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#298871voted by our readers
By kookoodood PLATINUM
McGregor, Texas

A map of the country stares at me from the wall unrelentingly demanding that I know myself and I fight it with all my will. Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri taunt me in pastel col...
kookoodood PLATINUM, McGregor, Texas
20 articles 0 photos 43 comments

#298872 Poetry
By lovehaleymarie SILVER
Oak Lawn, Illinois
lovehaleymarie SILVER, Oak Lawn, Illinois
6 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"We plot. We plan. We assume things are going to go a certain way. And when they don’t, we find ourselves in a new place—a place we haven’t been before, a place we never would have imagined on our own. It is the difficult and the unexpected, and maybe even the tragic, that opens us up and frees us to see things in new ways. Many of the most significant moments in our lives come not because it all went right but because it all fell apart. Suffering does that. It hurts, but it also creates. " - To Write Love On Her Arms

#298873 Poetry
By BridgetteR17 GOLD
Littleton, Colorado
BridgetteR17 GOLD, Littleton, Colorado
12 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
Almost every wise saying has an opposite one, no less wise, to balance it. <br /> George Santayana

#298874 Poetry
By KassandraThough GOLD
Bridgeport, Texas
KassandraThough GOLD, Bridgeport, Texas
13 articles 0 photos 4 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;I will destroy you in the most beautiful way possible and when im finished, you will finally understand why storms are named after people.&quot;

#298875 Poetry
By parisgiselle BRONZE
Scotch Plains, New Jersey
parisgiselle BRONZE, Scotch Plains, New Jersey
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#298876 Poetry
deana24 BRONZE, Oshkosh, Wisconsin
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments
emmagolfis BRONZE, Norway, Michigan
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#298878 Poetry
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By Anonymous
#298879 Poetry
By ViCtOrIa_3 BRONZE
Cincinnati, Ohio
ViCtOrIa_3 BRONZE, Cincinnati, Ohio
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#298880 Poetry
By Anonymous