry
TheMockingjay14 GOLD, Jonesport, Maine
14 articles 3 photos 8 comments
#278415 Poetry
By Anonymous
#278416 Poetry
By DreamALittleDreamOfMe GOLD
Sea Cliff, New York
DreamALittleDreamOfMe GOLD, Sea Cliff, New York
19 articles 11 photos 32 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;HA!!!! wait, i don&#039;t get it....&quot;

#278417 Poetry
By sakina GOLD
Chennai, Other
sakina GOLD, Chennai, Other
18 articles 13 photos 173 comments

Favorite Quote:
A negative thinker See&#039;s a difficulty in every opportunity but a positive thinker sees an opportunity in every difficulty. So always think positive and u&#039;ll surely B successful in LIFE.<br /> -Hazrat Ali (A.S)

#278418 Poetry
By RMurray BRONZE
Kirksville, Missouri
RMurray BRONZE, Kirksville, Missouri
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;I lay in my bed, looking up at the stars, and I thought to myself, were the heck is my ceiling?&quot;

#278419 Poetry
By Scratt22 SILVER
Cannon Falls, Minnesota
Scratt22 SILVER, Cannon Falls, Minnesota
6 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#278420 Poetry
By Sileron-evol PLATINUM
Providence, Rhode Island
Sileron-evol PLATINUM, Providence, Rhode Island
44 articles 0 photos 98 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;we are captives of our own identities, living in prisons of our own creation&quot;